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3. Corona of 5, more or less concave or hooded fo- 

 lioles, or, if of flat or flattish folioles, tlien 

 furnislied on tlie faci' with tO]igiR'-.shapc(l or 

 horn-hke crests, or prominent, longitudinal 

 ridges. 

 Erect herbs or shrubs (not twiners). 



Corolla bell-shaped. Corona of 5 expanded 

 folioles, bearing on face 2 parallel longi- 

 tudinal ridges 16. Pachtcakpus. 



Corolla rotate, reflexed or spreading. 



Corona of 5 couiplicate-cucullate, late- 

 rally compressed folioles, with strongly 



inflexed margins 17. Gomphocarpus. 



Corona of 5 spreading, flat, oblong, ob- 

 tuse, nerved folioles, having at base 2 

 collateral, tongue-like processes . . 18 . Fanninia. 

 Corona of 5 broad-based folioles, having 

 on the face a tongue-shaped process ; 



follicles smooth 19. Lagaeinthus. 



Corona of 5 broad-based folioles, each 

 with 2 lateral, tooth-like, and a medial 

 subulate-acuminate lobe, opposite to 

 which latter, on the face, is a similar 

 tongue-like process ; folHcles softly 



echmate 20. AsPiDOGLOSSUii. 



Corona of 5 oblong or ovate, truncate or 

 3-toothed or emarginate folioles, having 

 on the face a tongue-shaped, simple 

 2-fid or 2-partite process ; follicles 



softly echinate 21. ScHizoGLOSSUjr. 



Twining shrubs. Corona of 5 cucvxllate fo- 

 lioles, having a beak-like process on the 

 face. Leaves deeply cordate, long-petioled 22. Pektarrhixum. 



4. Corona either single and cup-like, with an en- 



tire or lobed margin, or double, the outer 

 sinuate-lobed, short, inner of 5 folioles. 

 Corona single, cup-like, entire, crenate or 



toothed. 

 Twining or trailing plants, with ovate or 



cordate leaves 23. Ctnoctonum. 



Fleshy, succulent, chmbing, leafless shrubs 24. SakcOCYPHUla. 

 Corona double, the outer annular, inner of 5 



folioles. 

 Fleshy, succulent, climbing, leafless shrubs. 25. SIecostemma. 

 Twining plants, with cordate leaves . . . 26. Dj^mia. 



5. Corona double or triple, monopliyllous, the 



foUoles mors or less concrete at base, ta- 

 pering into linear or subulate points. 



Corona monopliyllous, 5-fid, the segments 

 furnished on the inside with a tooth-like 

 process . 27. Endotropis. 



Corona triple, each of 5 folioles ; 5 outer op- 

 posite the lobes of corolla ; folioles of the 

 medial row 3-fid, of the inner undivided . 28. Eustegia. 



