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1613. Flowers on a recurved conspicuous stalk. 



Desert-plant, always dwarf ; leaves very small, appressed, 

 from ovate- to narrow-elliptical, somewhat concave ; 

 flowers very small, solitary or two together, axillary ; 

 lobes of the corolla inside densely beset with white 

 hair lets ; fruit ellipsoid, bent downward. S. Woodsii. 



Flowers almost sessile ... ... ... ... 1614 



1614. Leaves towards the margin incurved. 



Desert-plant ; leaves often distant, from cordate- to lanceolar- 

 ovate, pungent-pointed, minutely denticulated ; flowers 

 fragrant, solitary or two or three together, axillary ; 

 corolla whitish or occasionally somewhat reddish, its lobes 

 inside densely beset with hairlets, its tube enclosed ; fruit 

 ellipsoid, outside greenish. S. rufa. 



Leaves towards the margin recurved or flat. 



Desert-plant ; leaves short, very firm, divergent, "from 

 orbicular- to ovate-cordate, minutely pointed, without 

 any denticulation ; flowers small, solitary or two or few 

 together, axillary ; calyx slender ; lobes of the corolla 

 inside densely beset with white hairlets ; tube enclosed ; 

 fruit ellipsoid-ovate, greenish outside. S. cordifolia. 



1615. Leaves appressed. 



Leaves mostly crowded and very short, from broad- to 

 narrow-lanceolar, pungent-pointed, very concave, minutely 

 denticulated ; flowers quite small, solitary or two or three 

 together, axillary ; lobes of the corolla inside densely beset 

 with white hairlets; tube enclosed; ovulary with five 

 ovules. S. appressa. 



Leaves spreading ... ... ... ... ... 1616 



1616. Ovulary with two cells. 



Leaves mostly scattered, rather long, almost flat, from 

 broad- to narrow-lanceolar, pungent-pointed, minutely 

 denticulated ; flowers quite small ; lobes of the corolla 

 inside densely beset with white hairlets ; tube enclosed ; 

 hypogynous disk or scalelets absent ; ovulary with only 

 two ovules ; fruit small, ellipsoid, compressed, dry. 



S. esquaniata. 



Ovulary with more than two cells ... ... ... 1617 



