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ace stipules. Flowers solitary or several together, — or nearly SN 
within a pair of scarious bracts at the end of axillar ary p les N 
e e genus is naor by a few species in iit "a and he Asia 
and od rica. Ofthe four — an species one is also in New Zealand, the 
three others are dde The specimens of this genus fi ton the parkai herbarium 
have vm accidentally omitted from ds dn over to or examination, but have 
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Lane narrow-linear, not pungent. Flowers green, not above 1 line 
Flowers MAy Samani.......—-. 2 19 
Flowers 2- E oher: Stamen 1 . PRÉ Ua. oe o c2. S. biflorus, 
I Flow veral together, Pee ns 2. ld. x 
Laves rather broader, rigid and pungent- -pointed. Flowers scarious, 
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