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Pholidia, but the size and shape of the upper part of the 

 corolla and the large thick leaves belong rather to ErcTno- 

 phila. In any case, the desirability of uniting the two genera 

 seems now to be generally conceded. In the broad, fleshy, 

 rather large, and very obtuse leaves, and the sharply-keeled 

 or narrowly-winged calyx-segments, which run down into an 

 acutely 5-angled peduncle so short that it appeared to be 

 merely the contracted base of the calyx, the new species is; 

 well distinguished. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XXXVII. 



1. Eremaphila pentaptera, ii. sp. A, branch. B, corolhx 

 spread open. C, 5-angled peduncle and pistil, D, vertical swtion 

 of ovary. E, calyx and peduncle. 



2. I'ldinia mercurialis, n. sp. F, radical leaf. G, upper part 

 of stem. H, meriearp. I, transverse section of fruit. 



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