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£. (?mj/, %». ^7., vol. i., p. 396 ; jB r //to» & Brown, 111. FL. 



voL^n., p. 394; £r^<w, JfanwaJ, p. 605; #ma//, *7. S.E.V.S., 



An erect or ascending shrub, 0-5-2-5 m. high. Leaves ovate or 

 lanceolate acuminate, 4-8 cm. long, 1-2-8 cm. broad ; petioles 

 l-J mm. long. Peduncle 1-2 cm. long, very slender. Cymes 1-3- 

 flowered Corolla 8-12 mm. across, greenish-purple. Capsule 

 3-5-lobed, I'D-* cm. across, red; prickles about 1 mm. long. 



Aril scarlet. 



North America. In low woods and on river banks, from 



New York to Florida, Nebraska and Texas. 



Nutt 



Brit ton & Broivn, I.e. ; Br it ton, I.e. ; Small, I.e. 



A low decumbent shrub, seldom rising more than 0*3 m. from 

 the ground, with trailing branches, rooting at the nodes. Leaves 

 obovate, usually obtuse, 2'5-5 cm. long, 1-25-3-5 cm. broad; 

 petioles 2-4 mm. long. Peduncle 1-3 cm. long, very slender. 

 Cymes 1-3-flowered. Corolla 6-8 mm. across, greenish-purple. 

 Capsule 3-Iobed, 1-5-2 cm. across, crimson. Aril scarlet. 



North America. In low woods and on river banks from 

 Ontario and Pennsylvania to Illinois and Tennessee. ' 



3. E. contractus, Sprague, n. sp. 



A bush, 0-6 m. high. Leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 2 „ _ _, 

 long, 1-5-2 cm. broad, coriaceous ; lateral veins patulous, very 

 inconspicuous in the dried state ; petioles 3-5 mm. long. Peduncle 

 4-10 mm. long. Cymes twice to four times forked, contracted into 

 dense umbel-like inflorescences. Corolla 7-8 mm. across, white. 

 Capsule not known. 



Western China. On cliffs, 1050 m., Wilson, 3327. 



5-4 



(18 



Hook. f. 



A scandent shrub, with densely tubcrcled branches. Leaves 



obovate, rounded, obtuse or very shortly acuminate, 4-7 cm. 



long, 2-4 cm. broad ; lateral veins oblique, easily seen in the 



dried state ; petioles 5-9 mm. long. Peduncle 1-1'5 cm. long in 



fruit. Flowers not known. Capsule depressed, greyish-greon, 



about 1-3 cm. across, including the prickles ; prickles 2-2*5 mm. 

 long. 



Assam. 



iffith 



5. E. Hemsleyanus, Loes. in Engl. Jahrb., vol. xxx., p. 460(1902). 



A shrub, rather over 1 m. high. Leaves obovate, elliptic or 

 elliptic-oblong, rounded, obtuse or very shortly acuminate, 

 2*5-6 cm. long, L'5-3 cm. broad ; lateral veins oblique, easily seen 

 in the dried state ; petioles 3-7 mm. long. Peduncle 5-7 mm. 

 long, up to 1-5 cm. long in fruit. Cymes once or twice forked. 

 Corolla about 7 mm. across, green. Capsule pale brown in the 

 dried state, rather over 1 cm. across, including the prickles ; 

 prickles 3-4 mm. long. 



