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1174. Leaves narrow, at the margin re volute. 



Branchlets somewhat spinescent ; leaves very small, much 

 clustered ; flowers crowded at the end of branchlets ; 

 calyx with silk-like vestiture outside, its lobes as long as 

 the tube ; bracts almost rhomboid. C. propinqua. 



Leaves broadish, at the margin somewhat recurved 

 or flat 1175 



1175. Leaves lanceolar. 



Leaves rather large, above smooth and very shining, 

 beneath densely beset with short grey hairlets, the 

 lateral venules concealed ; flowers crowded into dense 

 sessile headlets, only moderately large ; bracts almost 

 oval ; calyx enveloped in white intricate hairlets, the 

 lobes much shorter than the tube; fruitlets longitudinally 

 dehiscent. C. Scortechinii. 



Leaves from obcordate to spatular-ovate. 



Leaves densely invested underneath with shining hairlets ; 

 floral leaves velvety-whitish above ; flowers numerously 

 crowded at the summit of the branchlets ; bracts from 

 orbicular to lanceolar, pointed ; calyx with a somewhat 

 silk-like vestiture outside, the tube elongated, the lobes 

 much shorter than the tube ; fruitlets longitudinally 

 dehiscent. C. leucophracta. 



FOITCADERRIS. 



1176. Flowers with petals 1177 



Flowers without petals .. ... ... ... 1180 



1177. Panicles large 1178 



Panicles small ... ... ... ... ... 1179 



1178. Vestiture thick, usually present also on the upper 



side of the leaves. 



Finally tall ; leaves large, from elliptic or lanceolar to 

 ovate, flat, entire, generally brownish underneath ; calyx 

 yellowish inside ; style three-cleft ; fruitlets enclosed to 

 the middle, opening by a rather large roundish aperture. 



F. lanigera. 



