IV.— OETHANTHERE^. 



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



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

 solitary ; stalklets almost none ; lid conic-hemispheric ; filaments Crimson ; fruits very large, 

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



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

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

 truncate-ellijjsoid, 2^rominently ridged, border compressed, valves enclosed ; fertile seeds termi- 

 nating in a, long membrane. (Pachyphloise.) 



E. FiciFOLiA. — Leaves broadish, much paler beneath ; veins feathery-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 pale, terminating in a long membrane. (SchizopliloiEe.) 



E. CALOPHYLLA. — Leaves broad, acute, much paler beneath ; vei7is 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. (Schizophloife.) 



•E. Abbeglius"A. — Leaves tliick, broadish, acute, much paler beneath; veins feathery-spreading; 

 umbels paniculated ; 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. (Rhytiphloite.) 



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

 flowers paniculated ; stalklets upward thickened ; lid patellar, tearing of 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. (LeiophloiEe.) 



E. TEEMENALis. — LeavBS 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. 

 (Rhytiphloiee.) 



E. COEYMBOSA. — Lcavcs much 2^0'ler beneath; veins feathery-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. (Rhytiphloiee.)) 



