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Valves inserted near the Orifice 



(i.e., hardly sunk; these are allied to those in the "Protruding Section " which tend 



to be " hardly sunk ") : — ■ 



Inserted not much below the . , , . rim. Deltoid, E. acmenioides. 



Close to the orifice, slightly or not exserted. Tender, convergent, deltoid, 

 E. amygdalina. 



Not distant from the rim. Very short, E. bicolor (largiflorens). 



Inserted close beneath the orifice, not emerging. Short, E. hotyroides. 



Affixed not far below the orifice, but quite enclosed, or only their apex exserted. 

 Deltoid, E. cordata. 



Convergent from near the summit, of the orifice, not or but slightly exserted. 

 Almost deltoid. Very short. E. coriacea- (paucifiora). 



Affixed not far below the orifice, enclosed or slightlv exserted. Short, con- 

 vergent, E. cosmaphyllo. 



Affixed close below the summit, or provided with slightly exserted points. 

 Deltoid, E. crebra. 



Inserted not distant from the orifice. Enclosed, but reaching nearly or fully 

 to the rim; very short 3 E. doratoxyhn. 



.Affixed to the summit of the orifice. Convergent and thus scarcely emersed, 

 though terminal. Short, deltoid, E. erytJironema. 



Affixed near the orifice of the fruit, enclosed or slightly exserted. Deltoid, E. 

 eugenioides. 



Inserted not far below the orifice. Very short, E. gamophylla. 



Inserted very near the narrow margin of the orifice, enclosed or less often 

 semi-exserted. Deltoid, E. gonioculyx. 



Fixed close to the orifice, almost enclosed. Very short, deltoid, E. Crunnii. 



Usually affixed very close to the summit of fruit. Very short, deltoid, con- 

 vergent, E. haemastoma . 



Inserted near the orifice. Minute, almost deltoid, E. Howittiana. 



Keaching to near the summit of the fruit or slightly beyond it. Deltoid, 

 E. microcorys. 



Inserted slightly below the .... rim. Deltoid, E. pilularis. 



Situated close beneath the rim. Very short, E. populifolia. 



Reaching to the narrow rim or slightly protruding beyond it; fruits sometimes 

 barely half the length and width of those illustrated, and the valves occasionally more 

 terminal. Short, E. pruinosa. 



Exserted or almost quite enclosed deltoid, Nearly E. pyriformis. 



Reaching the summit of the fruit-tube or extending slightly beyond it. Short, 

 pointed, E. redunca. 



