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branches ; bracts and sepals blunt, the latter very short ; 

 corolla always white, its lobes obtuse ; style abbreviated ; 

 fruit small, almost globular. E. petrophila. 



Tube of the corolla almost cylindrical 1639 



1639. Prostrate. 



Leaves small, thick, from obovate to narrow-elliptical ; 

 flowers scattered along the branchlets ; bracts and sepals 

 blunt ; corolla always white ; style rather elongated ; 

 fruit small, almost globular. E. crassifolia. 



Erect '. 1640 



1640. Leaves from obovate to orbicular. 



Rather tall ; leaves small, spreading, thick ; flowers crowded 

 at and near the summit of branchlets ; bracts and sepals 

 blunt ; -corolla always white, the lobes obtuse ; style 

 rather elongated ; fruit small, almost globular. 



E. robust a. 



Leaves almost narrow-elliptical. 



Rather tall and slender ; branches few ; leaves small, thick, 

 appressed or hardly spreading ; flowers fragrant, scattered 

 along the branches, but forming leafy almost unilateral 

 spikes ; bracts and sepals nearly blunt ; corolla always 

 white ; style rather elongated ; fruit small,' almost 

 globular. E. obtusifolia. 



1641. Leaves from linear to quite lanceolar ... ... 1642 



Leaves from ovate to cordate ... ... ... 1643 



1642. Bracts and sepals fringed with minute hairlets. 



Tall, bushy, often literal ; leaves small, pointed, appressed 

 or hardly spreading; flowers axillary, solitary, but crowded 

 near the summit of branchlets ; bracts and sepals acute ; 

 corolla always white, its tube narrow-cylindrical ; style 

 somewhat beset with hairlets ; fruit small, ovate-globular. 



E. lanuginosa. 



Bracts and sepals glabrous. 



Tall, bushy, often alpine ; leaves small, appressed or hardly 

 spreading ; flowers axillary, solitary, but crowded near 

 the summits of branchlets ; bracts and sepals acute ; 

 corolla always white, its tube narrow- cylindrical ; style 

 glabrous ; fruit small, ovate -globular. E. paludosa. 



