| 11. | They are scarious ( along the top part of the leaf ), at blooming time.
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| 12. | The calyx tube itself is not scarious ( papery and membranous ) at the joints between the lobes.
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| 13. | It has bracts that have wide transparent margins, which become scarious after antithesis ( after flowering ).
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| 14. | The stem has 2 lanceolate and ( scarious ) membranous spathe ( leaves of the flower bud ).
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| 15. | They are ( scarious ) membranous, in the top third of the leaf and along the edges.
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| 16. | Cataphylls subulate, recurved at apex, scarious, with erose-ciliate margins, brown, early deciduous.
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| 17. | "Rhododendron " are characterised by having inflorescences with scarious ( dry ) agglutinate ( clumped ) pollen.
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| 18. | The stem has elliptic or ovate, ( scarious ) membranous, spathes ( leaves of the flower bud ).
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| 19. | They appear from the middle of the stem, up towards the flowers, and they have a narrow scarious margin,
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| 20. | Prior to opening, the flower buds are enveloped and protected in a thin dry papery or membranous ( scarious ) spathe.
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