184 Dr. J. D. Hooker's Enumeration of the Plants 



altero latiore, Ij lin. longa, 1^ lata, plana, enervia, superiora minima; stipulis parvis ; 

 petiolis brevissimis. Involucra late turbinata, pubescentia, segmentis subpetaloideis 

 atris, marginibus planis, diametr. ad os ^ lin. Capsula | lin. lata ; coccis compressis, 

 pubescentibus, dorso vix carinatis. 



A very distinct and curious little species. 



74. E. DIFFUSA, Hook.jil.; herbacea, glaberrima, dichotomy ramosissima, ramis 



elongatis prostratis teretibus gracilibus, foliis oppositis breviter petiolatis 

 linearibus subacutis integerrimis basi profundi et obliqufe cordatis, stipu- 

 lis subulatis, involucris parvis axillaribus solitariis : segmentis carnosis. 

 Hab. Albemarle Island, Mr. Macrae h; Mr. Cuming. 



Radix lignosus, validus, pennae anserinee crassitie. Caules e radice numerosissimi, genicu- 

 latim flexuosi, prostrati, glabri, 8 unc. ad pedem longi, ramosissimi, cortice fusco- 

 nigrescenti. Rami dichotomi, spithamaei, stricti, graciles, teretes, laeves, rufo-fusci, 

 fragiles, laxe foliosi, ramulis ultimis filiformibus. Folia stricta, linearia, basin versus 

 latiora et inaequaliter auriculato-cordata, lobo unico producto, integerrima, subacuta, 

 siccitate concava, glaberrima, maculata, fusco-viridia, subcoriacea, ^ unc. longa, | lin. 

 lata ; petiolis brevissimis. Stipulae parvce, inconspicuae, subulata;. Involucra breviter 

 pedunculata, minima, vix ^ lin. longa, turbinata; ore 4-fido; segmentis transverse 

 oblongis, planis, coriaceis. Capsulae ^ lin. longae ; coccis lateraliter compressis, gla- 

 berrimis. 



General habit and appearance that of a Texian species, E. arenaria} Kunth, 

 but leaves very dissimilar. 



75. E. viMiNEA, Hooh.Jil.; glaberrima, caule elongato lignoso divaricatim 



ramoso, ramis strictis virgatis simpliciusculis supernfe foliosis, foliis in 

 ramulis brevissimis confertis crassis angustfe linearibus vel ad apices di- 

 latatis emarginatis utrinque rotundatis breviter petiolatis marginibus 

 decurvis, stipulis majusculis lat^ ovatis, involucris parvis in foliorum 

 axillis brevissim^ pedunculatis solitariis. 

 Hab. Albemarle Island, Mr. Macrae. 



Caules bi-tripedales, teretes, graciles, crebre transversim nodosi, cicatrizati, quasi articu- 

 lati; internodiis ^-|-uncialibus ; cortice fusco, subrugoso. Rami pedales, divaricati, 

 ad caulis nodos siti, ima basi valde incrassati, supeme graciles, articulati, ramulos bre- 

 vissimos foliosos emittentes. Folia patentia vel recurva, apices versus interdum latiora 



