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STEFHANIA. 



614. Headlets of flowers umbellate. 



Leaves entire, ovate- or somewhat cordate-orbicular, nar- 

 rowed into an acute apex ; staminate and pistillate flowers 

 on separate plants ; sepals six to ten ; petals three to five ; 

 filaments quite connate ; anthers one-celled. 



S. heruandifolia. 



LAURACE AE. 

 CASSYTHA. 



615. Stem and branches threadlike. 



Glabrous ; flowers crowded ; fruit ellipsoid, red or yellow, 

 very succulent. Figure 5. C. glabella. 



Stem and branches moderately or quite thick ... 616 



616. Flowers distant in spikes. 



Beset with short often brownish hairlets ; stem and branches 

 comparatively thick ; fruit pear-shaped. 



C. phaeolasia. 



Flowers crowded ... ... ... ... ... 617 



617. Stem and branches rather thick. 



Much beset with short hairlets ; fruit globular. 



C. pubescens. 



Stem and branches quite thick. 



Glabrous, except the flowers ; calyces beset with short often 

 blackish hairlets ; fruit rather large, globular, green. 



C. melantha. 



PAPAVERACEAE. 

 PAPAVER. 



618. Beset with rigid spreading scattered hairlets. 



Leaves incised, their lobes short and comparatively broad j 



petals rather small, brick-colored ; filaments about half as 



long as the petals, upwards capillary ; anthers yellowish ; 



placentaries extending scarcely half-way to the centre of 



the fruit. p. aculeattun. 



