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36. Styli capsulíB longitudinem aequantes vei superantes ; species 

 perennes .-_ -- -- - - --- --- --- --- — --- - - 3^- 



Styli brevissimi, vix emarginaturam tt'qaantes; annuse. 40 



37. Caulis l)asi fruticulosus lignescens, tortuosus, liaud radicans ; 

 capsula apice attenuata, ovális, leviter emarginata; flores 

 speciosi magni _- — — - — -^ — — K fruticulosa L 



Caules herbacei ± radicantes ; capsulfe obreniformes vei 

 obcordatae -_ _-- --- — -^ --- --- -- — --- — 38. 



38. Folia bracteaeque aequales; flores pauci (3 — 6); stylus capsula 



sub 3-plo longior; corolla calyce 2 — 3-plo major __^ V. repens D. C. 



Bracteae quam folia minores ; flores copiosi ; stylus 

 capsulam fequans .._ — -._ — — -_ — — -- — 39. 



39. Pedicelli calyces demum superantes; capsula obreniformis 

 parum profunde emarginata; calycis segmenta corollam 

 subœquantia ___ _- — — .-^ — — — — V. serpyllifolia L 



Pedicelli calyce 2-plo longiores; capsula obcordata pro- 

 funde acuteque emarginata; corolla calycem paullo superans 



V. apennina Tausch. 



40. Folia obsolete crenulata vei repando-denticulata -_ — — 41. 



Folia profunde crenulata vei dentata _-_ -- -- — 42. 



41 . Pedicelli calyce breviores vel subaequilongi ; bracteae flores 

 multo superantes; segmenta calycina lineari-lanceolata, valde 

 inaequalia; calyx corollam superans; stylus vix distinctus V, pere^rina L 



Pedicelli calyce 3— 4-plo longiores, bracteas aequantes; 

 segmenta calycina ovalia aequalia ; calyx corolla superatus ; stylus 

 emarginaturam aequans. (Capsula longitudine 2-plo latior usque 

 ad medium in lobos suborbiculatos divisa, sinu acuto) ]/. acinifolia L 



42. Pedicelli calyce bracteaque manifeste longiores; segmenta 

 calycina oblonga paullo inœqualia; calyx corolla superatus. 

 (Capsula latitudine longior oblongo-suborbicularis parum 

 profunde emarginata, sinu obtuso)___ — — — -- V. prœcox All. 



Pedicelli calyce breviores vel vix longiores ; segmenta 

 calycina lineari-lanceolata valde inaequalia ; calyx corollam 

 superans ___ _._ .__ ___ .._ ___ _._ .__ ___ .__ .__ ___ 43. 



43. Bracteae breviter lanceolatae ; racemus elongatus ; pedicelli 

 calyce 2-plo breviores; semina 15 — 20, ovata -_^ .- V. arvensis L. 



Bracteae brevissime lineares ; racemus brevis paueiflorus ; 

 pedicelli calyce sublongiores ; semina pauca' orbiculata (2-plo 

 majora) .__ __ ___ _^_ __^ ._^ __ _._ ._. V. Sartoriana B. et H. 



44. Folia omnia palmatisecta (stylus brevissimus) _._ V. digitata Vahl. 



Folia caulina media vel superiora tantum dissecta; 

 inferiora indivisa ..._ ._ .,. ... ... .__ .__ ... ... ... 45. 



