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Anthers distinctly longer than broad, from ovate to narrow-oblong, opening by almost parallel slits 



E. MINIATA. Leaves dull-green, slightly paler beneath; veins f eathery-spreading ; umbels usually 

 solitary ; stalldets almost none ; lid conic-hemispheric ; filaments crimson ; fruits very large, 

 nrnshaped-ovate, bluntly ridged, border compressed, valves enclosed. (Lepidophloise.) 



E. PTYCHOCAEPA. Leaves large, broadish, acute, much paler beneath ; veins feathery-spreading ; 

 umbels paniculated, stalklets elongated ; lid hemispheric ; filaments crimson ; fruits very large, 

 truncate-ellipsoid, prominently ridged, border compressed, valves enclosed ; fertile seeds termi- 

 nating in a long membrane. (Pachyphloife.) 



E. FICIFOLIA. Leaves broadish, much paler beneath; veins f eathery-spreading ; umbels panicu- 

 lated ; stalklets elongated ; lid patellar, less wide than the calyx-tube, tearing off along an 

 irregular suture ; filaments crimson ; fruits large, smooth, urnshaped-ovate, border compressed, 

 valves enclosed ; fertile seeds jmle, terminating in a long membrane. (Schizophloiae.) 



E. CALOPHYLLA. Leaves broad, acute, much paler beneath ; veins feathery-spreading ; umbels 

 paniculated; stalklets elongated; lid patellar, less wide than the calyx-tube, tearing off along an 

 irregular suture; fruits large, smooth, ovate-urnshaped, border compressed, valves enclosed ; 

 fertile seeds very large, dark, devoid of any terminating membrane. (Schizophloiaa.) 



E. ABERGIANA. Leaves thick, broadish, acute, much paler beneath; veins f eathery-spreading ; 

 umbels pauiculatecl ; stalklets almost none ; lid hemispheric, tearing off along an irregular suture; 

 fruits large, smooth, ovate-urnshaped, border compressed, valves enclosed ; fertile seeds termi- 

 nating in a large membrane. (Khytiphloias.) 



E. FOELSCHEANA. Dwarf '; leaves large, very broad, thick, greyish-green, hardly paler beneath ; 

 flowers pauiculated ; stalklets upward thickened ; lid patellar, tearing off along an irregular 

 suture, not so wide as the tube of the calyx ; fruits large, smooth, ovate-urnshaped, border 

 compressed, valves enclosed ; fertile seeds large, terminating in a long membrane. 



E. LATIFOLIA. Leaves long-stalked, broad, equally green ; umbels paniculated ; stalklets slender; 

 fruit rather small, semiovate, somewhat bellshaped, border compressed, valves enclosed ; fertile 

 seeds terminating in a membrane. (Leiophloire.) 



E. TEKMESTALIS. Leaves thick, dull-green, hardly paler beneath; umbels paniculated; stalklets 

 elongated ; lid tearing off along an irregular suture; fruits somewhat large, smooth, urnshaped- 

 ovate, border compressed, valves enclosed; fertile seeds terminating in a long membrane. 

 (Rhytiphloite.) 



E. COEYMBOSA. Leaves muck paler beneath; veins f eathery-spreading ; umbels paniculated; 

 stalklets elongated; lid short, tearing off along an irregular suture; fruits rather large, smooth, 

 ovate-shaped, border compressed, valves enclosed ; fertile seeds terminating in a very short 

 membrane. (Rliytiphloiae.)| 



