III.-STEONGYLANTHEEE.ffi. 



Anthers not or scarcely longer than broad, usually roundish, opening by longitudinal slits. 

 (Transits from Renantherese : E. santalifolia, E. Oldfieldii, E. Todtiana, E. sepulcralis, E. alpina.) 



E. ALBA. Leaves broadish, equally dull-green or ashy-grey ; umbels solitary ; lid semiglobular, 

 short-pointed ; fruit topshaped-hemispheric, border depressed, valves exserted. 



E. PLATYPHYLLA. Leaves often large, cordate or ovate-roundish, long-stalked, equally dull-green ; 

 umbels solitary ; stalks short, stalklets almost none ; lid blunt ; fruits small, semiovate, border 

 depressed, valves exserted. (Leiophloite.) 



E. DORATOXYLON. Leaves opposite, stalked, narrow, acute ; umbels solitary, bent downward ; lid 

 much pointed ; fruit ovate-globular, orifice small, border compressed, valves enclosed. (Leio- 

 phloiee.) 



E. GAMOPHYLLA. Dwarf; leaves mostly opposite, connate, broad, equally dull-green or ash-grey ; 

 umbels partly paniculated ; lid patellar ; fruits truncate-ellipsoid, border compressed ; fertile 

 seeds membranous-margined. 



E. PRUINOSA. Leaves opposite, sessile, broad, blunt, equally ash-grey ; umbels terminal, panicu- 

 lated ; lid hemispheric, pointed ; slits of anthers short ; fruits hemiellipsoid, border compressed, 

 valves barely enclosed. (Rhytiphloise.) 



E. MELANOPHLOIA. Leaves opposite, sessile, broad, equally ash-grey ; umbels partly paniculated ; 

 lid semiovate-conical ; fruits small, semiovate, somewhat angular, border compressed, valves 

 barely enclosed. (Schizophloire.) 



E. DREPANOPHYLLA. Leaves elongated, equally dull-green ; umbels mostly paniculated ; lid semi- 

 ovate, blunt ; fruits semiovate, angular, border compressed, valves barely enclosed. (Schizo- 

 phloife Rhytiphloife.) 



E. CREBRA. Leaves narrow, thin, equally dull-green, veins spreading ; umbels mostly paniculated ; 

 flowers small ; lid semiovate-conical ; stigma dilated ; fruits small, semiovate, border com- 

 pressed, valves short, somewhat exserted. (Schizophloia).) 



E. BRACHYANDRA. Dwarf ; leaves broadish, blunt ; umbels paniculated ; flowers very small ; 

 stamens extremely short; fruits minute, bellshaped-semiovate, border compressed, valves 

 enclosed. 



E. CLOEZIANA. Leaves thin, much paler beneath ; oil-dots pellucid ; umbels paniculated ; stalklets 

 short ; lid hemispheric ; fruit topshaped-semiovate. (Schizophloife.) 



E. HOWITTIANA. Leaves much paler beneath ; umbels paniculated ; stalklets none ; flowers very 

 small ; lid conical, acute, pale ; fruits minute, truncate-globular, border compressed, valves 

 enclosed. (Rhytiphloife.) 



E. RAVERETIANA. Leaves thin, somewhat paler beneath; oil-dots pellucid ; umbels panicnlated ; 

 lid conical, acute ; fruits minute, semiglobular beneath, border compressed, valves much exserted. 

 (Rhytipliloias.) 



