Cryptolejjis.'] 



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8. 



Cymes lax, 2-3-flo\vered ; coronal-lobes, 



subulate ...... 5 



Cymes compact, 7-15-flo\vere(l, with branches 

 l-2 1in. lon^; coronal-lobes clavate 

 **Corolla-lobes 1-2 lin. long. 



Corolla pubescent within at the base of the 

 lobes and in the throat of the tube. 

 (N.B. — The hairs are not visible wlicu 

 wet). 

 Cymes obconic, flat-topped; corolla shortly 

 pointed in bud. 

 Leaves linear ; corolla-lobes \ lin. broad. 

 Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate ; 

 corolla-lobes f-1 lin. broad 

 Cymes dense, rounded or subglobose ; corolla 

 very obtuse in bud 

 Corolla glabi'ous within. 



Flowers 20 or more in a cyme, rather 

 congested. 

 Leaves 3-nerved at the base ; sinus- 

 pockets ti'uncate, entire or denti- 

 culate ..... 



Leaves not 3-nerved at the base ; sinns- 

 pockets pi-oduced into long fili- 

 form processes .... 



Flowers 3-16 in a cyme, not con- 

 gested. 

 Leaves lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, 

 2-5 times as long as broad. 

 Corolla acute or acuminate in bud, 



its lobes f-^ lin. broad . 

 Corolla obtuse in bud, its lobes 

 1-1| lin. broad 

 Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate 4r,- 

 12 times as long as broad . 

 Flowers solitary or in 2-flowercd 

 cymes ..... 



C. microphylla. 

 C. jirodttcfft. 



10. 



11. 



12. 



13. 



U. 



15. 



16. 



C. Rensii. 

 C. Baumii. 

 C. Brazzcei. 



C. JVelwitschii. 

 C. angolensis. 



C. ohlongifulia. 

 C. JSlliotii. 

 C. nifjritana. 

 C. suffruticosa. 



1. C. decidua, X. E. Br. A shrub with straight slender 

 branches, having a pale grey (glaucous ?) bark and rather distant 

 nodes, from which arise short, and proportionately stout lateral shoots 

 \-\ in. long, bearing leaves and flowers. Leaves subfasciculate on the 

 lateral shoots, f-1 in. long, 1-2 lin. broad, linear or linear-spathulate, 

 obtuse or subacute, gradually narrowing to the base, subsessile, 

 glabrous. Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves, one or two (or 

 more ?) in each tuft of leaves ; pedicels 3-7 J lin. long, bracteate at 

 about the middle, slender, glabrous. Sepals 1 lin. long, lanceolate, 

 acuminate. Corolla-tube campanulate, 1 lin. long ; lobes lanceolate or 

 linear-lanceolate, 3 lin. long, twisted in the bud, glabrous. Coronal - 

 lobes arising from the middle of the corolla-tube, li-2 lin. long, filiform 

 or subulate. Anthers connivent, acuminate. Style shorter than the 

 anthers, conical at the apex.— CitrroWrt decidua, Planch, ex Benth. in 



