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Eatonella A. Gray. Compositae (6). 2 Nevada, California. 



Eatonia Kafin. Gramineae (10). 5. N. Am. 



Eau de Creole, Mammea. 



Ebenaceae (EP., BH.}. Dicots. (Sympet. Ebenales P., BH.). 5 

 gen., 320 trop. (esp. Indomal.), trees and shrubs with alt., opp. or 

 whorled, simple, leathery, usu. entire 1. Fls. axillary, sol. or in small 

 cymes, reg. , usu. dioec., bracteolate, 3 y-merous. (K) persistent; 

 (C) convolute ; A epipet. at base of tube, usu. in 2 whorls but fre- 

 quently so by branching; stds. usu. present in ? fls., (G) 2 i6-lpc., 

 with i 2 anatr. ov. pend. in each loc. ; styles 2 8, free or united 

 below. Fr. usu. a berry with fewer seeds than there were ovules, 

 sometimes dehiscent. Embryo straight or slightly curved, in abun- 

 dant cartilaginous endosp. Many yield valuable wood, e.g. Diospyros. 

 Genera: Royena, Euclea, Maba, Diospyros, Tetraclis. 



Ebenales. The 4th order of Sympetalae (EP.), the 6th (Bff.). 



Ebeneous, black as ebony. 



Ebenus L. Leguminosae (in. 7). 14 Medit. to Beluchistan. 



Ebermaiera Nees (Staurogyne P.). Acanthaceae (i). 40 trop. exc. 

 Afr. 



Ebony, wood of many Ebenaceae, esp. Diospyros, blackened by a 

 deposition of a gum-resin in the heartwood ; Gtirke gives a list of 

 forms, Nat. Pfi. IV. i, p. 164; Ceylon and S. Indian ebony, the 

 most important, is from D. Ebenum Koen. ; American-, green-, 

 Jamaica-, W. Indian-, Brya Ebenus DC. 



Eburopetalum Becc. Anonaceae (4). i Borneo. 



Eburophyton A. A. Heller (Chloraea p.p.). Orch. (n. 2). i Calif. 



Ecad (Cl.), a habitat form due to origin by adaptation. 



Ecastaphyllum P. Br. (Dalbergia p.p. EP-). Legum. (in. 8). 6 trop. 

 Am., W.I 



Ecballium A. Rich. Cucurbitaceae (3). i Medit., E.Elaterium A. Rich, 

 (squirting cucumber). The ripe fr. is highly turgid; as it drops 

 from the stalk, a hole is made in its lower end, and through this the 

 contraction of the pericarp squirts the seeds, mixed with a watery fluid. 

 A purgative (eiaterium) is prepared from the fr. 



Ecbolium Kurz. Acanthaceae (iv. B). 8 trop. Afr. 



Ecbolium Riv. ex L.=Justicia L. (Acanth.). 



Ecclinusa Mart. Sapotaceae (i). 6 N. Brazil. 



Eccremocarpus Ruiz et Pav. Bignoniaceae (3). 3 Peru. See fam. 

 The valves of the fr. hang together at the top. 



Ecdeiocolea F. Muell. Restionaceae. i S.W. Austr. 



Ecdysanthera Hook, et Arn. Apocynaceae (n. i). 10 Indomal., 

 China. 



Echeandia Ortega. Liliaceae (in). 6 Mexico to Guiana. 



Echenais Cass. =Cnicus Tourn. p.p. (j5//.) = Cirsium Adans. p.p. 



Echetrosis Phil. Compositae (7). t temp. S. Am. 



Echeveria DC. (Cotyledon p.p.). Crassulaceae. 70 Am. 



Echidiocarya A. Gray (Plagiobotrys p.p. EP.). Borag. (iv. 2). i. 

 Arizona. 



Echidnium Schott. Araceae (iv). 2 trop. S. Am. 



Echidnopsis Hook. f. Asclepiadaceae (11. 3). 4 E. Afr. Xerophytes 

 with succulent stems. 



