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Flowers in panicles : nerves of 
leaves more tban 6 pairs 
Leaves narrowly oblong- lanceo- 
late; follicles 1 to 1'25 in. 
long ... ... ... 6. S. parvifolia. 
Leaves ovate or obovate-oblong 
to narrowly elliptic. 
Ovaries 3, villous: stamens 7 7, fit, Kunstleri. 
Ovaries 5, scaly ; stamens 10 8. 8. parvi/olia. 
Leaves more or less hairy. 
Calyx-lobes not cohering 1 by their 
apiceB : leaves glandular-dotted 
beneath ... ... ... 9. & Scortechinii. 
Calyx-lobes slightly cohering by their 
apices : leaves white beneath ... 10. S. hicolor. 
Calyx-lobes spreading, connivent and 
cohering by their apices. 
Stigmas free, long, recurved ... 11. S. augustifolia. 
Stigmas united into a lobed disc. 
Leaves more or less «>bovi-.U? 12. S. rnbiyhiosa, 
„ lanceolate ... ... 13. 8. ensifolia. 
Species of uncertain position... ... 14. 8. pulescens. 
Sect. II. Firmiana, MarBili ; Br. in Benn. PI, Jav. 
Rar. 235 (gen.). Follicles membranous, 
opening long before maturity. Seeds two or 
more. 
Calyx '75 in. long : staminal tube about 
the same length ; adult leaves glabrous... 15. 8, colorata. 
Calyx 1"25 in, long, staminal tube *5 in. 
longer: adult leaves minutely stellate- 
pubescent ... ... ... 16. S.fulgens. 
Sect. III. Pterygoid, Endl. (gen.). Follicles woody. 
Seeds many, winged at the apex ... J 7. & a laia. 
Sect- IV, Seaphium, Endl. Anthers 15, (some- 
times 10). Stigmas lobed. Follicles large, 
membranous, boat-shaped, often gibbous, 
opening long before maturity, containing 
only I seed near the base. 
Leaves ovate-rotund, deeply cordate ... 18. S. linearicarpa. 
Leaves ovate to ovate- oblong : main 
nerves 2 to 4 pairs ... ... 19. 8 . scaphigera, 
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