MB HIERN, ON EBENACELE. 



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VII. ERMELLINUS. 



Fruiting calyx-tube without internal elevated rim at top. 

 Stamens 8; leaves not velutinous. 

 Leaves glabrous ; branches glabrous except extremities. 



Leaves cuneate at base, 1J 3 in. long. 62. 



Leaves obtuse at both ends, 4 5 in. long. 63. 



Leaves appressedly pubescent, at least on veins beneath ; shoots 

 pubescent. 64. 



Stamens 9 10; leaves velutinous-pubescent; flowers 4 5-merous. 65. 

 Stamens 12 ; leaves velutinous beneath ; lateral flowers 3-merous. 66. 

 Stamens 12; leaves glabrous, not velutinous ; flowers 5-merous. 67. 

 Stamens 14 20. 



Fruit obconical. 



Fruit rounded at base. 



Corolla-lobes acute or acuminate; ovary hairy. 



Calyx-lobes lanceolate. 

 Calyx-lobes rounded. 



Leaves and petioles glabrous. 70. 



Leaves and petioles more or less pubescent. 71. 



Corolla-lobes obtuse; ovary glabrous. 



Leaves ferruginous-pubescent beneath, rounded at base. 

 Leaves glabrescent, narrowed at base. 



<5 Calyx glabrous outside, tomentose inside; peduncles 



J | in. long 

 Calyx more or less hairy outside ; peduncles very short. 



Calyx deeply 4-lobed; ovary 4-celled. 



Leaves somewhat ovate. 74 



Leaves somewhat obovate. 75. 



<J Calyx 4 5-fid; ovary 10-celled. 76. 



Stamens 32. 77. 

 Fruiting calyx with internal elevated rim at top of its tube. 



Flowers dioecious; stamens 1632; leaves opaque. 78 

 Flowers polygamous ; stamens 8 ; leaves minutely pellucid-punctate. 79. 



D. tetrasperma, 

 D. Carthei. 



D. polyalthioides. 



D. Kirkii. 

 D. velutina. 

 D. plectosepala. 



68. D. stricta. 



69. D. eriantha. 



D. variegata. 

 D. dasyphylla. 



72. D. Beccarii. 



73. D. oleifolia. 



D. flavicans. 

 D. sapotoides. 



D. aurea. 

 D. nigricans. 



D. Ebenum. 

 D. pellucida. 



