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1155. Leaves indistinctly angular. 



A rather dwarf desert- shrub ; leaves usually minute, from 

 obovate- to narrow- ellipsoid, particularly turgid beneath; 

 flowers quite small, on very short stalklets, always 

 solitary ; bracteoles broadish, fugacious ; petals white ; 

 stamens ten, rarely more ; fruit three-celled. 



B. crassifolia. 



Leaves distinctly angular ... ... ... 1156 



1156. Stamens fifteen, five strictly opposite to the petals. 



A small shrub ; leaves very short, often minute, from semi- 

 cylindric to ellipsoid, blunt ; flowers sessile, always 

 solitary, very small ; bracteoles broadish ; petals white 

 or somewhat reddish ; fruit three-celled. B. ericaea. 



Stamens ten or less, none strictly opposite to the 

 petals. 



Alpine shrub, finally quite tall; leaves small, of pleasant 

 odor, from linear- to lanceolar- or even obovate-trigonous; 

 flowers very small, always solitary, on short stalklets ; 

 bracteoles narrow, fugacious ; petals white ; stamens 

 sometime reduced to five or even four ; fruit two -celled, 



B. Cruimiana. 



DAB.WXNXA. 



1157. Lobes of calyx broadish, rounded-blunt. 



A straggling shrub, rarely somewhat arborescent, glabrous ; 

 leaves small, mostly opposite, triangulate-linear, acute, 

 somewhat compressed, slightly curved ; flowers two to 

 four together, mostly terminal, almost sessile ; bracteoles 

 acute, rather longer than the calyx ; tube of the calyx 

 five-furrowed, also transversely wrinkled ; petals very 

 small, whitish or reddish ; style long-exserted, below the 

 stigma beset with minute hairlets. D. taxifolia. 



Lobes of calyx narrow, bristly-pointed. 



A straggling shrub, quite glabrous ; leaves small, opposite, 

 narrowly triangulate-linear, rather acute or almost blunt, 

 somewhat curved and compressed ; flowers on short 

 stalklets, axillary at the summit of branchlets ; bracteoles 

 blunt, rather shorter than the calyx, fugacious ; tube of 

 the calyx five-furrowed, also transversely wrinkled ; 

 petals very small , whitish or reddish, transparent, shorter 

 than the calyx-lobes ; style long-exserted, below the 

 stigma beset with minute hairlets. D. virgata. 



