FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS. 
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Leaves with linear blades passing into the leaf-sheaths ; 
armed with prickles along the margins and the midrib 
beneath ....... 201. Pandanus^. 
* 45 ‘ (143) Leaf-blades flattened 146 
Leaf-blades linear, spongy or fistular, semi-cylindric or 
triquetrous ; all radical 
146. Stems above ground herbaceous, decumbent, rooting . i4f 
Stems underground or none, or if above ground erect • 148 
147. Cymes included in a large bract . • 792. Comtnelina. 
Cymes naked, paniculate » • • , Aneilema. 
148. (146) Leaves on an erect pseudo -stem formed of clasping 
leaf-sheaths • . , . . ... i4g 
Leaves radical ; flowers large, umbellate * i8g, Crinum. 
149. Flowers in a panicle at the apex of the leafy 
pseudo-stem 188* Alpinia^ 
Flowers in a spike rising direct from root-stock, separate 
from the leafy pseudo-stem . . . 18'}, Zingiber. 
150. (145) Flowers distinct, white, racemose; scape slender; 
field-weeds . . . . . igt. Asphodelus.^ 
Flowers minute, close- set on a cylindric spike ; large 
aquatic plants (Bulrushes) growing on edges of ponds 
and streams ...... 202, Typha^ 
151. (142) Petals or perianth-segments united in a gamo- 
petalous corolla . . , . . . 1^2 
Petals never united, often not present . . . 161 
152. Corolla regular, its base surrounded by a calyx , , /jj 
Corolla (perianth) irregular ; calyx absent 752. Aristolochia. 
153. Erect trees . . ... . . . • IS4 
Herbs or climbing under-shrubs or shrubs . • 755 
154. Stamens 5 or 6 . . , . • • 118. Cardia, 
Stamens 16 or more . . . . .106' Diospyros^ 
^ 55 ' (^53) Stems prostrate or, if twining, unarmed , . , jy6 
Stems erect or, if climbing, prickly . . * , i^g 
156, Flowers large, stalked, pink to purple ; stems twining 
or if prostrate the leaves not lying flat on the ground and 
not crispate ........ lyy 
Flowers small, sessile, white; stems and crispate leaves 
both close to ground , . , , iig. Coldenia». 
157. Sepals coriaceous but not so enlarged in fruit as to hide 
the capsule 
Sepals fleshy and mucilaginous in fruit, quite concealing the 
capsule . , , , , , 1 21. Stictocardia. 
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