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calyx above its base ; calyx invested with appressed 

 shining hairlets, its tube longer than the lobes ; fruit 

 rhomboid-ovate, considerably compressed, beset with 

 hairlets. P. retusa. 



Leaves mostly invested underneath with appressed 

 shining hairlets ... ... 989 



989. Flowers in large headlets. 



A robust shrub, finally tall ; leaves comparatively large, 

 rigid, from elliptic-cuneate to obcordate, somewhat 

 pointed, in age not rarely quite glabrous ; bracteoles 

 inserted far above the base of the calyx, very narrow ; 

 calyx invested outside with silver-shining hairlets, its 

 lobes shorter than the tube ; lower petals upwards dark- 

 colored ; fruit oblique-ovate, much compressed, well 

 pointed. P. daphnoides. 



Flowers in small headlets. 



An imperfectly shrubby plant, usually erect and slender ; 

 leaves comparatively small, from elliptic- to cuneate- 

 obovate, slightly pointed, sometimes totally glabrous in 

 age ; bracteoles inserted much above the base of the 

 calyx -tube ; calyx outside invested with shining short 

 hairlets, its lobes pointed, shorter than the tube ; lower 

 petals dark -purplish upwards ; fruit rhomboid-ovate, 

 beset with appressed hairlets. P. stricta. 



990. Leaves blunt. 



A rather robust shrub, from low to somewhat tall ; leaves 

 small but firm, from elliptic- to broad-ovate or sometimes 

 linear-elliptical, always convex, usually beset with minute 

 greyish hairlets underneath ; flowers in generally small 

 headlets ; bracteoles very short, inserted on the tube of 

 the calyx above its base ; calyx invested with short hair- 

 lets, its lobes rather equal, about as long as the tube ; 

 lower petals dark -purplish upwards ; fruit oblique -ovate, 

 pointed, much compressed. P. Gunnii. 



Leaves pointed ... ... ... 991 



991. Branchlets largely enveloped by the much elongated 



pale stipules. 



An imperfectly shrubby plant, flowering already at some 

 inches height ; leaves from lanceolar- to broad -linear, at 

 the margin revolute, glabrous above ; stipules appressed, 

 membranous ; flowers in small terminal headlets ; bracts 



