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axillary, solitary, on very short stalklets ; calyx very 

 small ;* corolla dull-bluish inside, much narrowed to- 

 wards the base, its lobes comparatively short ; stamens 

 quite enclosed ; fruit dry, somewhat pointed. 



E. scoparia. 

 Leaves scattered. 



Never tall ; leaves very small, narrow, broadly sessile, 

 mostly appressed, at the lower side convex and there 

 beset with several or few resinous -glandular roundish 

 prominence's ; flowers comparatively small, axillary, 

 solitary, sessile ; segments of calyx upwards linear ; 

 corolla inside partly beset with rigid hairlets, its lobes 

 quite short ; stamens quite enclosed ; fruit very small, 

 nearly ellipsoid, much compressed, dry. 



E. gibbosifolia. 



COIf IFERAE. 

 CAXiZiXTXIXS. 



1750. Strobile-segments closely contiguous before expansion. 



A desert-species, fruiting already as a shrub, but attaining 

 to high-arborescent size ; branchlets very slender, hardly 

 angular ; strobiles almost globular, solitary or few to- 

 gether ; margins of the segments neither conspicuously 

 angular nor forming furrows, the dorsal space often 

 granular-rough, without any prominence ; fruits seed- 

 like ; cotyledons two or three. C. verrucosa. 



Strobile-segments separated externally by slight fur- 

 rows before expansion ... ... ... 1751 



1751. Three of the strobile-segments conspicuously dilated 



upwards, with a large pointed prominence near the 

 middle. 



Generally a hill-species, often attaining to high-arborescent 

 size ; branchlets rather slender, somewhat angular ; 

 strobiles almost globular, often clustered ; fruits seed- 

 like ; cotyledons two or three. Figure 111. 



C. cupressiforxnis. 



Three of the strobile-segments hardly dilated upwards, 



with a small pointed prominence near the summit. 



Here either a coast- or hill-species, attaining to arborescent 



size ; branchlets rather slender, somewhat angular ; 



strobiles usually clustered, almost ellipsoid-ovate ; fruits 



seed-like ; cotyledons two or three. C. ealcarata. 



