148 Key to tic System of 



SAPINBACE/LE. 

 DODONAEA. 



721. Leaves simple ... ... 722 



Leaves pinnate ... ... ... ... ... 728 



722. Angles of the fruit membranously expanded... ... 723 



Angles of the fruit without any expanding membrane 727 



723. Membranes of fruit rounded-blunt at the base and at 



the summit ... ... ... ... ... ... 724 



Membranes of fruit truncate at the summit ... ... 726 



724. Leaves minutely lobed. 



Rather tall shrub ; leaves cuneate- or broad-linear, the lobes 

 obovate and separable, somewhat pinnularly arranged ; 

 fruit usually three-celled ; seeds shining. 



D. lobulata. 



Leaves lobeless ... ... ... ... ... 725 



725. Anthers several times longer than the minute calyx. 



Shrub, finally tall ; branchlets compressed ; leaves broad- 

 or narrow-lanceolar, elongated, flat, entire ; stamens and 

 pistils mostly in distinct flowers ; fruit three-celled, the 

 expanding membranes about as broad as the cells ; 

 dissepiments persistent on the axis ; seeds shining. 



D, triquetra. 



Anthers about as long as the calyx. 



Shrub, finally tall, occasionally arborescent, always very 

 viscid ; leaves from wedgeshaped-ovate to lanceolar and 

 broad -linear, entire or somewhat denticulated ; stamens 

 and pistils mostly in separate flowers ; sepals generally 

 four ; fruit usually three-celled, the expanding membranes 

 about as broad as the cells ; seeds without lustre. 



D. viscosa. 



726. Leaves narrow- or elongate-lanceolar. 



Shrub, finally tall ; branchlets compressed-angular ; leaves 

 usually elongated, almost or quite entire ; sepals generally 

 four ; stamens and pistils mostly in distinct flowers ; fruit 

 four-celled, its expanding membranes almost broader than 

 long ; dissepiments persistent on the axis. 



D. truncatiales. 



