COMPARATIVE SUMMARY OF THE CRITICAL CHARACTERS OF THE SPECIES OF UROSKINNERA 
U. Watsonii 
U. spectabilis U. flavida U. hirtiflora 
Habit shrub shrub shrub shrub 
| elliptic-ovate elliptic-lanceolate elliptic-ovate elliptic-ovate 
6-16 X 4-10 cm. 4-8 X* 2.5-3.5 cm. 5-13.5 X 3-9.5 cm. 1-12 X 4.5-7.5 em. 
Leaf chartaceous chartaceous membranaceous | chartaceous 
hispidulose above densely hispidulose above sparsely pubescent above densely villous-sericeous above 
: densely villous-sericeous b h densely villous-sericeous 
sericeous beneath | nant ls pubescent beneat heneath 
Inflorescence short, compact | short, compact long, lax long, lax 
Flowers rose-purple (with a white stripe) rose-purple (with a white stripe) yellow salad i ia | 
_ a 3 7 1-3 mm. | 2.0—5 mm, 1.3 mm. up to 5 mm. 
Bracts : | ; ; 
villous-hirsute | villous-hirsute puberulent villous-hirsute 
up to 4 cm. 22-5 Cl; up to 3.8 em. 2.5-3 em. 
Coils externally glabrous externally glabrous ext. sparsely glandular-lepidote externally hirsute 
internally glandular-lepidote | internally glandular-lepidote : 1 ey BA internally hirsute at insertion 
pene ee ae eisies internally sparsely glandular acres 
4-dentate 4-dentate 4-dentate 5-dentate 
Calyx hirsute hirsute puberulent and glandular-pilose hirsute 
teeth 1.8-2 mm. 
Fertile Stamens 
glabrous 
about 1.2 em. 
about 1.7 cm. 
Staminodium 
teeth 4—-4.5 mm. 
teeth 1 mm. or less 
teeth 5-6 mm, 
glabrous 
0.9-1.4 em. 
about 1.5 em. 
1.2 cm. 
glandular-lepidote 
Style 
~ 0.6-0.8 em. 
glandular-lepidote 
glabrous 
about 1.3 cm. 
about 1.7 em. 
about 2.1 cm. 
glandular-lepidote 
somewhat flattened 
2.6 cm. 
somewhat flattened _ 
2.8 cm. 
subterete 
glabrous 
1e1-—1.5 ‘em: 
1.7-1.9 em. 
about 0. 3 cm. 
not glandular 
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subterete 
2.2 cm. 
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