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6. Branches of the inflorescence and flowers erect or suberect; pedicels 

 not over 10 mm. long; sepals 6-15 mm. long. 

 7. Floral bracts 6-10 mm. long; sepals mostly oblong and obtuse; indu- 



ment of the inflorescence white 5. B. antiacantha 



7. Floral bracts 15-20 mm. long; sepals elliptic, subacute; indument 



of the inflorescence ferruginous 6. B. regnellii 



, Floral bracts and sepals sharply carinate, conduplicate ; sepals mostly 



cucullate. 

 8. Branches of the inflorescence spreading; inflorescence sublax, 

 pyramidal 7. B. sylvicola 



Fig. ^^. Fig. 78. 



Fig. T], — Nidulariutn apiculatiim var. apiculatum: a. Apex of leaf, y^i; b, outer 



bract of inflorescence, X-l^'f <^, sepals, X i- 



Fig. 78. — Andrea selloana: a. Habit, "Xys", b, flower, X i. 



(Both after Pflanzenreich.) 



8. Branches of the inflorescence erect; inflorescence very dense, cylindric 

 to globose. 

 9. Floral bracts not dilated at the apex. 



10. Sepals and floral bracts soon glabrous; filament-tube 10 mm. 



long ; scape and inflorescence elongate 8. B. balansae 



10. Sepals and floral bracts densely and persistently pale-lepidote ; 

 filament-tube 5-6 mm. long. 

 II. Floral bracts equaling or exceeding the sepals; inflorescence 



subcorymbose 9. B. glaziovii 



II. Floral bracts distinctly exceeded by the sepals. 

 12. Inflorescence globose; flowers 50 mm. long; scape not more 

 than I dm. long 10. B. lindmanii 



