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Seres II. Decussatee.— Glabrous bushy shr = Leaves opposite, small, flat o 
cave, nerveless or l- or - erved. Flowers ro or rarely white, in small heads or iib 
along the previous year's stems, or Jorming short loose spikes at the b base of the new shoot 
reds grown out Mer: "» Ts wer expands. j^ chis and calyx glabrous. 
In M. violacea owers teg Si although Zeie? form tenimi asn 
(The opposite- eed cis o of the series Spiciffore differ in the den y-flow 
es and those of the Capitate in the ; flow ers, whether in sre or sien baking icis 
at the ends of the Sei es at the time of expanding.) 
Calyx-lobes more or less scarious and deciduous or wearing off 
when in fruit. 
Calyx rounded at the base, never immersed in the rhach 
ers tos «wd io teral clusters, the axis not méi 
ut. 
= often pungent . . M. acuminata. 
Flowers in SE p^ or- clusters, forming the base of 
latera mn shoo 
Flowers very s i Stamens 2 or 3 in each bundle 10. M. 7eptoclada. 
Tlowers Re numerous. Stamens 20 to 30 in eac 
undle , . 11. M. basicephala. 
tac ‘the br ond base, more or leis iramersed when 
i in fruit in the p" rhac is. ST 
#aves ovate or obovate, rarely 3 lines lon of ee 41650 
Leaves WM lancent: or uh , 9 to 6 line s lon ng . . . 13. M. decussata. 
Calyx-lobes her US, persistent, and thickened weieen in fruit. 
Se linear. Filaments clustered at the end of the pias: 
claws , 
x . . 1M. M. Wilsonii. 
ves oblong-lanceolate o or almost. linear, nearly n 
Filaments pinnate along the upper half of the saminale ine 15. = sare vg 
Leaves "age or ovate-lanceolate, 3-nerved 16. 
Steins II]. Laterales.—Zeane altern Flowers usually small, in axillary or 
lateral clusters, the azis very rarely growing ec" the ates igi m -pubescent or rarely 
glabrous. Gymnagnthis, Sch 
aves many-nerved, 2 
E Ls NL Pent “pointed, = 4 in. Bee EE se» gar, 
daa eit ma osi qu t the base . 20. e 18. M. wndula 
nder 
bester Set in. long, pod veined, not pun gent. 
Leaves 3 rie very spreading, under 2 lines long. . . .19. M. — 
a 
Men Dolo. 1 90. M. lateriflora 
lens gea vate = lanceolate, 2 to 4 lines long 
— pil, i ini i he fis h ky branch. 21. M. exarata. 
lin owes We we Tep gleas . 99. M. fasciculiflora. 
: es above lo 
Leaves lincar bi vey in not Tee. . > . 28. M. teretifolia. 
Lea eb MK, tat. Calyx glabro . . 94. M. alsophila. 
Es "im A bl c He 
d dy pe sen GE fat, obtuse or scared 1 mu- pet cd 
E IV. Ci Fi » 
| gen ircumscissze.— Leaves Sees da usually above l in. long). ower. 
: on ` lateral, or mire terminal globular d Calyx-tube eircumsciss SS the ai 
E | ^ed Y after flowering, Leien. of wth the lobes Lag? tent in the ot. series . 
S more or less cohering in butar 
: Leaves Obovate-oblong, acd i. ` E e aL Bazteri. 
Je €s oblong or lanceolate, 5- or mo 
rved. 
Otter bracts e neng ealyx-tube. Heads mostly lateral. . 27. M. symphyocarpa. 
hating short 1 M Roh the vcn Heads — termi- RECH angustifolia. 
“s V. ctun —Leaves alternate or Ze Flowers either solitary or few 
