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Panicles shorter than the leaves. 



Panicles solitary, axillary or terminal, 

 with rather long peduncles. 



Branches of the panicles few, lax, 

 slender, very long and bearing the 

 flowers on short distant cymules ... 4. 8. <puberula. 

 Branches of the panicle numerous, 

 stout, divaricate ; the flowers in 

 corymbose cymes towards their 

 apices. 



Flowers '2 to "25 in. long ; ripe 



fruit more than 1 in. long ... 5. 8. macrocarpa. 

 Flowers *1 in. long or less : ripe 

 fruit "6 to "7 in. long. 



Flower-buds conical ... 6. 8. laevigata. 



Flower-buds globular ... 7. 8. oblongifolia. 



Panicles sessile, branching from the base, 

 sometimes more than one from a leaf- 

 axil. 



Leaflets quite glabrous. 



Scar of stigma terminal in the 

 ripe fruit ; leaflets narrowly ob- 

 long, their main nerves 12 to 

 14 pairs ... ... 8. S. longifolia. 



Scar of stigma of ripe fruit ap- 

 proximated to its base. 



Leaflets oblong to elliptic- 

 oblong ; nerves 10 to 15 

 pairs ... ... 9. 8. Wrayi. 



Leaflets elliptic-oblong to 

 ovate ; nerves about 8 pairs 

 or fewer ... ... 10. 8. apiculata, 



Leaflets more or less hairy beneath. 

 Leaflets quite glabrous on the up- 

 per surface. 



Lower surface of leaflets 

 boldly reticulate andr-usty- 

 pubescent ... ... 11. 8. costata. 



Lower surface not conspicu- 

 ously reticulate, rusty - 

 puberulous when young ; 

 main nerves about 10 pairs 12. S. conferta. 



