286 Key to the System of 



SANTALACEAE. 

 EXOCARPOS. 



1301. Shrubby 1302 



Arborescent ... ... ... ... ... 1305 



1302. Fruit-stalklet pale-lilac. 



Erect, finally tall, often riparian ; branchlets angular ; 

 leaves rudimentary, linear, pointed ; flowers from very 

 few in each cluster reduced to two ; fruit-stalklets very 

 succulent. E, strict a. 



Fruit-stalklet bright-red 1303 



1303. Erect. 



Desert-shrub; branchlets robust, hardly angular; leaves 

 rudimentary, scale-like ; flowers few in each cluster ; 

 fruit-stalklets very succulent, broader than long. 



E. aphylla, 



Depressed 1304 



1304. Leaves mostly scattered. 



Alpine plant ; branchlets robust, cylindrical, their inter- 

 nodes rather elongated ; leaves rudimentary, scale-like ; 

 flowers from very few in each cluster reduced to two, 

 usually four-lobed ; fruit-stalklets very succulent. 



E. humifusa. 



Leaves mostly opposite. 



Alpine plant ; branchlets slender, compressed, their inter- 

 nodes much abbreviated ; leaves rudimentary, scale-like, 

 very minute ; flowers usually five-lobed. E, nana. 



1305. Branchlets somewhat spreading. 



Finally quite tall ; leaves rudimentary, scale-like ; flower- 

 spikes very small, short-stalked ; fruit-stalklets bright-red, 

 very succulent, longer than broad. "Native Cherry- 

 tree." E, CTipressiformis. 



Branchlets pendent. 



Leaves slightly elongated, linear, long-pointed ; flowers in 

 short-stalked small spikes ; fruit-stalklets almost dry, 

 greenish. Figure 65. E, spartea. 



