of the Natural Order of Myrt'u 285 



and barely of the fame diameter with it, not broader. It is more- 

 over not fo fmooth, nor of the membranous texture of the tereti- 

 cornis^ but thick and leathery as in the other fpecies, feparating 

 entirely from the bafe. 



Fig. g in Mr. White's plate we now knowtobeadifeafed flower, 

 not an impregnated one» 



5. E. capitellata, operculo conico obtufiufculo calyceque angui> 



lofo fubancipiti, capitulis lateralibus folitariis, frudu glo— 



bolo, foliis ovato-Ianceolatis. 

 E. capitellata. Bot. ofNetv Holland, 42.. 

 Fruit, White s Fey. 226. tab. fg. a. 



This eflentially differs from all the preceding, in bearing its 

 flowers in cap'itttla^ or little heads, (that is, without partial flower- 

 ftalks) inftead of umbels. The cover is not more than equal to the 

 calyx in length, angular like that part, and comprefled at the fum- 

 mit. The leaves ovato-lanceolate, rigid, obliq^ue. 



6. E. faligna, operculo conico acuto calyceque angulofo fub- 



ancipiti, capitulis laterahbus folitariis, fruftu turbinato^ 

 foliis lineari-lanceolatis. 



The leaves are narrower and lefs coriaceous than in mofl: of the 

 fpecies. The little heads of flowers grow on Ihortifh flower-ftalks,. 

 one from the bofom of each leaf. The flowers are fmaller than in 

 any of the others. Their covers acute, the length of the calyx. 

 Fruit turbinate with a flightly recurved margin, and crowned with, 

 thp pyramidal permanent bafe of the ftyle. 



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