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TT Basal foibles longer, 10-20 (rarely only 4) em. long, forming 
ufts (but not rosettes). 
§ Sains below the crown more or less persistent (or sometimes 
none in 9. D. Bolusti; see also 14. D. basuticus). 
Basal leaves 35-10 cm. long : 
Calyx 2-5-3 cm. long: petals exserted 1 cm. or more, 
lacerately fimbriate: flowering stems mostly 
SIMPLE (2 hc se, sin eae Ameen 6. namaensis. 
Calyx 2 cm. long: petals exserted 5 mm. or less, 
dentate : flowering stems branched above 
S apiigl eee tee 7. Burcheliii. 
Calyx 1-5 em. long: petals exserted 0-75~-1-25 em., 
entire, emarginate or denticulate: calyx-teeth 
and bracts finely ciliolate: leaf-margins scabrid : 
basal leaves 1 mm. broad or less, channelled 
above: stems usually incurved above 
save ¢ ow S, enCUrvUs, 
Basal leaves 12-20 cm. long: calyx 2-5-2-75 cm. long : 
petals lacerately fimbriate : stems 1-8- eibee  taled 
West Cape-specties) 5 * "2 2s 
S$ oo below the crown deciduous, or none am ave 
sit). 
” Basal leaves 4-20 cm. long, 2-3-5 mm. broad, promi- - 
nently 7-nerved below, channelled above, scabrous 
on the margins, rigid, erect, forming a more or less 
dense basal tuft at the apex of the numerous under- 
ground branches: calyx stout, 2-2-3 cm. long: 
petals dentate, exserted 0-5-1-3 cm.: stems 14- 
flowered (Eastern species) ...... 14. basuticus. 
Basal leaves 2-4 cm. long: calyx 3-5-5 em. lon 
Bracts acute or with a minute apiculus, their margins 
broadly scarious up to and asia mM anes 
0. junceus. 
Bracts long-acuminate, subulate ae their 
margins (but not the apex) puree scarious : 
petals deeply lacerate, exserted up t oS em. and 
up to2 om: broad” ww we i caespitosus. 
** Leaves mostly cauline, the basal often shorter than the 
intermediate ca 
Leaves narrow (about 1 mm. broad), not rigid: barren 
shoots elongated, their internodes 1-5-3 em. long 
Calyx 3-5 cm. long: bracts acuminate, bristle-pointed : 
petals exserted about 1:5 cm., fimbriate: stems 
slender, terete, often axillary on ——— leafy 
shooter ee eS 2. prostratus. . 
Calyx 1-75-2-5 cm. long: bracts Gee petals 
exserted 0-75-1 cm., laciniately fimbriate, vite 
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