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lobes of the calyx mostly ovate -semilanceolar ; corolla out- 

 side greenish, inside blue or whitish,- its lobes about half 

 as long as the tube, the appendages minute ; fruit almost 

 ovate, compressed. S. quadrifaria. 



Corolla without any appendages between its lobes. 



Rather tall, mostly alpine and perennial, always glabrous ; 

 leaves from orbicular-ovate to linear-lanceolar, the basal 

 leaves crowded ; flowers comparatively large, fragrant, on 

 long stalklets, often forming corymbs, sometimes panicu- 

 late or occasionally reduced to few or two or one ; lobes of 

 the calyx narrow- semilanceolar ; corolla rather long-lobed, 

 whitish except towards the yellowish base,, its venules 

 generally blue ; stamens low-inserted on the corolla ; fruit 

 ellipsoid-cylindrical. G. saxosa. 



J ASIYHNEAE. 

 JASaXXNUBX. 



1574. Leaves consisting of three narrow and rather long 



leaflets. 



A desert-plant, often beset with minute hairlets ; leaves on 

 comparatively short stalks ; leaflets from narrow-lanceolar 

 to broad-linear, or occasionally somewhat elliptical ; 

 flowers in cymous or. almost racemous panicles ; lobes of 

 the calyx denticular-short; corolla whitish inside, yellowish 

 outside ; fruit succulent, developing usually only one 

 globular fruitlet, shining-black outside ; seeds without 

 albument. J. lineare. 



NOTELAEA. 



1575. Leaves from ovate- to broad-lanceolar, their secondary 



and ultimate venules prominent. 



Finally arborescent ; leaves firm ; flowers in axillary hardly 

 stalked racemes ; petals yellowish ; anthers almost sessile, 

 clasped by the petals ; fruit from ovate to nearly globular, 

 bluish-black outside ; seeds provided with albument. 



N. lougifolia. 



Leaves from narrow- to linear-lanceolar, their secondary 

 and ultimate venules faint. 



Finally arborescent, sometimes then a large tree, always 

 restricted to forest- valleys ; leaves firm ; flowers in axil- 

 lary hardly stalked racemes ; anthers almost sessile, 

 clasped by the petals ; fruit white or variously red or 

 purplish outside ; seeds provided with albument. Figure 

 100. N. ligustrina. 



