'rimulas of Petiolaris-Sonchifolia Section. 267 



is developed the winter bud ; scape o or if present 

 shorter than the leaves ; bracts broad only at the very 

 base, the outer ones 5-8 mm. long ; pedicels 4-7 

 cm. long, the flowers equalling or overtopping the 

 leaves ........ 7. W inter i. 



Corolla lobes 3-toothed or irregularly toothed or lobulate. 

 Calyx brown or pale brown, its lobes narrow and long 

 attenuate with one prominent median nerve, only 

 occasionally denticulate near the apex ; bud scales 

 very rarely persisting .it (lowering time ; outer long 

 petioled leaves elliptic or ovate-elliptic nearly always 

 present, inner leaves more or less spathulate, narrowed 

 into broadly winged petiole ; scape not developed ; 



efarinose 18. petiolaris. 



Calyx green, its lobes rather broad and not long at- 



Calyx lobes, especially in fruit, markedly 3-nerved (1 

 median, 2 intramarginal) ; fruit- slightly exserted 

 from calyx tube ; green, those 



surrounding the escapose inflorescence spathulate or 

 elliptic-spathulate, narrowed into distinct petiole, 

 succeeded in fruit by larger ovate leaves, long 

 petioled and cordate at the base, in the centre of 

 which is developed the winter bud . 10. wxicohi. 



Calyx lobes without the conspicuous intramarginal 

 nerves ; fruit included in calyx tube ; some of 

 the bud scales persisting at flowering time ; flowers 

 subequal to or sligiitlv overtopping the expanding 

 farinose leaves ; succession of leaves as in P. 



ves fully developed 2 



it the time the 



flowers ( 



-pen ; bn 





les de- 



ciduous before flowei 













eaves distinctly glandular pubescent 



on the 



upper su 



rface, 



either 



all over or towards the margin onl 











Leaves pubescent all 

 especially on midi 





nutace. ; 









ib and nerves, 





.lsually rather 



deeply 



toothed, sometimes lobulate ; sc 



ape (lev. 











.pedicels and c 



alvx ,1a 











r irregularly to, 



.thed. si 









than the tube ; 











lobed ; 











' ; ( . h,liaisi> 



Leaves pubescent or 



1 upper surface . 









d-den- 



ticulate margin ; 











calyx 



glabrous or with 

 entire, decidedly 



minute glandula 







ealv> 





longer than tube ; cc 



rolla lobes bilobed ; 



sparsely farinose 







12. Drummondiana. 



.eaves glabrous or wit 





dar papillae only. 







Scape wanting, or if present very s 



short an<" 



a quite concealed by 



the dense foliagi 













Corolla lobes em; 









3-lobed, the 



lobules oblon; 













rosette, all u: 







ith a bn 



>adlv 



winged 



scarcely diffei 



entiated petiole 











Corolla lobes en 



larginate, the tul 



be 151r.11 



1. long ; : 



^cape 



usually 



present . 









mov.p 



inensis. 



