122 Key to the System of 



NYMFHAEACEAE. 



CABOniBA. 



599. Stamens and pistils indefinite in number. 



Leaves all oval or elliptical, centrally fixed, entire, their 

 lower page as well as the stem and leaf- and flower-stalks 

 mucously coated ; sepals and petals purplish inside ; 

 stamens twelve to thirty-six ; ovularies four to eighteen. 



C. peltata. 



ANONACE AE. 



X* UFO BX ATX A. 



600. Anthers without any terminal much elongated ap- 



pendage. 



Tall shrub or small tree ; leaves from broad-lanceolar to 

 almost ovate ; flowers soon lateral ; sterile stamens all 

 connivent, from ovate to narrow-elliptical, greenish- 

 yellow, turning brownish, shorter than the fertile stamens; 

 fruit almost urnshaped. E. lanrina. 



DILX.ENXACEAE. 



KIBBERTZA. 



601. Twining or climbing. 



Leaves large, oval, denticulated ; stamens all around the 

 pistils. K. deutata. 



Erect, diffuse or prostrate ... ... ... ... 602 



602. Stamens placed around the pistils ... ... ... 603 



Stamens placed on one side of the pistils ... ... 608 



603. Leaves strongly recurved at the margin. 



Leaves very small, from narrow-elliptical to oval; flowers 

 stalked ; appendage of seeds short. H. serpillifblia. 



Leaves almost or quite flat ... ... ... ... 604 



604. Bracts large. 



Erect or diffuse; leaves broad- or cuneate-linear, blunt, 

 somewhat channelled ; flowers sessile. H. virgata. 



Bracts small ... ... ... ... ... ... 605 



