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1627. Leaves distinctly recurved along the margin. 



Tall ; leaves elongated, mostly narrow -lanceolar, longi- 

 tudinally lined with strong venules ; flowers very small'; 

 lobes of the corolla inside densely beset with white hair- 

 lets ; fruit depressed-globular, five-celled, outside yel- 

 lowish and succulent. Si Australis. 



Leaves almost flat. 



Maritime, tall, finally somewhat arborescent ; leaves mostly 

 elliptic-lanceolar, broader above the middle, longitudinally, 

 lined with strong venules ; flowers very small; lobes of 

 the corolla inside densely beset with white hairlets ; fruit 

 ovate-globular, equally turgid, normally five-celled, out- 

 side whitish and succulent. S. Hicliei, 



1628. Corolla fiery-red. 



Leaves rather small, from narrow-lanceolar to broad-linear, 

 pungent-pointed, recurved at the margin, greyish beneath ; 

 flowers comparatively large, axillary, solitary, nearly 

 sessile, exceptionally yellowish; sepals elongated, shining, 

 reddish ; corolla-lobes inside densely beset with hairlets ; 

 fruit comparatively large, globular- or ovate-ellipsoid, 

 outside dark-green. Figure 110. S. Sonderi. 



Corolla red towards the base, "but from yellowish 

 gradually green towards the summit. 



Leaves crowded, narrow-linear, pungent-pointed, almost 

 acicular, revolute at the margin, greyish beneath ; flowers 

 axillary, solitary, almost sessile ; sepals comparatively 

 large ; corolla-tube long-cylindrical, much exserted, lobes 

 imperfectly beset inside with hairlets ; fruit rather large, 

 almost globular, outside dark-green. S. pinifolia. 



1629. Corolla pale-yellowish. 



Leaves crowded, many appressed, from narrow- to linear - 

 lanceolar, gradvially pungent-pointed, concave, generally 

 greyish-green ; flowers rather large ; corolla rarely reddish, . 

 its tube enclosed, its lobes rather long, occasionally beset 

 with hairlets on the inner side ; fruit nearly globular. 



S. urceolata. 



Corolla white 1630 



1630. Flowers solitary in the axils. 



Often maritime, seldom arborescent ; leaves very rigid 

 and spreading, from lanceolar- to narrow-linear, pungent- 



