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f Folia latiora quam longa, profunde trilobata, lobis 
ovataolundalis: uu. d. eA Trudi nd. di. AERE. 4. irilobatum. 
Tf Folia longiora quam lata, integra vel vix lobata, 
lobis oblongo-lanceolatis. /.:5....... e ei. ees 5. gracile. 
P. Calycis tubus filiformis, petala 3-5-plo longior. 
T Folia profunde trilobata; inflorescentia mascula 5-6- 
HORS eiie à MAD Le PE CL EE 5. filiforme. 
TT Folia leviter trilobata; inflorescentia mascula 12- 
yin cT c M E CE à Ho eE 7. longiflorum. 
** Inflorescentia mascula folio 3-4-plo longior. .......... 8. Amazonicum. 
b. Sinus basilaris foliorum dense longeque albo-ciliatus. . ... . eiliatum. 
A o cu in uie RS a EE 10. quadrifidum. 
II. Cirrhi simplices 
B. Folia subtus villosa vel sepissime tomentosa............... 11. Trianæi. 
+. TOUS Sabías glaberrima 15.114154) VEI OILS 12. glabrum. 
I. Cirrhi 2-3-fidi. Inflorescentia mascula longe pedunculata. 
Spec. 1-10 . 
A. Flores 5-meri. Spec. 1-9. 
l. E. cordatum (Hook.! in Trans. Lin. Soc. 20, part. 2, p. 224); 
foliis integris, ovato-cordatis, apice rotundatis, utrinque sparse pilo- 
sis; floribus masculis in racemos breves 2-5-floros digestis; calycis 
tubo brevi, oblongo-lineari, petalis breviore. 
Caulis gracilis, elongatus, glaberrimus vel parce pilosus. Folia 
utrinque sparse albo-punctata, ad venos minute setosa, margine mi- 
Mute remoteque denticulata, 7-8 cent. longa, 6-7 cent. lata, juniora 
mterdum angulata ; nervi tenues, duo laterales basilares bifurcati, 
mum sinum non marginantes; sinus basilaris obtusus, 18-20 mill. 
Profondus, 3-4 mill. latus. Cirrhi bifidi. Pedunculus communis mas- 
culus 1-3 cent, longus; pedicelli filiformes, 1-1 ?/, cent. longi. Calycis 
tubus basi truncatus, ad apicem non vel vix dilatatus, 9-11 mill. lon- 
Sus, 2-2'/ mill. latus. Petala lutea, patula, lineari-subulata, 10-13 
mill, longa, 
In ins. James, archip. Galapagos (Ch. Darwin in herb. Kew.). 
2. E. Carthaginense (Jacq.! Enum. pl. Carib. p. 31); foliis 
MMgulatis vel leviter 3-5-lobatis, apice acutis, supra subglabris et 
ibus, subtus sparse breviterque villosis et seabriusculis: floribus 
“asculis in racemos breves 7-15-floros digestis; calycis tubo brevi, 
lato lineari, petalis breviore. — Jacq. Select. stirp. Amer. p. 241, 
