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ME HIEKN, ON EBENACEA 



EUCLEA. KEY TO THE SPECIES. 

 Ovary hairy. Stamens 15 30. 



Corolla 4 7-lobed only at apex. 



Leaves elliptical or obovate, flat or nearly so, not or very rarely cordate at base; 



Stamens 20 30. $ racemes | 1| in. long. 1. E. polyandra. 



Stamens 18. racemes short. 2. E. tomentosa, 



Leaves ovate, subcordate, wavy. Stamens 16 17. 3. E. coriacea. 



Leaves linear or lanceolate, flat, not cordate at base; 



Flowers pentamerous or hexamerous. Leaves not falcate. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, about ^in. wide, apiculate. 4. E. acutifolia. 

 Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, about 1 ^ | in. wide. 



Lower leaves obtuse, not apiculate. Flowers nearly glabrous. 5. E. lancea. 

 Leaves apiculate. Flowers hairy. 6. E. pseudebenus. 



Flowers tetramerous or rarely pentamerous. Leaves falcate. 7. E. linearis. 

 Corolla 4 5-fid or -partite. 



Fruiting calyx-tube receiving the base of the fruit. 

 <J Flowers racemose, 3 9 together. 



Leaves quite entire, obtuse or subacute. 8. E. lanceolata. 



Leaves minutely crenulate or acutely apiculate. 9. E. ovata. 



<J Flowers panicled or many together. 



Leaves glabrous, subglaucous, opposite: 10. E. divinorum. 



Leaves pubescent or not glaucous, alternate. 11. E. multiflora. 



Fruiting calyx-tube consolidated and articulated to thickened pedicel. 



Fruits many together. Albumen not ruminated. 12. E. fructuosa. 



Fruits 3 4 together. Albumen ruminated. 13. E. natalensis. 



Ovary usually glabrous or chiefly so. Stamens 10 18 usually about 12. 



Leaves flat or nearly so. Ovary quite glabrous or rarely pubescent all over. 



Racemes dense. Leaves usually opposite or verticillate 3 together. Ovary 2 6-celled. 

 Leaves obovate. Ovary 2-celled. Staminodes 0. 14. E. bilocularis. 



Leaves obvate-oblong. Ovary 2-, 4-, 6-celled. Staminodes 0. 15. E. macrophylla. 

 Leaves oblanceolate-oblong. Ovary 4-, 6-celled. Staminodes 0-4. 16. E. daphnoides. 

 Male racemes lax. Leaves subopposite or alternate. Ovary 4-celled. 



Ovary glabrous. Staminodes 0. Abyssinian. 17. E. Kellau. 



Ovary pubescent or rarely glabrous. Staminodes 2 4. S.African. 18. E.racemosa. 

 Leaves wavy or very small. Ovary hairy at base, glabrous above. 19. E. undulata. 



1. EUCLEA POLYANDRA, E. Mey. Cat. PL exsicc. Afr. Austr. Dreg, p. 7 (1837). 



E. foliis ellipticis, alternis vel suboppositis, obtusis, basi subangustatis rotundatis vel raris- 

 sime cordatis, breviter petiolatis, coriaceis, planis ; cymis racemosis ; floribus 57-meris, dicecis, 

 corolld apice lobatd ; staminibus 20 30, in fionbus femineis ; ovario hirsute. 



Royena polyandra, Linn. fil. Suppl. p. 240 (1781), non Willd. Hb. n. 8366 ; 



Diplonema elliptica, G. Don, Gen. Syst. Gard. and Bot. rv. p. 42 (1837); 



Rymia polyandra, Endl. Cat. hort. Acad. Vindob. II. p. 123, n. 4583 (1843) ; 



E. elliptica, Alph. DC. Prodr. vin. p. 216. n. 1 (1844) ; 



