C o v e l l i a . — i ' t o K J s r a unisaxual; mik flnoers in the same receptacles as tlie (¡all
flowers, monandrtm, the perianth of Z or i distinct pieces: female flowers
in separate receptmles from the males and galls, pedwicuhte or sessile; the
perianth gamophylhus, mmh shorter than the martj, or wmting (rarely
consisting of i or & pieces); the receptacles on long sub-leafless hrmchlets
issuing from near the base of the stem, often sub-hypogaid, or on shortened
branehlets (tubercles) from 7.he stem and larger branches, or axillary; shrubs
or trees, never epiphytes or climbers,
Ecaptaok^ on .Wi«,, rf.a „„ „y- .
[e^fpi t:l botryotarpa).
Eeeeptacles Ur^er tlian a pea.
Leaves more or less soatrid^or hispid-pubesceut.
Eoceptaoular branches short, muoh ramified, loaves broad.
L e .™ broadly „„to, reoeptaoles orowdod . . . . n.3. K „ „ M ,
„ ovate-olhptio. sHghtly unoijual at the' base;
tocoptaoles '. 114. «
Ileoeptaonlar branobes long, little ramified ; leans narrow,
elongate. '
Leaves very uneijiial at the base.
Eeoeptaoles vertically ridged „3 .
Receptacles not vertically ridged
Eeceptaoles shortly hispid and ven'(ico=e when
"P"
tomenlose when rip. . . . . u,, j,
Leavej narrowed towards, but not nneijiial at, ibc base.
Receptacles turbinate or sub-globular.
Eeceptacles snb-glotmlar, with nnm.rous flesliy
bractlet, on their sides ns , J.
Kecoptaolos turbinate, their sides with
onmerous smooth fiat warts, but no
t'aotlets ^ ^^^^^^