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2G0 XXTI. STEllCULTACE.'R. [LaHiopidaUm, 



Sepals broad, thick, closely toiiicntosc ...... 4. Z. Behrii. 



Calyx-segraeiits rarely exceeding 2 Hues and mostly smnller. .... ^ 



Leaves opposiie, litiear-lanceolale {\. L, opposifffolinm. ^ 



Leaves linear, coriaceous, smooth above. Calyx very angular 5. L, parvijlorum, 



Lcavi^ linear, rugose. Auther-cclls opening laterally to the 



base 1 . L. micranihmn. 



Leaves cordate-lanceolate, rugose. Cymes loose, many- 

 flowered. Calyx very spreading 3. i. wacrophf/Unm. 



Calyx-segments torncutose or pubescent inside. 

 Leaves linear. Cymes or racemes almost simple. 



Racemes several-flowered, reflexed. Calyx-segments not 



above 3 lines, aeute 9. i. BauerL 



Flowers on slender pedicels, scarcely racemose. Calyx-seg- 

 ments 4 to 5 lines, broad and scarcely acute .... 10. L. rvfum. 

 Leaves cordate or lanceolate. 



Cymes dense, nearly sessile. Calyx very angular. Anthers 



not acumiuatfi ; . 11. L. ferrughieam. 



Cymes pedunculate, loose. Calyx-segments thick. An- 

 thers acuminate 12. L.acutljlonm. 



B. Bhjh densely cornered from the tf^p of the ayitliers to the summit or near the suynmit 

 with steliate horizontal or rejlexed hairs^ forming a cgtlndrical or conical mass. (Core- 



throstylis^ Btidl^ 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate or linear. Bracteoles usually 3. 



Cymes densely capitate, Bracteoles and calyx-segments linear 



and softly pluniobe-villons 13. i. Drummondii. 



Cymes few-flowered. Bracteoles short. Calyx hoary-toinentosc 14. i, rosmarintfohuM' 

 Leaves cordate-ovate. Bracteoles 1 or 2, 

 Bracteoles linear or subulate. 



IViliceL^ short. Bracteoles close to the calyx. 



Leaves c*>riaceous, glahrous ahove, tomentose miderneath. 



Calyx 2 to 3 lines 15. Z. cordlfoUmn^ 



Leaves densely tomentose, villous underneath. Calyx 3 to 



4 lines ,,.,., 16. Z. Schahenli. 



Pedicels longer than the calyx. Bracteoles distant. Calyx- 

 segments narrow-lanceolate, 2 lines 17- L,Jloribnndftm, 



Bracteoles ovate, membranous and coloured. 



Bracteoles close to the calyx. Pedicels short. Tomentum 



short and soft 18. Z. molle, 



Bracteoles below the middle of the pedicel. 



Leaves sprinkled with rigid stellate hairs, otherwise glabrous. 1 9. Z. memhranaceurti. 

 Leaves tomentose uuderueath 20. Z. hracteaty-m* 



A, Las i6i*Ei' ALUM proper, — Style glabrous. 



1. !■. discolor. Hook. Camp. Hot. Mag. i. 276, audJourn. JloL ii. 4M. 

 A shrub of several feet, the branches toincntose. Leaves pt^tiohato, ovate- 

 cordate, ol)tuse, 1 to 2 or rarely 3 in. long;, coriaceous, loosely tonu-utose above 

 when youiig, but soon glabroiis, white-toTnciitose urulerneath. Cymes con- 

 tracted into dense softly tomentose heads, on slioi't recurved peduncles. Brac- 

 teoles longer than the calyx, obloii«r_li,ioar, petal-like, with a broad thick 

 central nerve, tomentose, aiTanged in a kind of radiatino- involucre round tlie 

 head. CalYX-sej2;ment 



s thin and petal-like, 3 to 4 lines long, softly tonicn- 

 inside. Petals often shortly chiwed. Anthers ratlier 



tose outside, glabi'ous inside. Petals often shortly 



long, Ovaiy vevy villous ; style glabrous. — L. confer tl/lor urn, K. Aluell 



LinuBea, xxv. 377 ; X. capilMatumy Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1852, ii. 148. 



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