DENDROMECON. 297 
Leaves narrowly oblong-lanceolate, frequently 
acuminate, reticulation of both faces smooth.. 6 D. saligna. 
Leaves elliptic, mucronately acute 
Leaves large, minutely Aenean the reticu- 
X ion low, that beneath muriculate-scab- 
7 D. elliptica. 
Lan erose-denticulate or entire, the reticu- 
lation delicate, smooth 8 D. quercetorum. 
Leaves small, nearly white; reticulation ele- 
vated, that beneath scabro-puberulent........ 9 D. pallida. 
Leaves very small, not very pale; reticulation 
caberulous on both faces 10 D. pumi 
Leaves less rigid (except in n. 47) when thick and coriaceous pliable, the retic- 
ulation less obvious (eXcept in n. 12) or even wanting. 
Peduncles long, exceeding the leaves (except in n. 14). 
Leaves broadly elliptic- oe mk entire, 
the reticulation large, faint, smooth................ 11 D. leiophylla. 
Leaves narrow, ke bec ctl but 
finely and distinctly reticulate.. 12 D. herbacea, 
Leaves thinnish, very erect, with fi ney crisped 
ESSE ceolate-elliptic 13 D. caesia. 
ves oblanceolate-elliptic 14 D. densifolia. 
Peduncles rah not equalling the leaves; 
Leave 
s feather-veined, devoid of reticulation ; 
Leaves thick, coriaceous but soft and pliable, 
very glaucous. 15 D. flexili 
Leaves thin, green, scarcely even glaucescentl6 D. raii, 
Leaves thick and firm, feather-veined, but with 
some reticulation 17 D. arborea. 
1. D. RIGIDA, Benth. Trans. Hort. Soc. 2 ser. i. 407; Hook. 
Ie. i. t. 37; Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound, p. 32, also t. at least as to 
the right-hand figure; Greene, Fl. Fr. 284, partly. Leaves 
lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, mostly 1 to 1} inches long, cuspi- 
dately or even spinescently acute, erose-denticulate, coriaceous 
and very rigid, glaucescent, indistinctly trinervate and obscurely 
feather-veined, only a strong yellow-green reticulation of the 
whole of both faces conspicuous, this reticulation though ele- 
- vated nearly or quite smooth; the attitude of all the foliage 
_vidigly erect or at least ascending : aa 2 or 3 inches long: 
said to be pyriform and smooth. 
