414 cxx. SANTALACEiE (baker AND hill). [Thesium^ 



Branches long, slender; Howers single . 34. T.fenarivm. 

 Branches corymbose J flowers nsually in 



cymes ...... 35. T. cymosvm. 



•♦Flowers usually on long or short leafy or naked axillary 

 branchlets with an involucre of bracteoles. 

 iStems and leaves more or less hairy. 

 Peduncles naked, without bracteoles. 



Fruits hairy . ,. . . . " . 36. T. cinereum. 



Fruits glabrous. 



Leaves and perianth -lobes with ciliate 



margins 37. T.viride. 



Leaves and perianth-lobes with glabrous 



margins . ,. . ... • 38, T.fulvum, 



Peduncles leafy. 



Peduncles elongate, branclicd ; leaves few . 39. T.fastigiaUfm, 

 Peduncles short, usually unbranched ; leaves 

 crowded. 

 Leaves and bracts subulate, acute, short. 



Fruits' setulose 40. T. strignlosiim^ 



Fruits glabrous, many-ribbed . . . 41. T.ftiscum. 



Leaves and bracts elongate, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate. 

 Leaves siigbily sheathing at the base, 

 2r-2i liu. long; perianth-lobes narrow, 



hood'ed 42. T. pilosnm. 



Leaves 1-1| lin. long, not sheathing; peri- 

 anth-lobes lanceolate . . • . 43. T. lycopodioides. 

 •ffStems and leaves glabrous. 



Peduncles naked, without leaves. 



Bracts and bracteoles with ciliate margins . 44. T. tinyikense. 

 tracts and bracteoles with glabrous margins. 

 Stems square in settion, not markedly 

 grooved ; pcvianth-lobes with papillose 



margins 45. 7". tetragonum. 



Stems deeply grooved ; perianth-lobes with 



glabrous majgins ..... 46. T. iriste. 

 Peduncles leafy. 



Leaves of main branches linear, elongate or 

 narrowly lanceolate. 

 Leaves narrowly lanceolate,acuminate; plant 



becoming black on drying . . .47. T. doloense. 



Leaves linear, acute ; plant green when 



dried 48. T. equisetoides. 



Leaves everywhere reduced to scales. 



Leaves and bracts subulate-lanceolate, 



acuminate . . . . . . 49. 7. myriocladum. 



Leaves and bracts subulate, acute. 



Peduncles short ; plant turning black on 



drying 50. T. atrum. 



Peduncles elongate; plants green when 



dry. ; 



Branches short, stiff; fruits ovoid, ; 



1^ lin. long 5L T.lopollense. ! 



Branches elongate, flexuose; fruits I 



globose-ovoid, 1 lin. long . . 52. T. tamariscinum. 



