284 Dr. Smith' s Botanical Characters offome Plants 



purpofes of the Weft Indian mahogany. Its leaves are broader 

 than in any other fpecies that has come to my knowledge, and the 

 flowers larger, except only thole of E. corymbofa. 



2. E. pilularis, operculo conico medio conftridto longitudine 



calycis, umbellis lateralibus, fructu globofo, foliis lineari- 

 lanceolutis. 



The leaves are much narrower than in the preceding, and the 

 flowers not half fo large ; neither is their cover, as in that, more 

 in diameter than the calyx. The fruit is globoie. I fufpecl: that 

 of E. robujla to be turbinate with a reflexed margin, but 1 have 

 feen it only half ripe. 



3. E. tereticornisy operculo conico tereti laeviffimo membranacea 



calyce latiori triploque longiore, umbellis lateralibus fo- 

 litariis. 

 E. tereticornis. Bot. of New Holland, 41. 



Remarkable for its long, very fmooth, membranous operculum, 

 which burfls juft above the bafe, leaving the lower part like a ring 

 flicking for fome time to the calyx. The leaves are lanceolate and 

 oblique. 



4. E. refinifera, operculo conico tereti coriaceo calyce duplo 



longiori, umbellis lateralibus folitariis. 

 E. refinifera. White 'j Voyage, 231. tab. 

 Metrofideros gummifera. Gartn. Sem. v. 1. 170. /. 34. f. 1. 



At fir ft fight this nearly refembles the laft; but on accurate exa- 

 mination the operculum is found only twice the length of the calyx, 



and 



