280 Key to the System of 



1275. Segments of leaves linear. 



Leaves twice or thrice ternately cleft, with very narrow 

 pungent segments, refracted at the margin; racemes 

 cylindrical, almost spicate ; flowers very small, corolla 

 outside beset with hairlets ; style very short ; stigma 

 quite terminal. G. triteruata. 



Segments of leaves elliptic- or lanceolar-cuneate. 



Leaves mostly twice trifid ; their segments or lobes indented 

 at the summit ; racemes cylindrical, almost spicate ; 

 flowers very small, corolla outside beset with hairlets ; 

 style very short ; stigma quite terminal. 



G. ramosissima. 



1276. Corolla partly or quite red ... 1277 



Corolla yellow or pale ... ... ... ... 1283 



1277. Corolla almost or quite glabrous outside ... ... 1278 



Corolla extensively beset with short hairlets outside 1281 



1278. Leaves pointed, almost glabrous on the upper side. 



Leaves from narrow- to lanceolate-linear, revolute at the 

 margin, beset with silky-shining hairlets underneath ; 

 racemes very short, almost corymbous, somewhat bending 

 downward ; corolla rosy-red except towards and at the 

 pale summit ; style densely beset with hairlets ; stigma 

 almost lateral ; ovulary sessile ; fruit nearly ellipsoid. 



G. ericifolia. 



Leaves blunt, beset with short soft hairlets also 

 much on the upper side. 



- Leaves rather short, from elliptic- to broad-linear, revolute 

 at the margin ; racemes very short ; corolla reddish, 

 except at and near its summit ; style beset with short 

 hairlets, much exserted ; stigma almost lateral ; ovulary 

 sessile ; fruit nearly ellipsoid. G. lanigera. 



1279. Leaves comparatively small ... ... ... ' 1280 



Leaves comparatively large ... ... ... ... 1281 



