See XLVIII. MYRTACE.£. 195 
` (Gee also the sessile-flowered n of 86. E. viminalis.) 
Flowers rather large. Operculum globular, broader than the 
ealyx-tube. Fruit tu okee + in. long, the broad rim flat, 
the valves protruding and erec estern GE . . . 04. E. gomphocephala. 
Flowers t hemispherical, $ to 1l i. di ameter. 
` Fruit with prominent thick ineurved cap- 
. 67. E. megacarpa. 
Leaves o iine. often opposite. "Fruit flat or concave at the 
= top, the valves not prom . 68. E. Pre : 
Dee also the subseri xiu desmiee, "eid. et the calyx-teeth become sie Pie 
 T&emble the Rodwste in their inflorescence and fruit, but idi generally more or less 
- Opposite leaves and ioni short opercula.) 
E esie axillary or lateral, several- often many- 
S fere Zä tian in E. cornuta). oe -— ide; or shortly merecen Oper- 
00th, and not thick. ves il or flexuose in the bud, not in- 
BS " Ae "zeng — or obo mec the mër not ën? sunk, Ange thick, 
irregular oblique veins often inconspicuous. 
The habit of this abut is that of the Robuste, from och A is caf distinguished 
the stamens not inflected in the bud. all Wes 
Calyx-tube and fruit more or less eae | is the EN e re- : 
Capsule valves exserted, acuminate, EE SC £ Lemani 
i evatelaneeo lat 
flat- 
- Capsule s slightly c convex A i ‘opening ; M ee 
open, very prominent, with long points, often Bet E 70. E. cornuta, 
ers and fruit sessile. Leaves narrow-lanceolate. Peduncles 
‘ery short broad and flat. Ovary and capsule with a conical to p, 
 Würounded by a hy annular disk. Valves, when ban promi- 
nent Ma ed deuininat . T1. E annulata. 
bé lowers and fruit iis MM sile e. ge mostly orbie nlar- Pe- 
: es very flat, broad and often long. Ovary and capsule bes 
: rim of the fruit — promise. Valves 
usually prominent . T qa. E. platupus. 
flat 
any i , "Fruit 
pitts the valves not acuminate nor prot Tia Ge cages 
58 Mac 1S ^on distin pedicellgte. Aere, of E cornuta. 
the eg Ovary and capsule x or conical at 
open .- ruit Sieg valves acuminate, protruding when à 1 
| . 74. E. occidentalis. 
omg fruit shortly pedicellat ate. Leaves narrow. Peduncles - 
much cont: flat- -topped, the style not died. Fruit obovoid, 
trading, racted at Ge erg Roini of the valves often pm 
. 15. E. spathulata. 
z. OF SS but the stamens dis- 
ected i n bid Së the pares of the C s 
'arginata, the stamens are not inflected, but the anthers are very 
are ol ornis, 78. E. Oldfieldii, and perhaps some others of the Exserta, the sta- 
lac y slightly inflected at the ends.) 
Xe Iso the upper ones 
ES V. Exsertæ.—Peduncles axillary or lateral, or rarely also agi 
i M ai pad corymb, terete or scarcely fla ice each with odo erg 
? Orifice ged Fruit globose or depressed, usually mor or less ria ec yo 
i, "Te rim conver or prominent, rarely flat, t the ee ‘as ruding be- 
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