Stipules green, filiform, obsolete, 4.5-6 X 0.5-1 mm,
caducous. Leaves 1.8-7.3 cm long; pulvinus green-vinaceous, pilose, c.
Sepals ovate, 0.8-1 mm, margin white, subapically strigillose,
caducous; petals white, linear, 0.5-0.7 mm; stamens 2, median; filaments ca.
2 mm long,
caducous. Flowers closely disposed, initially subsessile, then pedunculate; pedicles 1-2 mm long.
Figure 10 conveys a sense of the abundance of densely-occurring detached, fragmentary ultimate-alethopterid pinnae, and
caducous linopterid pinnules that are associated with the medullosalean axes throughout the sample area.
Most succulent plants have small
caducous leaves, an adaptation that helps to avoid excessive evapotranspiration during the frequent periods of aridity.
The pubescent varieties make up [approximately equal to]95% of the Metrosideros at the Thurston site, 30% at Olaa, 40% at Kohala (hairs
caducous), and 5% at Kolekole.
The
caducous polygala is faded in cool places almost white; knot-grass or door-grass (Polygonum aviculare) is still in bloom.
Bracteoles inconspicuous or
caducous; anthers straight.
Sepals, petals, and stamens
caducous before fruit maturity; fruit valves 3- or 5-winged; leaves pinnately lobed or dentate ...