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Anthers terminated by a small appendage. 



Shrubby, never tall, usually glabrous ; leaves short-stalked, 

 consisting of three or rarely of five very small and clavate- 

 cylindrical leaflets ; flowers solitary or two or three to- 

 gether, quite small ; petals rather brightly red, as well as 

 the filaments glabrous ; seeds without any lustre. 



B, clavellifolia. 



709. Leaves simple or ternately or biternately compound 710 

 Leaves pinnate ... ... ... ... 711 



710. Sepals nearly as long as the petals. 



Half-shrubby or almost herbaceous, dwarf, nearly glabrous ; 

 leaves always simple, from broad- to narrow-lanceolar ; 

 flowers three or two together or oftener solitary ; petals 

 small, pink or oftener whitish, glabrous outside ; filaments 

 scarcely beset with hairlets ; anthers without any append- 

 age ; seeds shining, smooth. B. parviflora. 



Sepals much shorter than the petals. 



Half -shrub or shrub, never very tall ; leaves either simple 

 and then from linear- to ovate-lanceolar and entire, or 

 consisting of once or twice ternate small entire or at the 

 summit indented leaflets, these from linear- to rhomboid- 

 lanceolar in form ; flow r ers from one to three or rarely 

 more ; petals pink ; filaments beset with hairlets ; anthers 

 terminated by a small appendage ; seeds rough, without 

 any lustre. B. polygalif olia. 



711. Leaves stalked, usually glabrous, the leaflets generally 



broadish, in rather distant pairs. 



Generally a shrubby plant, often robust, sometimes very 

 tall ; leaflets firm, from linear- to elliptic-lanceolar, mostly 

 of an oily lustre and slightly reddish hue ; the rhachis 

 often dilated ; flowers relatively large, three or more 

 together ; petals pink ; filaments beset with crisped hair- 

 lets, thickened towards the summit ; seeds shining, 

 smooth. B. pinnata. 



Leaves almost sessile, the leaflets always narrow, in 

 closely approximated pairs and usually beset with 

 hairlets. 



A half-shrub or slender shrub, from dwarf to somewhat tall ; 

 leaflets small, often almost linear and flaccid ; flowers 

 solitary or from two to few together; petals pink; filaments 

 beset with rather straight hairlets ; anthers without any 

 appendage ; seeds shining, smooth. B. pilosa. 



