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Leaves distinctly recurved along the margin ... 1624 



1623. Sepals long-pointed. 



Leaves minute, from orbicular- to linear-elliptical, blunt ; 

 flowers quite small ; lobes of the corolla inside densely 

 beset with white hairlets ; ovules two ; fruit very small, 

 dry, ellipsoid. S. microphylla. 



Sepals blunt. 



Alpine, tall ; leaves small, mostly ovate, blunt ; flowers 

 very small ; tube of the corolla enclosed, lobes inside 

 densely beset with white hairlets ; fruit globular, some- 

 what succulent, red outside. S. Macraei. 



1624. Leaves blunt or hardly pointed. 



Leaves rather or quite small, from oval- to linear-elliptical, 

 occasionally flat ; inflorescence mostly terminal ; flowers 

 very small, only exceptionally solitary or two together ; 

 lobes of the corolla inside densely beset with white hair- 

 lets ; ovules two ; fruit minute. * S. collilia. 



Leaves distinctly pointed. .... ... ... ... 1625 



1625. Inflorescence mostly axillary. 



Leaves quite small, from elliptic- to broad-linear ; flowers 

 very small, occasionally only two or three together ; lobes 

 of the corolla inside densely beset with white hairlets ; 

 ovules five ; fruit small, ellipsoid, sometimes curved. 



S. ericoides. 



Inflorescence mostly terminal. 



Leaves very small, mostly elliptic-lanceolar, often recurved 

 also at the apex ; flowers very small ; lobes of the corolla 

 inside densely beset with white hairlets ; ovules three or 

 four; fruit ellipsoid-ovate, angular. S. thymifolia, 



1626. Flowers in interrupted spikes. 



Tall ; leaves flat, mostly lanceolar, longitudinally lined 

 with strong venules ; flowers very small ; lobes of the 

 corolla inside densely beset with white hairlets ; fruit 

 compressed, ovate, two-celled, outside red and succulent. 



S. laiiceolata. 



Flowers in dense spikes ... ... ... 1627 



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