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LxviT. epacuide.t:. 



Autliers wholly or partially enclosed in the corolla-tiibe or in the erect 

 base of the lobes, or rarely recurved with the lobes. 

 Corolla-tube (usually lou^) with 5 tufts of hairs or hairy scales or 

 a dense ring of hairs inside below the middle. Filauieuts usually 



^ ^^* * ' • i .... 3. ASTKOtOMA. 



Lorolla-tube short, with 5 glandular scales inside below the middle 5. Melicheus. 

 Corolla-tube conical in the upper portion, with minute, erect 



lobes. Anthers 2-lobed .••...••...'., 4. COxVOSTEPHIUH. 

 Corolla-tube without scales or hairy tufts below the middle/the 



lobes spreading at least at the end. Filaments terete or 



nearly so. 



Corolla-lobes more or less imbricate in the bud, glabrous, the 



throat closed with reflesed hairs or scales '. , 9. BfiACHYLOMA. 



Corolla-lobes broadly induplicate in the bud, glabrous. , ! ! lo! Neediiamia. 

 Corolla-lobes valvate in the bud, glabrous. 

 Corolla-tube cylindrical or urceolate. 



Drupe with a several-celled, hard nucleus, the mesocarp 

 ^^ry pulpy. Flowers usually solitary, with imbricate 



^^^^^^ 8. Cyatiiodf.s. 



Drupe with a several-celled nucleus, the mesocarp mode- 

 rately pulpy. Flowers in spikes or racemes, the bracts 



and bracteoles distinct 11. Lissanthe. 



Drupe With 10 more or less separable pyrenes. Flowers 



in spikes or clusters, the bracts and braeteoles distinct ■ 7. Trochocarpa. 

 Drupe berry-like, very pulpy, with 5 distinct pyrenes. 

 flowers solitary or in spikes, the bracts and braeteoles 



« distinct ^ Pentachondra. 



Corolia-tube short and campanulate. Flowers very small. 



Stamens and eorolla-Iobes 4 or 5. Ovary 1- or 2-ceUed . 14. Monotoca. 

 Stamens 2. CoroUa-lobes 4. Ovary 2-celled . . . ; 15 Oligarrhena. 

 LoroUa-lobes valvate, with a reflesed beard at the tip, and re- 



flexed hairs along the throat 13. Acrotrich£. 



Lorolla-lobes valvate in the bud, bearded inside. 



Drupe with several-celled, hard nucleus, the mesocarp very 



pulpy. ^ Flowers usually solitary, with imbricate bracts . 8. Cyatiiodks. 

 Drupe with a several-celled, rarely 1-celled, hard or thin 

 nucleus, the mesocarp moderately pulpy or dry. Flowers 

 in spikes or solitary, the bracts and braeteoles distinct . . 12. LeucopogO.v. 

 Drupe With 10 (or fewer by abortion) separable pyrenes. 

 llovvers m spikes or clusters, the bracts and braeteoles 



"^stinct rf^ Trochocarpa- 



Tribe II. Upa^cre^.— Ovules several in each cell of the ovary, StuJe inserted in ^ 

 central tubular depression, so as to he lateral or basal Capsule loculiddally dehiscent 



Leaves petiolate, sessile or stem-clasping, not sheathing. Placentas 

 sessile or nearly so. 



Bracts imbricate ou the calyx, passing into the sepals. 



Core a- obes qumcuncially imbricate 16. EpacRIS. 



Coroila-iobes contorted-imbricate . . 17 LysixeMA. 



Bracts or braeteoles at a distance from or scarcely reaching "the 

 calyi, and very different from the sepals 



Stamens adnate to (inserted in) the corolla-tube ISArchebia. 



Stamens hypogynoua, free 19.' Pkionotts. 



Leaves with au adnate, sheathing base, which falls off with the leaf 

 leaving the denuded branches smooth and scariess. Placentas 

 sessile or nearly so. 



Stamens adnate to (inserted in) the corolla-tube . 20 Cosmelia. 



Stamens hypogynous, free. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyi. ' 



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