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Leaves coriaceous, pale beneath ; panicle puberulous ; flowers sessile 7. speelalilis 



Leaves thin, in drying turning black ; panicle glabrous ; pedicels 1-2 liu-long, .../. nigricans 

 Trichotoinom corymbs short-peduncled or sessile, so as to m'lke them appearing to 



consist of 3 or more terminal pedunekd cymes. Flowers and fruits, as in true 



Pdcetta, conspicuoutly ^1-3 lin.) pedicclled. 



t Leaves tapering or acute at base, on a ^ to 1 in. long petiole. 

 Leaves uniformly green ; corolla-tube 4 lin. long, > . . /. coriaeea. 



t t Leaves sessile or nearly so, with a rounded or cordate base. 



Glabrous ; corymbs on a l-l| inch long peduncle, /. brunmscens. 



Cymes or corymbs sniiU, short-peduitcled or sessile. 

 Flowers sessile ; leaves petioled with acute or obtuse base ; cyme puberulous I. rugosula. 



COFFEA. 



X All parts glabrous and glossy. Berries peduncled. 



Flowers in axillary clusters, on very short pedicels,. C Arahica. 



Flowers usually termiual, rarely axillary, on | to 1 inch long pedicels, C. tetrandra. 



y. Y. Young shoots and nerves beneath sparingly pubescent. Berries sessile. 

 Flowers terminal and axillary, sessile, C. Benghalensis. 



VAN6UERIA. 



X Unarmed. 



All parts glabrous ; stigma mitre-shaped .V. edulis. 



X X Armed with opposite sharp spines. 



All parts and also the corolla glabrous ; berries about an inch thick, V- spinosa. 



All softer parts and also the corolla pubescent ; berries up to \ inch in diameter, V. pubescena. 



CANTHIUM. 



* Unarmed. 



O Pyrenes quite smooth, S-angnlar and almost keeled. 



All parts quite glabrous ; flowers in dichotomous elongate-branched cymes, C. glabrtm. 



Pyrenes more or less tcrinkled and tiibercled, rounded on back. 



All parts glabrous and glossy ; flowers oymose, C. didymum. 



Branchlets aud nerves beneath pubescent ; flowers on capillary pedicels, solitary or by 

 pairs, C. gracilipes. 



* * Armed mth opposite or rarely sharp spines usually decussately crossed. Pyrenes 



more or less wrinkled or tubercled, rounded on back, 

 Branchlets more or less rusty or tawny pubescent. 



Leaves pubescent on both sides or hispid above ; drupes the size of a pea, . . . . C parvifolium. 

 Leaves glabrous or the midrib beneath slightly pubescent ; drupes the size of a small 



cherry, C. horridum. 



All parts perfectly glabrous. 



Leaves glossy, caudate-acuminate ; flowers clustered, C. angusfifolium. 



Leaves more or less blunt ; flowers in peduncled cymes, C. parviflorum. 



SCYPHIPHORAi Only species, S. hydrophyllacea. 



GUETTARDA.-Only species G. speciosa. 



POLYPHRAGMON.-Only species, P. sericeum, 



GARDENIA. 



* Randia-loohing trees or shrubs, armed with opposite sharp thorns (abortive branchhtsj . 



Stipules free, very deciduous. Flowers small. 



X All parts and leaves glabrous. Calyx-lobes herbaceous or leafy. 



Leaves more or less lanceolate ; flowers pedicelled, by 3 or more in clusters ; calyx about 

 2 liu. long, O. camp inulata. 



X X All parts more or less pubescent, villous or tomentose. 



' Fertile flowers sessile, the hermaphrodite-sterile ones in cymes. Calyx-lobes 

 herbaceous or leafy. 



Bark grey ; fertile and sterile flowers on the same plant ; berries plumply beaked, 

 terete, , Cr. ses^ilifiora. 



