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624. Fruit bluntly bilobed at the summit. 



Somewhat shrubby ; leaves semicylindric-linear, undivided; 

 sepals elongated ; petals almost linear ; fruit large, almost 

 ovate. L. leptopetaliim. 



Fruit acutely bilobed at the summit ... ... ... 625 



Petals present. 



ves linear, carnulent ; 

 , margined towards th 



L. phlebopetalum. 



Perennial; leaves linear, carnulent; anthers purplish; fruit 

 rather large, margined towards the summit. 



Petals absent. 



Leaves linear, entire ; stamens four ; fruit almost orbicular, 

 minutely bilobed, margined all round. 



L. monoplocoides. 



626. Fruit conspicuously bilobed. 



Annual ; stem and branches beset with minute papillules ; 

 stem-leaves broadish, indented or denticulated, bilobed 

 at the base ; petals none ; stamens four ; stigma sessile ; 

 fruit oval-obcordate. L. papillosum. 



Fruit minutely bilobed .~ 627 



627. Stamens six. 



Stem-leaves from wedge-shaped to oval- or linear-lanceolar, 

 partly indented or incised; sepals and petals minute; 

 fruit small, elliptic-oval. L. foliosum. 



Stamens two. 



Stem-leaves linear- or cuneate-lanceolar, entire or indented 

 or incised ; sepals minute ; petals generally none ; fruit 

 very small, roundish-oval ; its lobes very minute. 



L. ruderale. 



NASTURTIUM. 



628. Petals about as long as the sepals, yellow. 



Leaves pinnatilobed or some merely indented, the terminal 

 lobe of the lower leaves enlarged, the other lobes some- 

 what elliptical or ovate ; style short; seeds pale -brownish, 

 outside closely dotted-reticular. N. terrestre. 



