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end, entire or faintly and remotely denticulate, glaucous beneath, 

 with the lateral veins as well as the midrilj conspicuous, llowers 

 numerous, in a terminal, elongated, compact spike-like raceme. Pedi- 

 cels from the axils of leaf-like bracts, the upper bracts strap-shaped, 

 and scarcely exceeding the pedicels. Petals obovato or spathulate, 

 contracted into an evident claw. Style bent down. Stigmas re- 

 curved or revolute. Plant glabrous, except the upper part of the 

 rachis, pedicels, and calyx-tube. 



Var. a, macrocarpiim. 



Plate CCCCXCV. 



E. raacrocarpum, Slpph., Leighton, Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. I. Vol. VIII. p. 247. 



K. angustiloliiim, " Linn" Leighton, Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. I. Vol. VIII. p. 403 {Linn. 



Herb. ?) 

 K. angustifolium, var. />, Ifvuh. & Am. Brit. Fl. ed. viii. p. 142. 

 E. spicatuni, Lam. Diet. Vol. II. p. 373. Gr. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. I. p. 583. 



Rootstock with short subterranean stolons. Leaves narrowly 

 lanceolate-elliptical, attenuated towards the base, acuminate at the 

 apex. Plower-buds oblong-obovate-ovoid, nearly regular, shortly 

 acuminate at the apex. Petals obovatc, gradually contracted into 

 a short claw, entire at the apex. Pistil about as long as the stamens. 

 Mature capsules erect, 3 or 4 times as long as the pedicel, cylindri- 

 cal, with 4 blunt angles. 



Var. 3, hrachycarpum. 



Pl.^te CCCCXCVI. 



E. brachyoarimm, Leighton, Aun. Nat. Hist. Ser. I. Vol, VIII. p. 403. 



E. angustifolitnn, Leighton, Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. I. Vol. VIII. p. 247. " Bertol. Fl. 



Ital. Vol. IV. p. '1^\" {Lelght.) 

 E. angiistifoliuni, vur. a, Uook. k Am. Brit. Fl. ed. viii. p. 142. 

 E. Bpicatum, ft latum, tier, iu D. C. Prod. Vol. III. p. 40. 



llootstock with long subterranean stolons. Leaves lanceolate- 

 strapshaped, rounded or abruptly narrowed towards the base, acu- 

 minate at the apex. Plower-buds obovate-ovoid, bulging greatly 

 on the outer side, nearly straight on the top, suddenly acuminated 

 into a short point on the upper side. Petals spathulate, with a 

 sub-orbicular lamina suddenly contracted into a short claw, often 

 bligiitly emarginate at the apex. Pistil about J. longer than the 

 stamens. ^Mature capsules spreading-ascending, not more than 

 twice as long as the pedicel, tetragonal-cylindrical, attenuated at 

 each end. 



