BY CUTHBERT HALL. 509 



sessile; second 3x1, third 3-3 x 1-2 cm., subsessile. First inter- 

 node 1, second 1-2, third 2-4 cm. Stem glabrous, glaucous, 

 quadrangular at the nodes, terete at internodes. 



The seedling of this species is quite distinct from that of 

 E . Stuartiana, which has the cotyledons almost without emar- 

 gination, and the first leaves ovate, quite sessile, cordate, 

 stem-clasping. 



E. urnigera Hook. f. (PI. li., fig.l). — Cotyledons as in E. 

 f/Iobulus, but not so deeply emarginate, and consequently less 

 lobed, the lobes also being more divergent, purplish beneath, 

 lamina 0-9 x 0-25, petiole 0-2 cm. Leaves entire, opposite, 

 glabrous, lanceolate then lanceolate-ovate, obtuse, sessile, 

 purplish on undersides. First pr. 0-8 x 0-3, subsessile, alter- 

 nate, subacute; second pr. 1-2 x 0-45, sessile; third 1-5 x 1 cm. 



The shape of the cotyledons and the sessile leaves support 

 the chemical evidence that this belongs to the globulus-group , 

 while the urnshaped fruits indicate a return towards the more 

 primitive type of the corymbosa-grouip. 



E. unialata Baker & Smith (PI. li., fig. 2). — Cotyledons 

 emarginate, lobed, the lobes obovate-oblong, greatly diverg- 

 ing, asymmetrical, purplish beneath, lamina 0-7 x 0-2, petiole 

 0-3 cm. Leaves opposite, entire, glabrous, glaucous, ovate- 

 lanceolate, subsessile then sessile, obtuse, cordate at base with 

 rounded auricles. First pr. 21 x 0-6, subsessile ; second 2-7 x 

 0-9, sessile; third 3-6 x 11 cm. First internode 1-8, second 2-5, 

 third 2-5 cm. Stem greenish, sometimes slightly glaucous, 

 glabrous, at first terete, then quadrangular at the nodes. 



This species may be distinguished, in the seedling, from E . 

 Maideni in having the emargination of the cotyledons not so 

 deep, and consequently the lobes are not so constricted at their 

 junction ; the first pair of leaves larger and broader than in 

 E Maideni, and there is not so much glaucousness on the 

 leaves and stem. 



E. Maideni F.v.M.(Pl. xlviii., fig.l). — Cotyledons deeply 

 bifid, lobes obovate, diverging, constricted at junction. Leaves 

 opposite, entire, glabrous, glaucous, lanceolate then ovate- 



