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Stamens 15 
Flowers 2 to "25 in. long. 
Main nerves of leaves 9 to 10 pairs, 
faint ; petals not saccate at base ; 
ovary ovoid-conical, tomentoso, 
style short ... ... 10. S. Ridleyana. 
Main nerves 6 or 7 pairs ; petals 
saccate at base ; ovary hemis- 
pheric, style long and slender ... 8. 8. MaxwelUana, 
Flowers *4 in. long, main nerves 9 to 
11 pairs; style 3 times as long 
as the globose ovary ... ... 11. S. paucijlora. 
Flowers "5 in. long, main nerves of 
leaves 6 to 8 pairs; ovary elongate- 
conic, style short, petals linear- 
oblong ... ... ... 12. S. Kunstleri. 
Flowers "65 in. long : nerves of leaves 
12 to 16 pairs; ovary ovoid, style 
long, filiform, petals ovate- lanceolate 13. S. bracteolata. 
Leaves glaucous beneath ... ... 14. S. ylanca. 
Apical appendage of the connective with 3 to 5, 
or many cilia?. 
Stamens 30 : cilisa radiating from the tip 
of the apical process of all the anthers 15. S- ciliata. 
Stamens 20 : apical appendages of all the 
anthei-8 with numerous ciliee ; petals 
broad, spreading ... ... 16. S. utilis. 
Stamens 15 : anthers of outer row with 
ciliate apical appendages ... ... 17. S- costata. 
Anthers with a single apical appendage from 
each cell, and a short one from the connec- 
tive; sepals imbricate at their bases only ... 18. S. stellata. 
Species imperfectly known. 
Bracteoles large, persistent, scaberulous, stel- 
late-pubescent ... ... ... 19- S. Maranti. 
Stipules large, paired, persistent ... 20. S. eximia. 
Sect. II. Pachychlamys, (Dyer). Fruit more than 1 in. long, its 
pericarp thick and woody, embraced in its lower half by a cup 
formed of the enlarged sepals, the bases of which are thickened 
woody and concave, the apices of the outer three produced into 
membranous wings as long as, or slightly longer than, the fruit. 
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