238 ELAEOCARPACEAE 



Sloanea, Aristotelia. The grounds upon which they are separated 

 from Tiliaceae are chiefly anatomical. 



Elaeocarpus Burm. ex L. Elaeocarpaceae. 70 trop. 



Elaeodendron Jacq. f. (Cassine p.p. EP.). Celastraceae. 30 trop. and 

 subtrop. E. croceum DC. (saffranhout, S. Afr.) good timber. 



Elaeogene Miq. Euphorbiaceae (inc. sed.). i Sumatra. 



Elaeoluma Baill. (Myrsine p.p. BH., Chrysophylhim p.p. EP.}. 

 Sapotaceae (l). i Brazil 



Elaeophorbia Stapf. (Euphorbia p.p.). Euphorb. (A. n. 8). i trop. 

 Afr. 



Elaeoselinum Koch ex DC. Umbelliferae (in. 7). 8 W. Medit. 



Elaphoglossum Schott. Polypodiaceae. 330 trop. and subtrop. 



Elaphrium Jacq. = Bursera Jacq. (Burs.). 



Elater, Equisetnni. 



Elaterioides O. Ktze. (Elateriospermum Bl.). Euph. (A. n. 3). 

 2 Malaya. 



Elateriopsis Ernst (Cyclanthera BH.}. Cucurb. (4). 6 S. Am. 



Elaterium [acq. Cucurbitaceae (4). 12 trop. Am. The fr. is explosive 

 like that of Ecballium. 



Elaterium, Ecballium. 



Elatinaceae (EP., BH.). Dicots. (Archichl. Parietales; Guttiferales 

 BH.). 2 gen., 30 sp. , trop. and temp. Undershrubs, herbs, or 

 annual water-pi. ; the latter are able to live on land, altering their 

 structure to suit the changed conditions (cf. Littorella). L. opp. or 

 whorled, simple with interpet. stip. Fls. $ , reg., solitary or in 

 dichasia, 2 6-merous. K hypog. , free or united ; C imbr. ; A in 

 2 whorls, or inner aborted; G syncarpous, multiloc., with simple style; 

 plac. axile ; ov. oo , anatr. Capsule septifragal ; seed straight or 

 curved; endosp. thin or none. Genera: Bergia, Elatine. 



Elatine Linn. Elatinaceae. 15 trop. and temp. E. hexandra DC. 

 and E. Hydropiper L. (water pepper or pipe-wort) in Brit. 



Elatineae (BH.) = Elatinaceae. 



Elatinoides Wettst. (Linaria p.p .). Scroph. (n. 3). 24 Eur., As., Afr. 



Elatostema Forst. Urticaceae (2). 90 trop. As. E. acuminatitm 

 Brongn. is apogamous. Some show water secretion from the 1. 



Elatostematoides C. B. Robinson. Urticaceae (2). 5 Phil. Is. 



Elattostachys Radlk. Sapindaceae (i). 10 Indomal., Polynesia. 



Elatus (Lat), tall. 



Elcismia Robinson (Celniisia p. p.). Compositae (4). 158. temp. 



Elcomarhiza Barb. Rodr. Asclepiadaceae (inc. sed.). i Brazil. 



Elder, Sambucus nigra L. ; American witch-, Fothergilla; dwarf- 

 (W.I.), Pilta grandis Wedd. 



Elecampane, Inula Helenium L. 



Elegia L. Restionaceae. 20 S. Afr. 



Eleiotis DC. Leguminosae (in. 7). i India, Ceylon. 



Elemi, balsams, Burseraceae, Commiphora, Copaifera, Dipferocarpus, 

 Litjiiidainkar, Pistacia, Styrax, Toluifera, etc. 



Eleocliaris R. Br. Cyperaceae (i). 90 cosmop. E. palustris R. Br. 

 (spike-rush) on turfy moors in Brit. The green tissue is centric. The 

 tubers of E. tuberosus Schult. (E. As.) are used as food. 



Eleogiton Link = Scirpus L. p.p. (Cyper.). 



