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COVELLIA. 



Receptacles ellipsoid or obovate 



Leaves dentate . . • < 



120. F. stolonifera. 



Leaves entire. 



Apices of leaves acute 121. F. Arfakensis 



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caudate-acuminate . • 122. F. Treubii. 



Leaves glabrous, or nearly so. 



Eeceptacles on long, thin, little-divided branches. 



Leaves quite glabrous at all times 123. F. prostruta 



Leaves almost glabrous when adult; pubescent when 



young 



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124, F. brachiata 



Receptacles on short, rather stout, branches. 



Leaves suddenly acuminate at the apex ; primary nerves 



6 to 8 pairs, nearly transverse 125. F. Miquelii. 



Apices of leaves gradually narrowed to an acute apex ; 



primary nerves 5 or 6 pairs, oblique .... 126. F. botryocarpa 



Eeceptacles pisiform. 



Leaves large, broadly ovate, with deeply cordate bases. 



Receptacles in fascicles . 



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127. F. myriocarpa 



Receptacles in dense rounded capitules 128. F. Jfinahassce. 



Leaves large, elliptic-lanceolate, about 12 inches long, their 



bases narrowed. 





Eeceptacles in dense fascicles on the larger root-branches 129. F. stipata. 

 Receptacles in lax fascicles or racemes on the smaller 



root-branches 130. F. Forbesii 



Leaves small, less than 4 inches long. 



Leaf margin entire 



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131. F. ribes. 



„ serrate 132. F. cuneata 



Receptacles on shortened branchlets (tubercles) from the stem and larger branches, never from the 



axils of the leaves ; leaves alternate. 



"Receptacles dimorphous (of different forms on the same individual) . 133. F. dimorpha. 



Receptacles of one form. 



Leaves narrowly oblong, the apex produced into a long narrow 



tail, the base auriculate 



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134. F Hemsleyana 



Leaves obovate-ellipitic, the base not auriculate ; receptacles 



ridged 135. F. Scortechinii 



Leaves ovate- elliptic, the base not auriculate. 



Receptacles with bracts on their sides 136. F. Harlandi. 



Receptacles without bracts on their sides 137. F. condensa. 









