64 S. Kurz — Contr Hut ions toivards a [No. 2, 



t t Inflorescence terminal (and often also axillary on the same 

 branch). 

 X Branchlets brown. 



O Loaves bluntish acuminate to blunt. 

 Leaves thin coriaceous, the lateral nerves thin but distinct ; petiole 3 lin. long, slender, 



. . E. cymosa. 

 Leaves firmly coriaceous, the lateral nerves obsolete ; petiole thick, not above a line 



long, E' myrtifolia. 



Leaves long and sharply acuminate. 

 Leaves almost chartaceous, pale coloured beneath ; petiole about 2 lin. long, 



, . Ji. acuminatissima. 

 X X Branchlets white. 

 Leaves bluntish acuminate, almost chartaceous, elegantly tranversely veined, . . E.venusta. 

 + + Calyx not or scarcely contracted at the base, sessile. Leaves 

 blackish or reddish in drying, 

 t Branchlets white. 

 Leaves chartaceous ; calyx-lobes about a line long ; petals 2 lin. long or longer ; fila- 

 ments 4—5 lin. long, E. rubens. 



Leaves coriaceous, the lateral nerves strong and prominent ; calyx-lobes and petals 



shorter ; filaments 2 — 3 lin. long ; berries obovoid, E. Thumra, 



t t Branchlets red-brown. 

 Like preceding, but lateral nerves thin and vein-like ; berries almost globular, the size 



of a large cherry, « E. ohlata. 



Suhg. II. Jamlosa, DC. Calyx inside usually with a circular or 

 4-angular intra- staminal ring, or the stamens inserted on the thickened ring 

 itself ; flowers often large ; calyx-lobes conspicuous and persistent. Ber- 

 ries usually large, more or less turbinate or ovoid, the endocarp thick and 

 fleshy. Seeds large. 



* Calyx. lobes in fruit spreading. 

 X Calyx less than | in. long. 



+ Flowers sessile. Flowers in terminal and often also in axillary 

 panicles. 



t Leaves glossy, firmly coriaceous, the lateral nerves thin and 

 parallel. 

 Leaves 5 — 6 in. long, blunt or nearly so ; panicle corymb-like, peduncled ; berry obo- 



void-pcar-shaped, about an in. long, E. grandis. 



Leaves only 2 — 3 in. long, decurrent at the base, bluntish acuminate, . . E. lepidocarpa. 

 Leaves cuneatc at the base ; panicles sessile, reduced and cluster-like, the ramifications 



very short and thick, joint-like, E. paclujphylla. 



t t Leaves opaque, coriaceous, the lateral nerves .curved and 

 distant. 



Leaves long-petioled ; panicle terminal, corymb-like, E. tristis. 



+ 4- Flowers pedicelled. Leaves more or less chartaceous, the 

 lateral nerves curved. 

 Panicles axillary and terminal ; calyx-base thick, pedicel-like, the true pedicel very 



short or almost wanting ; leaves thin coriaceous, E. lancecefolia. 



raniclc almost corymb-like, little branched from the base ; calyx-base clavate-narrowed, 

 the true pedicel 3 — 6 lin. long ; leaves coriaceous, E. alhiflora. 



