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villous ; capsule mostly 3-celled ; seeds large 

 with grey or rust coloured fuzz 



27. 0. punctatum . . . . (p. 168). 



t3 Shoots rigid, erect ; leaves coarse, brownish green, 

 hirsute, and dust-coated; capsule usually 

 4-celled; seeds large, when fresh with greenish 

 fuzz . . 28. G. hirsutnm . . . . (p. 183). 



t4 Shoots slender trailing or climbing ; leaves profusely 

 pilose-tomentose ; bracteoles relatively large and 

 deeply gashed ; capsule 4-celled ; fuzz (and often 

 floss also) rust-coloured 



29. G. h. v. religiosa . ... (p. 201). 



** Leaves tomentose or glabrescent entire or deeply segmented (three- 

 fourths of the diameter or more) into 3-5 linear oblong lobes, 

 which are generally constricted below and much narrower tlian 

 long, petals in most species devoid of purple claws. 



t Leaves glabrescent, linear, and pinnately veined or 

 deeply three-segmented ; flowers very small ; fuzz 

 green ; stipules large, caducous, scars prominent 



30. G. Palmerii . . . . (p. 204). 

 t2 Leaves glabrous, otherwise as above 



31. G. fruticulosum . . . (p. 206). 

 t3 Leaves pilose, almost split into 3-5 linear cuneate 



lobes, base hardly cordate; petiole about equal 

 in length to the blade ; flowers fairly large ; 

 fuzz rust-coloured ; stipules and scars not con- 

 spicuous . 32. G. Schottii . . . . (p. 206). 

 t4 Leaves pilose, entire, lanceolate ; petiole very long 



33. G. lanceolatum . . . . (p. 210). 

 t5 Leaves pilose, ciliate, deeply cordate, split into 5, 



more rarely 3, linear lobes with prominent midribs; 

 flowers large, petals thick, tomentose ; calyx very 

 large, teeth prominent ; capsule 3-celled ; seeds 

 semi-conglomerated ; fuzz partial, often green 



34. G. microcarpum f . . (p. 210). 

 t6 Leaves large, broad, when young tomentose below, 



half or three-quarters segmented into oblong 

 mucronate lobes; flowers very large, petals usually 

 tomentose and drying into a greenish yellow tint ; 



