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Periantli-sogments Avitli papil- 

 lose margins;- lower leaves 

 lip to 1-2 cm. long ... T ."commutiifinn. 



Style O'G mm, or more long, bracts 

 about half tlie length of flowers : 

 Leaves few, scale-like, ovate-tri- 

 angular, 1-8 cm. long ... T.nmJicauJe. 

 Leaves well-developed, oblong- 

 lanceolate, 6 mm. long', flat,i 



obtuse or subacute ... ... 7\ Sclnaifannianiuu 



4. Flowers arranged in compact corymbose 



or umbellate inflorescences, leaves 

 few, scattered : 

 , Plants slender, rush-like, leaves sul)- 



ulate, rarelv a few narrowly linear 

 basal loaves; perianth 1-1-5 mm. 

 long, margins of segments minutely 

 papillose or subglabrous, corymbs 

 few-flowered : 

 Leaves almost absent, branchlets 



leafless, below corymbs ... T. junnfoJiun] 



Leaves subulate, fairly numerous on 



branchlets below corymbs ... T. vinjalnuu 

 Plants, stout, woody, leaves somewhat 



fleshy linear-lanceolate, conspic- 

 uous, towards base up to 6-5 cm. 

 long;^ perianth 1-8-4 cm. long, 

 margins of segments more or less 

 conspicuously papillose, corymbs 

 many-flowered : — ■ 

 Perianth 3-5 4 mm, long, fringe of 



papillae conspicuous, anthers 

 0-8 mm. long, style 1 mm. long T, ocruJenfale. 

 Perianth 1-5-2-5 mm. long, papilhie 



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short, anthers 0-3 mm. lon^, 



style 0-5 mm, long .., ^,\ T.strlclum. 



Subsection ii. — Fimbriata. 



reriantli-scgments with a marginal fringe of long papiilao or with 



two ateral lacmulae but no apical beard. Anthers vvltli 

 attiicliment bans. Plants usually rigid, wood v. spinescent : — 



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stems rigid, spmescent, puberulous T. lacimdalun,. 

 btems flexuous, herbaceous, glabrous T. nJeurohnna. 

 31argins of perianth-segments fimbriate 



with fringe of long papillae: — 



i^ranchlets spinescent, ascendli... 

 crowded, covered \vith imluicau' 

 adpressed leaves t r ■ / 



JSiaichiets spnieseent, spreading, 



leaves scale-like:— ^ d 



Plants covered with minute ha iv« r r * • •; 



Plants glabrous . . ' - I* l'^'^'^"?''^'^'"' 



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T. Jlystrix 



