1 "Corollas white; bracts indistinctly veined" "Megalochlamys trinervia" 1 "Corollas blue; bracts distinctly reticukately veined" 2 2 "Lower pairs of bracts covering only a small part of the spike; corolla tubes shorter than or about as long as the lobes" "Megalochlamys violacea" 2 "Lower pairs of bractes completey covering the spike; corolla tubes much longer than the lobes" 3 3 "Flowers in 4-6 pairs; inflorescence axes 5-15 mm long; seeds smooth and shiny" "Megalochlamys ogadensis" 3 "Flowers in (1-)2-3 pairs; inflorescence axes about 1 mm long; seeds covered by glandular glochidiate hairs" "Megalochlamys linifolia"