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Leaves narrowly lanceolar-elliptical, recurved at the 

 margin. 



Shrubby, closely beset with starry hairlets ; fruit slightly 

 exceeding the sepals. Figure 23. B. oleifolia. 



BEYERIA. 



765. Fruit beset with hairlets. 



A tall shrub, finally almost arborescent, scarcely viscid ; 

 leaves rather long, firm, oval- or lanceolar-elliptical, some- 

 what recurved at the margin ; flowers solitary or two or 

 three together ; fruit comparatively large. 



B. lasiocarpa. 



Fruit glabrous ... ... ... ... ... ... 766 



766. Leaves oval- or elliptical-lanceolar. 



A shrub, often tall, always viscid ; leaves firm, generally 



1 dark-green and shining above, often closely beset with 



minute white hairlets beneath ; flowers solitary or two or 



three together ; stalklets much longer than the calyx ; 



fruit comparatively large. B. viscosa. 



Leaves broad-linear, blunt. 



A rather dwarf shrub ; leaves firm, blunt, narrowed towards 

 the base, hardly viscid or shining, pale-greenish or whitish 

 beneath ; stalklets about as long as the calyx ; fruit com- 

 paratively small. B. opaca. 



RZCZNOCARPUS. 



767. Fruit densely beset with minute spinular excrescences. 



A rather tall, almost glabrous shrub ; leaves rigid, elongate- 

 linear, closely revolute at the margin ; flowers terminal, 

 fragrant, conspicuously stalked, generally one pistillate 

 flower accompanied by a few staminate flowers, the sepals 

 of the latter connate towards the base ; petals white, 

 comparatively long, usually six ; fruit relatively large. 



R. pinifolius. 



FORANTHERA. 



768. Annual. 



Dwarf; leaves almost flat, membranous, from linear-elliptical 

 to spatular-ovate ; racemes capitular, forming a leafy 

 corymb. P. microphylla. 



Perennial 769 



