FiKLu Manual 



'I'w i;^s not pendulous nor \veei)ing. hut some ma}' be 

 drooping. 2. 



Leaves tapering to the short ])etioled or nearly sessile 

 base, linear-lanceolate, remotely denticulate, coarsely 

 silky when young, usually glabrate in age; shrubs or 

 small trees with a narrow, slender crown : capsule 

 glabrous or silky. Stamen -2. S. interior. 



I'ctiolcs present and rather prominent and slender ex- 

 cept in some individuals. '■\. 



Leaxes silk}-, tomentose, or, hair}- below wlien mature: 

 stamens '1. 4. 



Leaves glabrous below, or nearly so. when mature, some- 

 times finely pU(l)escent when yoimg. -V 



Leaves long linear-lanceolate, sparingly repand-cvenulate, 

 or entire, white or silvery silky beneath, without 

 glands on the petiole, acuminate: twigs terete, green: 

 capsule nearly sessile, silky or tomentose, st}le long. 

 -V. ininiiialis. 



Lea\es lanceolate, narrowed at the l)ase, serrulate, silky 

 pul^escent and glaucous beneath, usually with glands on 

 the petiole at the base of the blade; capsule glabrous, 

 pedicel very short, stigma sessile. 6\ alba. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, slender-pointed, firm, pubescent 

 or white-tomentose ]:)eneath, sharply serrate or entire : 

 l)racts yellow, linear-oblong or lanceolate: capsule silky 

 or tomentose, pedicel filiform. -S". bcbbiaiia. 



Petioles usualh' without glands, or if with glands then 

 the leaves of the nvate type and short pointed : 

 stamens "2, <i. 



Petioles usually with glands on the top or at the base 

 of tlie blade: stamens -"i-Pi, in one species 2: ca])sule 

 glal)rous. ('^. 



Length of leaf-blade less than '^ limes its l)readth : ma- 

 ture leaves thin and dull, elliptic, ovate-oval, or obo- 

 \ate, acute or obtuse at the apex ; stamens 2. .S". 

 ffyri folia. 



Length of leaf -blade 8 times its breadth or mere. 7. 



Leaves oblanceolate or spatulate, acute, serrulate, some- 

 what glaucous beneath; twigs purplish, flexible; fila- 

 ments of stamens united : cajisule silky or tomentose, 

 sessile: <tiuma sessile. vS\ purpurea. 



