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10. S. Ridleyana. 



8. 8. Maxwelliaiia. 



11. S. paticijlora. 



12. S. Kunstleri. 



Stamens 15 



Flowers '2 to '25 in. long. 



Main nerves of leaves 9 to 10 pairs, 

 faint ; petals not saccate at base ; 

 ovary ovoid-conical, tomentose, 

 style short 

 Main nerves 6 or 7 pairs ; petals 

 saccate at base ; ovary hemis- 

 pheric, style long and slender ... 

 Flowers '4 in. long, main nerves 9 to 



11 pairs; style 3 times as long 

 as the globose ovary ... 



Flowers '5 in. long, main nerves of 

 leaves 6 to 8 pairs ; ovary elongate- 

 conic, style short, petals linear- 

 oblong 



Flowers "65 in. long : nerves of leaves 



12 to 16 pairs ; ovary ovoid, style 

 long, filiform, petals ovate-lanceolate 13. S. bracteolata. 



Leaves glaucous beneath ... ... 14. S. glauca. 



Apical appendage of the connective with 3 to 6, 

 or many cilia?. 



Stamens 30 : cilise radiating from the tip 



of the apical process of all the anthers 15. S. ciliata. 

 Stamens 20 : apical appendages of all the 

 anthers with numerous cili» ; petals 

 broad, spreading 

 Stamens 15 : anthers of outer row with 

 ciliate apical appendages ... 

 Anthers with a single apical appendage from 

 each cell, and a short one from the connec- 

 tive; sepals imbricate at their bases only ... 18. S. stellala. 



Species imperfectly knoion. 



Bi\acteoles large, persistent, scaberulous, stel- 

 late-pubescent ... ... ... 19. S. Maranti. 



Stipules large, paired, persistent ... 20. S. eximia. 



Sect. II. Pachychlamts, (Dyer). Fruit more than 1 in. long, 



pericarp thick and woody, embraced in its lower half by a cup 

 formed of the enlarged sepals, the bases of which are thickened 

 woody and concave, the apices of the outer thi-ee produced into 

 membranous wings as long as, or slightly longer than, the fruit. 



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16. S. ntilis. 



17. S. costata. 



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