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Section 9. Soldanelloideae, Pax (15 species). Leaves more or less 

 hairy; flowers not or but shortly stalked, bracts short and broad. 



e.g. P. uni flora, P. Reidii. 

 Section 10. Farinosae, Pax (24 species). Leaves glabrous or nearly 

 so ; flowers more or less stalked, bracts saccate at base. 



e.g. P. farinosa, P. frondosa, P. longiflora, P. rosea. 

 Section 11. Capitatae, Pax (11 species). Characters as under section 

 9, but with lanceolate or subulate bracts ; flowers stalked or not . 



e.g. P. denticulata, P. capitata. 

 Section 12. Minutissimae, Pax (3 species). Plants small or minute ; 

 leaves toothed ; plant stoloniferous. 



e.g. P. minutissima. 



Section 13. Tenellae, Pax (7 species). Plants small ; leaves small, 

 glabrous or nearly so, leaves subcoriaceous, narrowed to the 

 petiole ; flowers one or two on a scape ; capsule globose. 



e.g. P. yunnanensis. 



Section 14. Nivales, Pax (15 species). Leaves glabrous or nearly 

 so, entire or denticulate, petiole winged ; capsule cylindrical. 



e.g. P. sikkimensis, P. Stuartii, P. nivalis. 

 Section 15. Omphalogramma, Franch. (4 species). Leaves not lobed ; 

 plant without stolons ; bracts absent ; flowers solitary. 



e.g. P. Elwesiana. 



Section 16. Macrocarpae, Pax (10 species). Glabrous or nearly 



so ; leaves contracted to a petiole, cuneate or rounded, dentate 



at apex ; capsules cylindrical or ovoid. 



e.g. P. suffrutescens, P. Souliei. 

 Section 17. Callianthae, Pax (16 species). Glabrous or nearly so; 



leaves coriaceous, obtusely denticulate ; flowers umbellate, very 



shortly stalked ; capsules globose. 



e.g. P. vittala, P. Kingii. 

 Section 18. Cordifoliae, Pax (5 species). Glabrous or nearly so ; 

 leaves cordate at base, petiolate ; corolla infundibuliform ; 

 capsule cylindrical. 



e.g. P. rotundifolia, P. pulchra. 

 Section 19. Sredinskya, Stein (1 species). Characters as section 18, 

 but corolla cylindrical. 



P. grandis. 



Section 20. Cankriena, (de Vriese) Pax (n species). Glabrous or 

 nearly so ; leaves membranous or papery, serrate or dentate, 

 narrowed to the petiole ; flowers in tiers of umbels ; capsule 



globose. 



e.g. P. japonica, P. Cockburniana. 

 Section 21. Auricula, Pax (22 species). Leaves more or less 

 coriaceous ; flowers in umbels ; bracts not leafy. This section is 

 divided by Pax into seven subsections as follows :— 



Euauricula, Pax (2 species). Leaves fleshy, entire or 

 dentate ; bracts short, broad ; calyx short ; flowers 

 yellow. 



P. Auricula, P. Palinuri. 



