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Distinguished from the following by the venation of the leaves 

 and the shorter prickles. Both species are represented on the 

 single sheet of Wallich, 4285, in the Linnean Society's Herbarium ; 



but Wallich's descrintion leaves no flonht, ns to wVnnh Via Viarl in 



min 



9. E. scandens, R. Graham in Edirib. N. Phil. Journ., Jan.-Mar. 

 1827, p. 386. 



A tall scandent shrub. Leaves ovate, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, 

 acutely acuminate, 4-8 cm. long, 1-8-3-5 cm. broad ; lateral veins 

 oblique, not forming a distinct network ; petioles 3-7 mm. long. 

 Peduncles slender, 1-2 cm. long. Cymes twice or three times 

 forked. Corolla 5 mm. across, yellowish-white. Capsule over 

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



long. 



Mag 



W 



Nepal. Wallich 



10. E. actinocarpus, Loes. in Engl. Jahrb., vol. xxx., p. 459 

 (1902). ■ 



Leaves ovate or elliptic-oblong, acuminate to the apex, obtuse or 

 rounded at the base, 6-9 cm. long, 2-4 cm. broad, pale green, 



rather 



more 



upper surface in the dried state, rather inconspicuous on the 

 lower ; petioles 4-6 mm. long. Peduncles distinctly winged, 

 2'5-3 cm. long in fruit. Cymes three or four times forked. 

 Flowers not known. Capsule about 1*7 cm. across, including the 

 prickles, pale brown in the dried state ; prickles 5 mm. long. 



Hupeh. Nanto, Henry, 4399 (quoted by mistake as 4339 in 

 the original description). 



11. E. angustatus, Spragae, n. sp. 



Leaves rhomboid-elliptic, acuminate to the apex, conspicuously 



cuneate at the base, 5-9 cm. long, 2-4 cm. broad, shining above, 



dull below; lateral veins oblique, about six a side, conspicuous on 



the upper surface in the dried state, inconspicuous on the lower ; 



petioles 7-12 mm. long. Peduncles narrowly winged, 3-4 cm. 



long in fruit. Cymes four or five times forked. Flowers not 



known. Capsule over 2 cm. across, including the prickles ; 



prickles 7 mi£. long, very flattened towards the base. — E. echinatus, 



Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot., vol. xxiii., p. 119, partly, not of 

 Wallich. 



Kowloon. Near Tai-mo-shan, Herb. Hongk., 639. 



China. Without locality or collector's name Herb. Hook. 



Wright, 32, from the Liukiu Islands, quoted by Hemsley I.e., 



may belong to E. angustatus or to an undescribed species allied 



thereto. The Liukiu specimen is in flower only, and E. angustatus 



is known in fruit only ; hence a satisfactory comparison cannot 

 be made. 



12. E. aculeatns. Hemsl. in Kew Bull. 1893. d. 209 ! Loes. in 



Engl 



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