184 Dr. J. D. Hooxer’s Enumeration of the Plants 
altero latiore, 14 lin. longa, 14 lata, plana, enervia, superiora minima ; stipulis parvis ; 
petiolis brevissimis. Involucra latè turbinata, pubescentia, segmentis subpetaloideis 
atris, marginibus planis, diametr. ad os } lin. Capsula 3 lin. lata; coccis compressis, 
pubescentibus, dorso vix carinatis. 
A very distinct and curious little species. 
74. E. pirrusa, Hook. fil.; herbacea, glaberrima, dichotomé ramosissima, ramis 
elongatis prostratis teretibus gracilibus, foliis oppositis breviter petiolatis 
linearibus subacutis integerrimis basi profundé et oblique cordatis, stipu- 
lis subulatis, involucris parvis axillaribus solitariis : segmentis carnosis. 
Hab. Albemarle Island, Mr. Macrae & Mr. Cuming. 
Radix lignosus, validus, pennz anserinz crassitie. Caules e radice numerosissimi, genicu- 
latim flexuosi, prostrati, glabri, 8 unc. ad pedem longi, ramosissimi, cortice fusco- 
nigrescenti. Rami dichotomi, spithamzei, stricti, graciles, teretes, leves, rufo-fusci, 
fragiles, laxé foliosi, ramulis ultimis filiformibus. Folia stricta, linearia, basin versus 
latiora et inzqualiter auriculato-cordata, lobo unico producto, integerrima, subacuta, 
siccitate concava, glaberrima, maculata, fusco-viridia, subcoriacea, } unc. longa, 5 lin. 
lata; petiolis brevissimis. Stipule parve, inconspicuze, subulate. Involucra breviter 
pedunculata, minima, vix } lin. longa, turbinata; ore 4-fido; segmentis transverse 
oblongis, planis, coriaceis. Capsule 3 lin. longze ; coccis lateraliter compressis, gla- 
General habit and appearance that of a Texian species, E. arenaria? Kunth, 
but leaves very dissimilar. 
75. E. viminea, Hook. fil.; glaberrima, caule elongato lignoso divaricatim 
ramoso, ramis strictis virgatis simpliciusculis superné foliosis, foliis in 
ramulis brevissimis confertis crassis angusté linearibus vel ad apices di- 
latatis emarginatis utrinque rotundatis breviter petiolatis marginibus 
decurvis, stipulis majusculis latè ovatis, involucris parvis in foliorum 
axillis brevissimé pedunculatis solitariis. 
Hab. Albemarle Island, Mr. Macrae. Est] ; 
Caules bi-tripedales, teretes, graciles, crebrè transversim nodosi, cicatrizati, quasi articu- 
lati; internodiis 4-j-uncialibus; cortice fusco, subrugoso. Rami pedales, divaricati, 
ad caulis nodos siti, imá basi valde incrassati, superne graciles, articulati, ramulos bre- 
vissimos foliosos emittentes. Folia patentia vel recurva, apices versus interdum latiora 
