4'5? stemens ell, or the inner, bent down into the caljx- 



tube; overv and fruit 10-24-celled end the cell" of 

 thr fruit nearly closed by a large tubercle at the 

 evening ' * 33 



Stiprinss and cells of the ov^'ry end fruit 4-20; stamens e- 

 rect and visible in all e::cept 41, -tlquetia, and 42, 

 ^■"e^sia 34 



33. Leaves not more and usually less than tvrice as long as 



broed, ovste to oblong, glet above, v-hite or v/hitish; 

 flower sessile or subsessile 



Leaves several times as long as broad vihen adult, erect, 

 semi terete, not v/hite; flov-er on a pedicel hals as 

 Ions- as the leaves 7, -^'ioodia 



34. 3temless rlants without Internodes, with 1-2 pairs of 



short, thick, ovste leaves, from broader than long to 

 aboiit twice as Ion- - <= '-^v:'' '"^ , grey-green or brownish, 

 dotted, flowers 1- owy 35 



Plants either with distinct internodes bety;een some or 

 all of the leaf-pairs, or without internodes and v/ith 

 leaves (which are never ovate) three to several times 

 as long as broad 36 



35. Flov-ers terminal and central between the leaves, stigmas 



0-14, 9, I'leiospilos 



Flowers latere 1, one on esc" side of the plant from the 

 axils of old leaves; stigmas 6 10, ^id^/ns otus 



■ 36. Cells of the capsule open, without cell-wings, exposing 

 the seeds, no tubercle at the mouth of the cells; 

 branches decujnbent or prostrate and often forming ma- 

 tted clumrs, or stemless with branching tuberous root- 

 stock; leaves soft, minutely or distinctly papulose, 

 green, without radiating bristles at their tips; 

 stigmas 5 38, Celosperma. 



Cells of the c^^psule roofed with cell-vdngs 37 



37. Cells of the capsule portlj'' closed, b;f a large tubercle 



at the opening, which in 25, Cephalophyllum, is partly 

 hidden by the cell-wings; stigmas 5-20 38 



Cells o^ the cppsule without a tubercle at the opening; 

 stigmas 4-10 42 



38. Stigmas, valves and cells of the fruit 5; expanding- 



keels of the valves widely separated (nearly 1 line 

 apart) at the base, diverging; tubercle at the opening 

 to eech cell tv:o-lobed (not so in any other known 

 genus); stems prostrate, v/ith distinct internodes 



39 , Disphyma 



Stigmas, valves end cells of the fruit 8-20 (in 



