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 5. S. suffruticosa, N. E. Broivn (Fig. 3). Stems not rising 



erectly more than 1 ft. high, bushily branching i-3 in. above the 

 ground, forming with the leaves cl\imps 2-2^ ft. high. Aerial 

 branches, spreading or ascending, 3-10 in. long, ]-| in. thick, 

 rooting, covered on the lower part with very acute or spine-tipped 



Fig. 3. 



S. suffruticosa, N.B.Br. Aerial branch 



r 



nat. size : A, section of leaf 



iroLt^r^ 1 f ^' ^'.,r^^o" ^bove sheath of old leaf, showing slight 



111 naf «i' %""' ^f^ ^-" ^'■^"^ shrivelling; C, flower. Figt A-C, 

 all nat. size. From the type cultivated at Kew. 



L 



usuX^ r?'.""^ the apical part.' Z.a.e.VlS to a growth, 



both /rrir^ '^ ^''''*?^' ^^* sometimes more or less 2-ranked, 

 both airangements occasionally occurring on the same stem. 



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