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16. Af. Tcfracia. 



17. Af. membranacea. 



IV, MEMBRAN'ACEAE. 



Pedicels hairy. 



Corolla 1 cm. or less long. 



Fruiting pedicels strongly reflexed. 

 Fniitiug pedicels asceudiag or nodding. 



Corolla-tube over 4 mm. wide; calyx bristly-ciliate. 16. M. cynoglossoides 



Corolla-tube 2-3 mm. wide. 



Calyx strigose; stem-leaves ovate. 

 Calyx only ciliate on the margins; leaves oblong-lunceolate or only the 



uppermost ovate. 

 Hairs of the pedicels not with pustulate bases. 



Plant stout; pedicels bristly -luspid with spreading Iiairs. 



18. M. muriculata. 

 Plant slender; pedicels strigose. 32. M. riridis. 



Hairs of the pedicels very short, and with pustulate bases. 



35. A/, coronata. 

 Corolla about 1.5 cm. long. 19. A/, pratcnsis. 



Pedicels muricate-scabrous or smooth. 



Calyx-lobes not longer than the fruit; leaves broadly ovate. 20. M. hrachycalyx. 

 Calyx much exceeding the fruit; leaves oblong or lanceolate, or ovate in no. 23. 

 Calyx-lobes shorter than the calyx-tube» bristly ciliate. 21. Af. arizonica. 

 Calyx-lobes longer than the calyx-tube. 



Corolla about 15 mm. long; pedicels smooth or sparmgly callous-pustulate. 

 Corolla-tube not shorter than the limb and throat. 



Upper leaves at least three times as long as wide. 22. ^[. intermedia. 

 Upper leaves not more than twice as long as wide. 23. M, praecox. 

 Corolla-tubeshorter than the limb and throat. 24. A/. Leonardi. 



Corolla 10 mm. long; pedicels with small hispidulous hairs with pustulate 

 t)ases 35. A/, coronata. 



25. M. fasiformis. 



V. LANCE0L.\T-VE. 



licels decidedly strigose or hirsute. 



Stem from a fusiform root; leaves glabrous beneath. 



Stem from a more or less woody caudex or rootstock. 



Leaves pubescent on both sides; calyx usually densely pubescent all over. 

 Leaves linear or only the uppermost lanceolate. 26. M. lateriflora 



Blades of the lower leaves ovate op spatulate. 



Plant more or less grajish and densely strigose throughout. 



27. M, Bakeri. 



28. Af. nivalis. 



29. Af. media. 



Plant green. 



Pubescence short, on the stem sparse. 



Calyx conspicuously pubescent. 



Calyx glabrous except the ciUate margins. 

 Pubescence longer and loose. 



Calyx less than half as long as the corolla-tube. 



30. A/, myosotifolta. 



Calyx fully half as long as the corolla-tube. 31. A/, amoena. 

 Leaves glabrous beneath; calyx usually glabrous, except the ciliate margins and 



sometimes the midrib. .,« ,, ■ .^- 



Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate; mnorescence open. 32. Ai. vxridis. 



Calyx-lobes narrowly lanceolate; indorescence dense. 



Leavas narrowly Une^r. 33. Af. linear iloba. 



Leaves oblong -lanceolate to ovate. . „ ,. i. 



Stem-leaves ovate to lance-ovat«, finely strigose above; coroUa-hrab 



and throat decidedly shorter than the tube. 34. A/, ovata. 

 Stem-leaves oblong-lanceolate; corolla-limb and throat nearly equalUng 



the tube. , ... 



Leaf-blades scabrous-hispidulous or merely pustulate above; stem 



2-4 dm- high. 35. Af. coronata. 



Leaf-blades hispidulous-strigose above; stem rarely more than 2 



dm. high. 36. A/. ParryL 



Pedicels and calyx glabrous, except the ciliate lobes of the latter. „^ , ^ _ ... 



Calvx-lobes ovate-lanceolate; upper stem-leaves o-v^t-e. 37. Af. Drummondii. 



Calyx-lobes narrowly lanceolate; stem-leaves linear or oblong. 



Upper surface of the leaves short-pubescent, 38. Af. linearis. 



TTnnpr surface of the leaves not hairy. 39. M. lanceolata. 



VL BR.\CHYT/)BAE. 



Calyx-lobes ciliate on the margins. 

 riAlvx-lobes not ciliate on the margins 



40. M. brachyloba. 



41. Af. campanulata 



VII. Alpinae. 



[yx cihate on the margins; inflorescence narrow. 



Leaves sbort-strigose above, glabrous beneath. ^^..„^ i *> ^^ >,j 



Corolla 7-9 mm. long; plant depressed, decumbent or ascending, 1-2 dm. m 



Calyx-lobes obtuse. 42. Af. ^iP}J^f 



Cal\-x-lobes acut«. ^. ^ ^^' ^;V ^ ^^%<^Ui- 



CoroUa more than 10 mm. long; stem about 3 dm. high. 44. Af. perplexa. 



Leaves merely pustulate-punctate above. ^5. AJ. numuis. 



