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Corolla shortly lobed : 
Calyx cleft about half-way down : 
Leaves oval or elliptic or obovate : 
Stamens 20-30; male racemes 4-14 in. 
long ; female racemes ;5-} in. long; 
fruit globose <f Bt We 
Stamens 16-18; male racemes short ; fe- 
male racemes very short; fruit ovoid, 
somewhat conical at the apex ... ... (2) tomentosa. 
Leaves ovate... av oe ans ... (3) coriacea. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate rc sui ... (4) acutifolia. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate or -oblanceolate ... (5) lancea, 
Leaves linear : 
Calyx pubescent ; flowers usually penta- 
merous, rarely hexamerous are a 
Calyx glabrous; flowers tetramerous, 
rarely pentamerous et “se wos 
Calyx shortly toothed ; leaves obovate or oblanceo- 
late. . «.. tes “as ney as Bes te 
Corolla cleft about half-way down or lower: 
Leaves rather large, usually exceeding an inch, or 
if small not strongly wavy : 
Branches more or less pubescent, or if glabrous 
not reddish : 
Ovary hairy : 
Calyx cleft about half-way down or 
less, the tube in fruit not con- 
solidated ; leaves lanceolate, elliptic 
or ovate : 
Male inflorescence racemose, 2—-9- 
flowered : - 
Leaves quite entire, obtuse 
or subacute és 
Leaves often crenulate, acute 
or apiculate oP ... (10) ovata, 
Male inflorescence many -flowered, 
often compound : 
Leaves opposite or  sub- 
opposite, narrowly elliptic, 
glabrous or nearly so, some- 
what glaucous... ... (11) Divinorum, 
Leaves alternate or rarely 
subopposite, oval, elliptic 
or oblong, more or less 
pubescent, not glaucous ... (12) multifiora. 
Calyx deeply lobed, the tube in fruit 
consolidated and articulate to the 
pedicel; leaves obovate-oblong ... (13) natalensis. 
Ovary glabrous : 
Leaves obovate-oblong or oblanceo- 
late, 14-4 in. long, 3-14 in. broad ; 
petioles 4,-} in. long pe ... (14) macrophylla, 
Leaves linear- or oblanceolate-oblong, 
1-3 in. long, 3-4 in. broad, sub- : 
sessile vin oi any ... (15) daphncides. 
Branches glabrous, often reddish ee ... (16) racemosa. 
Leaves small, usually about an inch long or less 
and strongly wavy ... vis oki cas ... (17) undulata. 
1. E. polyandra (E. Meyer ex Drége, Cat. Pl. Exsice. Afr. Austr. 
(1) polyandra. 
(6) Pseudebenus. 
(7) linearis. 
(8) Guerkei, 
(9) lanceolata. 
