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Stout, erect or decumbent; branches terete or obscurely tetragonous, 1/12–1/10 in. diam., blackish-brown when dry. Leaves connate into a closely appressed ring 1/10 in. long, tips obtuse or subacute	53. V. coarctata.
Strict, erect; branchlets terete, 1/14–1/12 in. diam., yellowgreen when dry. Leaves connate into a closely appressed ring 1/15–1/12 in. long, subacute or truncate at the tip	54. V. salicornioides.
Spreading, much branched; branches often flabellate; branchlets terete, slender, 1/16–1/14 in. diam. Leaves connate into an obconic sheath or ring 1/10 in. long loosely investing the branch, and which is open at the top and truncate or nearly so	55. V. Armstrongii.
Spreading or decumbent; branchlets terete, very slender, 1/20 in. diam. Leaves connate into a narrow sheath 1/10–1/8 in. long, lower part adnate to the branch, upper part free and slightly expanded	56. V. propinqua.
†† Leaves in remote decussate pairs.
Branchlets slender, 1/30 in. diam. Leaves minute, appressed or patent, 1/25–1/15 in. long	57. V. cupressoides.
Section IV. Small decumbent or prostrate shrubs; branches short, ascending. Leaves small, ¼–⅓ in. long. Flowers in terminal oblong or ovoid heads continuous with the branch. Corolla-tube long and narrow; limb small.
Leaves densely imbricated, fleshy when fresh, erect or spreading, not keeled	58. V. Haastii.
Leaves densely imbricated, spreading and recurved, coriaceous, sharply keeled	59. V. epacridea.
Leaves not imbricated, spreading, oblong, flat. Bracts very numerous, crowded, linear	60. V. Petriei.
Section V. Small prostrate woody plants 2–6 in. long. Leaves closely quadrifariously imbricate, rigidly coriaceous, 1/10–1/6 in. long. Flowers large, ¼–½ in. diam., solitary and terminal, pentamerous.
Branches ¼ in. diam. Leaves oblong-obovate, ⅛–⅙ in. long. Calyx hispid below	61. V. dasyphylla.
Branches ⅙ in. diam. Leaves oblong, 1/10–1/8 in. long. Calyx hispid throughout. Ovary villous at the tip	62. V. uniflora.

Subdivision B. Leaves crenate-toothed or serrate (obscurely toothed or entire in V. erecta).

* Flowers racemose.
Rigid, sparingly branched. Leaves ½–1 in., narrow-obovate. Racemes short, 5–8-fiowered. Flowers 4-merous, large, white, ¾ in. diam.	63. V. macrantha.
Much branched. Leaves ½–1½ in., linear-oblong, margined with white down. Racemes long, many-flowered. Flowers 5-merous, bright-blue, ⅓–½ in. diam.	64. V. Benthami.
Sparingly branched, erect. Leaves ¾–1 in., oblong-lanceolate, entire or obscurely toothed. Racemes long, 3–4 in., strict. Flowers small, ⅕ in. diam.	65. V. erecta.