8 ENGLISH B0TAN1S. 



end, entire or faintly and remotely denticulate, glaucous beneath, 

 with the lateral veins as well as the midrib conspicuous. Flowers 

 numerous, in a terminal, elongated, compact spike-like raceme. Pedi- 

 cels from the axils of leaf-like bracts, the upper bracts strap-shaped, 

 and scarcely exceeding the pedicels. Petals obovate or spathulate, 

 contracted into an evident claw. Style bent down. Stigmas re- 

 curved or revolute. Plant glabrous, except the upper part of the 

 rachis, pedicels, and calyx-tube. 



Var. a, macrocarpum. 



Plate CCCCXCV. 



E. macrocarpum, Slrph, Leighton, Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. I. Vol. VIII. p. 247. 



E. angustifolium, " Linn." Leighton, Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. I. Vol. VIII. p. 403 {Linn. 



Herb. V) 

 E. angustifolium, var. ft. Hook. & Am. Brit. Fl. ed. viii. p. 142. 

 E. spicatum, Lam. Diet. Vol. II. p. 373. Gr. &. Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. I. p. 583. 



Rootstock with short subterranean stolons. Leaves narrowly 

 lanceolate-elliptical, attenuated towards the base, acuminate at the 

 apex. Plower-buds oblong-obovate-ovoid, nearly regular, shortly 

 acuminate at the apex. Petals obovate, gradually contracted into 

 a short claw, entire at the apex. Pistil ahout as long as the stamens. 

 Mature capsules erect, 3 or 4 times as long as the pedicel, cylindri- 

 cal, with 4 blunt angles. 



Var. 0, brachycarpum. 



Plate CCCCXCVI. 



E. braehycarpum, Leighton, Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. I. Vol. VIII. p. 403. 



E. angustifolium, Leighton, Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. I. Vol. VIII. p. 247. " Bertol. FL 



Ital. Vol. IV. p. 291 " (Leight.) 

 E. angustifolium, var. o, Hook &. Am. Brit. Fl. ed. viii. p. 142. 

 E. spicatum, ft latum, Ser. in D. G. Prod. Vol. III. p. 40. 



Pootstock with long subterranean stolons. Leaves lanceolate- 

 strapshaped, rounded or abruptly narrowed towards the base, acu- 

 minate at the apex. Plower-buds obovate-ovoid, bulging groat ly 

 on the outer side, nearly straight on the top, suddenly acuminated 

 into a short point on the upper side. Petals spathulate, with a 

 sub-orbicular lamina suddenly contracted into a short claw, often 

 slightly emarginate at the apex. Pistil about \ longer than the 

 stamens. Mature capsules spreading-ascending, not more than 

 twice as long as the pedicel, tetragonal-cylindrical, attenuated at 

 each end. 



