Eahragis.l xlv. halorage^. 475 



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Eastern species. 

 Glabrous or nearly so. Leaves ovate or orbicular. Flowers 

 minute, iu filiform leafless panicles 37. ^. mxcrantha. 



Scabrous or hirsute. 



Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, entire or with small 



distant teeth 2^ 



//. strict a. 



Lower leaves divided into narrow linear lobes. „ , , i ,? 



Lobes above the middle of the leaf almost digitate , , 29. IL hderophyUa. 

 Lobes pinnately disposed along the rhachis . . . . ZQ. E. pmnatijida. 



Leaves broadly toothed or crenute. 



Leaves oblong, often 1 iu. long. Fruit small, narrow. 



-n i • \ . . 31. J. acanthocarpa. 



Bracts niiniite \\ 



Leaves ovate or oMong, under \ in. long, narrowed at 



tliebase. Fruit small, nearly globular. Upper bracts ^^^^^ 



minute ' * i' i* ' 



Leaves broadly ovate, rounded or cordate at the base. f,,',,r,des 



Fruit globular. Bracts exceeding the flower . . . %% H, teucrwiaes. 



Series 3. Oppositiflor^.-7-7^m^- leaves and fiowers all or nearly all opposite, as 

 ^eU as the stem-leaves. Flowers solitary in each axiL 



Stems hirsute. Leaves deeply serrate, ovate or oblong . . - • 34, . scoi 

 Minutely scabrous. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, small, entire ^^ ^ ^^^^^ssa. 



or slightly toothed '' \ '.'-'* qa 7T ^nhnhides. 



^W}y ghbrous. Leaves narrow-Hncar or terete, mostly entn-e. . ^^^. H. satsoiotaes. 



5- to S- 



many stamens as calyx-teetli, and neither p 



• - * !• 1 T AT_ ^ ^i^1i«-hfta OHO/"* 



'uumeacalvx, twice as many stamens as caiyx-ieciu, a,.^. .^ i_ 



cvarj-, both of which exist in the male flowers of all the oilier species ^^_ 



S.trijida, ^Yalp. Kep. v. 672, or Goniocarpus tnjid'^s Nees m ^ • Ir s ; i- ^^ 



bribed as haviug the lower leaves in ^vhorls of three the upper ones OPFJ^J^' \ , 

 and trifid. Iu the fragments Of Preiss, n. 2401, in Soiidcr's h^r^;^^';^; Ji\'= ^^, ff ,'^ ia- 

 "'te and there are no flowers. The species must therefore remaiu doubtlul uutu 



^estigated from better specimens. 



1. H.disyna, laMll. PL Nov. Hall, i 101, t 129 Tall and |,Iab.o^^^ 



^ith terete bmncUes. Leaves alternate. li|^^-^ "^,^^^'^{, ^'I'^r tilfek en- 

 "linute white callous point, rarely exceeding 1 in. ui ^f ?' "^^^^gjin,; the 

 tire or very obscurely toothed, the flora ^^ T^,^''-^ :^:^^r\^A. 

 owers. Flowers .hmily pedicellate, pendulous, '^^^^^^V^te not cordate, 

 ^^rming ternnual leafy meenicS. Calyx-lobes o^^te-lan , o a^e, ^o 

 I Petals \ at least 1 liL long, hood-shaped glabrous ol|b^^ 



: eel Stamens 8 or occasionally 6 Styles and^^ 

 fruit nearly globular, smooth, not ribbed, ciownea uy 



es. 



Sound or to ihe eastward. 



, ......a, Benin. Usually glaW^th^^h^^^ 



%««. but smaller and more slender. Leaves aiie ^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ 



fnear, rather thick or semitcrete, quite en ire, , to ^ ^^^_^^ ^^^^ ^.^^^^^^ 



Y\ "ot always tcruiinatlng In a minute f "'^"^ P;'"';,, times broader, with a 

 -'t shorter 5 *iu the barren shoots the ^V^^Z^na,r..^ sessile. 

 ^;^^ teeth. Flowers glabrous, nu.ch 5'"^\1'^^;^=^ ;" ^f," ^CaWx-lobes short, 

 ^l^^tered iu the upper axils, forming leafy raceuies. t^aij 



