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* Calyx in bud globular and closed, the lobes connate, after- 
— irregularly bursting poe i or 3 lobes; ‘corolla 
bular obed ; — 
ns 16 0 
Gtabrons eae aceous and e elegantly det teats flowers 
spicuons, ate 4, iin, pone, very cori . toposia, 
* Calyx in males short and tr iia ‘tethel, 3 in | females 
Le: deeply lobed; corolla urceolate, the lobes 
notched ; soe 30- 50; ovary-cells twice as many 
as corolla om 
oe: , enres cor . D. embryopteris, 
* Calyx footed or lobed corolla. lobes not notched ; 
—— ee or ‘fewer ; ovary-cells twice as 
any & la- ‘ober. 
Oo Coroita oe: in bud short, globular or conical, 
t and swollen, the lobes usually r. ounded 
ares wey Piette twice as many as corolla-lobes. 
X Flower-buds globular; corolla i glabrous ; 
ower wpe hardly a line long. 
Leaves thin-chartaceou: with strong sensor ent nerves, the net- 
veination distinet, hisi ovary glabrous . D. chartacea. 
Lea — thin-coriaceous , the nerves strong, the natainnidine in- 
picu ins ova ary tawny-villous - 2 «+.» «+ D, ehretioides. 
X X Flower bud l, acute, but elongate. 
+ Leaves pogx or less p uberulous or pubes- - 
t least hile young. 
Flowers about 3-4 lin. lenis in hick bracted res leaves — 
ing at base, pubescent (at least rca . D. mollis, 
Flowers 1-2 lin, ‘om 3 peduncles thin and slen ; leaves ro unded 
or ¢ at base, densely puberulous (at en ben 0) . D. cordifolia. 
t + Leaves quite dace and glo 
Leaves wierd omg the nerves thin but prominent ; pedis we 
urzii, 
— a ae state glau us-green, almost ‘polished and the 
Tves very seorincse sand impressed, without net-veina 
"is peduncles 4 to 5 lin. long; flowers nearly 5-6 lin sagan) D. oleifolia, 
fo) (@) Corot saliershdiod te n bud elongate, very sel- 
m short (in D. Birmaniea), the tube not or 
cimost not widened, the lobes as long or nearly as 
the 
x Caiye-llee ie ‘their borders r maid or revolute, 
their bases, and, therefore, often 
“ppearing gts pe auricled. 
Flower. credene 
os ag the short sete cya wny-tomentose; leaves coria- 
» afterwards shortly =a amt seem bs berry & lobular . D. Birmanic 
Flowers sessile ; leaves — chartaceous, gla - D, okivaiie: 
ea lowers d-merous, » nena aa in bud ; leaves 
Peduncles one. =o yale fen often a leaves with obsolete 
ee 5 olin bular . rate E ee D. densiflora. 
, -semaabdiiee ge us-V' vety, ‘ é 
Flo gpl but lax], net-veined a es globose D. Horsfieldii, 
Wers short-pedun ache ustered ; Maen indistinctly net-veined ; 
Flo es elliptical D. flavicans, 
of saiegrani ed or nearly so; I eaves with lax but distinet net-veina :D, nd 
mM 5 - ean rusty-pubescent . . undulata, 
As former, b & vP potoides. 
us 
x x Calyzx-lobes plain, é e the borders not mea 
nor revolute, 
