589 



Deeply sunk. — 



E. albens. E. gracilis. 



E. aspera. E. hemiphloia. 



E. ccesia. E. incrassata. 



E. calophylla. E. latifolia. 



E. cladocalyx. E. maculata. 



E. clavigera. E. miniata. 



E. decurva. E. odorata. 



E. doratoxylon. E. peltata. 



E. eximia. E. tesselaris. 



E. ferruginea. E. trachyphloia. 

 E. fcecunda. 



Deeply sunk with a conical top. — ■ 

 E. diversicolor. 



VALVES— ENCLOSED OR PROTRUDING. 



la. Bentham. — Enclosed in Calyx-tube. 

 16. Bentham. — Protruding. 



2a. Mueller. — Enclosed. 

 26. Mueller. — Protruding. 



3a. Maiden. — Enclosed. 

 36. Maiden. — Protruding. 



la. Bentkam. Enclosed in Calyx-tube. (Dealt witk under " Depth of 

 Capsule," at p. 586.) 



lb. Protruding. 



Bentham, 1866. — I kave followed Bentham's verbiage as far as I could, for he 

 is a master of description. He rarely sees it necessary to give the shapes of valves. 

 We have already seen that, in speaking of the Capsule, he often uses the word " sunk." 

 Coining to a part of the Capsule, viz., a valve, sometimes the words " points of valves " 

 are substituted for " valves," and sometimes the words " when open " are added. 

 This means that Bentham felt that he sometimes had to deal with fruits of varying 

 degrees of ripeness. He uses the word " protrude," or the reverse, to indicate the 

 position of the valves with respect to the rest of the fruit. 



Occasionally Bentham substitutes the word "prominent" for "protruding." 

 rfe rarely {e.g., alba) uses the word " exsert," so commonly in use now. 



Not protruding, E. botryoides, E. cosmophylla, E. globulus, E. marginata, E. patens, 

 E. stricta. 





