20 Materials for a Flora of the Malnjan Pev insula. 



Leaves somewhat fleshy, rounded at 

 the base : — 



Hairs more or less spreading, often 

 very long, pai'ticularly on the 

 petioles and near the leaf margins j 

 leaves light-brown beneath ... lO.S.nidis. 



Hairs adpressed, very soft ; leaves 

 glancous beneath with rufous hairs 11. S. mollis. 

 Cymes sessile, reduced to few-flowered 

 fascicles : — 



Unbranched or almost unbranched herbs : — 

 Leaves fleshy, very dark and glabrous 

 above, glaucous or pale -brown with rufous 

 nerves beneath; calyx with scattered 

 gland-tipped hairs ... ... 12. 8. albifiora. 



Leaves membranous, more or less covered 

 on both sides with rufous flexuous hairs ; 

 calyx densely hirsute ... ... 13. 8. lasiantha. 



Suffrutescent, much branched ... ... 14!. 8. suffruticosa. 



All the nerves springing from the very base of the 

 leaf ; adult leaves quite glabrous, broadly elliptic, 

 fleshy ... .- ••• ... 15. S. elliptiea. 



Herbs with short stems, springing from a creeping rhi- 

 zojne and with usually crowded to rosulate leaves and 

 terminal or subterminal peduncled cymes : — 



Leaves 3-7 in. by 2-4 in., 7-nerved from the vei*y base 

 with conspicuous subhorizontal transverse veins : — ■ 



Stem, petioles and peduncles very succulent, stout 16. 8. succulenta. 

 Stem, petioles and peduncles usually slender ... 17. 8. repens. 

 Leaves small ; uppermost side-nerves springing from 

 above the base ; transverse veins indistinct or : — 

 Leaves oblong to lanceolate-oblong, 2-3'7 in. by 

 •3-1*4 in., pinnatinerved ... ... ... 18. 8. muscicola. 



Leaves much smaller, not or very indistinctly 

 pinnatinerved, lateral nerves springing from below 

 the middle : — 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, acute at 



both ends ... ... ... ... 19. 8. sascosa. 



Leaves ovate to elliptic or oblong, rounded or sub- 

 cordate at the base : — 



Stem 1-3 in. long ; leaves broad, crowded, in 

 about 3 pairs ; petioles •3-'7 in. long : — 



Leaves entire, not ciliate ; 9~T7 in. by •6-l*2 

 in. ; petals '35 in. long; anthers •15-2 in. long 20. 8. congesta. 

 Leaves toothed, ciliate, 'i-'S in. by •4-'6 in. ; 

 petals '25 in. long; anthers •12-'15in. long ... 21. 8. Griffithii. 

 Stem shorter ; leaves narrower, more numerous, 

 subrosulate ; •8-l'4 in. by •4-"6 in., often beauti- 

 fully variegated ; petioles up to 1 in. long, 

 very slender ... ... ... 22. 8. Cyclaminella, 



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