139 



• leaves or bracts under tlie 

 lowest floAvers; anthers yellow 14. horridula. 

 t Plants glabrous or hirsute or setose 



not fjrickly [p. 138] : — 

 Scapes with several ebracteate 



flowers in a raceme-like cyme ; 

 leaves entire or subentire ; 

 monocarjoic, biennials : 

 Style almost obsolete; capsule 

 narrow - cylindric ; leaves 



linear-oblanceolate ... 15. Forrestii. 



Style well developed : 



Petals 4, or casually 5; 



bluish - purple ; anthers 

 dull yellow ; capsule 

 narrow: leaves linear-ob- 



" ■ - - - J 



lanceolate (in this species 

 the central compound 

 scape is ^ sometimes 

 accompanied by radical 



sim 



« • 



16. lancif' 



Petals 7-8 



Petals deep blue; anthers 



j)ale buff or grey: 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate ; 



capsule narrow ... IT. lepida. 

 Leaves linear-oblanceo- 

 late; capsule ovate 18. eximia. 

 Petals violet - purple ; 



antbers bright yellow; 

 leaves linear-oblanceo- 

 late; capsule subpyri- 

 form (in this species 

 the scapes are usually ^ ^ 



simple) ... -v 19. Henrici. 



Scapes simple, each with a soli- 

 tary flower : — 



Petals .7-8; leaves linear- 

 oblanceolate ; monocarpic, 

 biennials [p. 140] : — 

 Petals blue or purple; leaves 



entire or subentire : 



Petals violet-purple ; an- 

 thers bright yellow ; 

 scapes several (see 



above) 



Petals deep blue; anthers 



rt-roTr (\r Dale buff : 



Henrici 



Scapes several ... ... 20. prtmulma. 



Scape always central, 



solitary, tall, stout.. 21. psilonomma. 

 Petals white; leaves subrun- 



cinate; anthers yellow 22. argemonantha. 



