Characters of the New Species. 



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if part, or all of this, has been cut off during early life 

 (as is often done for the purpose of artificial fertiliza- 

 tion) the lateral branches bear remarkably large and fine 

 flowers. 



It follows from this that those new species which are 

 of a delicate nature will have somewhat smaller flowers. 



ANALYTICAL TABLE OF FLOWERS, FRUITS AND SEEDS. 



(Figs. 98-101.) 



I. Flowers as large or larger, petals, on the 

 average 3-4 cm. long (plants large). 



A. Fruits and seeds normal; buds thin; ta- 



pering to the top (Fig. 99). 



1. Calyx and fruits green, sometimes 



slightly reddish (Fig. 61) . . . . 1 O. Laniarckiana 



2. Calyx reddish, fruits striped with red, 

 petals often more or less crumpled, 



broad, becoming darker as they fade 2. O rubrinervis. 



3. Pale yellow; the later flowers with 



oval petals (Figs. 59, 60) . . . . 3. O laevifolia. 



B. Fruits short and thick (Fig. 101). 



1. Seeds dark brown, large and plenti- 

 ful; petals very broad; buds thick . 4 Ogigas. 



2. Seeds large, scanty; buds fat; petals 

 crumpled; anthers sterile (Fig. 46) . 5. O lata. 



3. Almost the same, pollen fertile . . 6. 6> semilata. 



C. Fruits short and thin, flowers short- 



styled, ovary partly superior . . . 1 . O. brevistylis. 



D. Fruits long and thin. Flowering does 



not begin until late in the summer 

 and lasts well into the autumn . . 8. O. leptocarpa. 

 IL Flowers smaller, or very nearly as large; 

 petals about 3 cm. long (plants short). 



A. Fruits long and thin; flowers much ex- 



panded; petals elliptical. 



a) Fig. 84 ^ O. elHpUca. 



b) Fig. 87 10. (7. sublinearis 



B. Fruits of almost normal size. 



a) Seeds plentiful, of almost nor- 

 mal size. Buds often laterally 

 twisted \\. O. nayiella. 



