in— STEONGYLANTHERE^. 



Anthers not or scarcely longer than broad, usually roundish, opening by longitudinal slits. 

 (Transits from RenanthercEe : E. santalifolia, E. Oldfieldii, E. Todtiana, E. sepulcralis, E. alpina.) 



E. ALBA. — Leaves hroadish, equally dull-green or ashy-grey; umbels solitary; lid semiglobular, 

 short-pointed ; fruit topshaped-hemispheric, border depressed, valves exserted. 



E. PLATTPHTLLA. — Leaves often large, cordate or ovate-roundish, long-stalked, equally dull-green ; 

 umbels solitary ; stalks short, stalklets almost none ; lid blunt ; fruits small, semiovate, border 

 depressed, valves exserted. (Leiophloiae.) 



E. DoKATOXYLOif. — Leaves opposite, stalked, narrow, acute ; umbels solitary, bent downward ; lid 

 much pointed ; fruit ovate-globular, orifice small, border compressed, valves enclosed. (Leio- 

 phloise.) 



E. GAMOPHYLLA. — Dwarf ; leaves mostly opposite, connate, broad, equally dull-green or ash-grey ; 

 umbels partly paniculated ; lid patellar ; fr-uits truncate-ellipsoid, border compressed ; fertile 

 seeds membranous-margined. 



E. PEumosA. — Leaves opposite, sessile, broad, blunt, equally ash-grey ; umbels terminal, panicu- 

 lated ; lid hemispheric, pointed ; slits of anthers short; fruits hemiellipsoid, border compressed, 

 valves barely enclosed. (RhytiphloiEe.) 



E. MELANOPHLOiA. — Lcaves opposite, sessile, broad, equally ash-grey ; umbels partly paniculated ; 

 lid semiovate-conical ; fruits small, semiovate, somewhat angular, border compressed, valves 

 barely enclosed. (Schizophloiee.) 



E. DKEPANOPHYLLA. — Leavcs elongated, equally dull-green ; umbels mostly paniculated ; lid semi- 

 ovate, blunt ; fruits semiovate, angular, border compressed, valves barely enclosed. (Schizo- 

 phloife — Ehytiphloise.) 



E. CEEBEA. — Leaves narrow, thin, equally dull-green, veins spreading ; umbels mostly paniculated ; 

 flowers small ; lid semiovate-conical ; stigma dilated ; fruits small, semiovate, border com- 

 pressed, valves short, somewhat exserted. (Schizophloiae.) 



E. BEACHYAiTOEA. — Dwarf ; leaves hroadish, blunt ; umbels paniculated ; flowers very small ; 

 stamens extremely short; fruits minute, bellshaped-semiovate, border compressed, valves 

 enclosed. 



E. Glo'eziask.— Leaves thin, much paler beneath ; oil-dots pellucid ; umbels paniculated ; stalklets 

 short ; lid hemispheric ; fruit topshaped^semiovate. (Schizophloiae.) 



E. HowiTTiAifA. — Leaves much paler beneath ; umbels paniculated ; stalklets none ; flowers very 

 small ; lid conical, acute, pale ; fruits minute, truncate-globular, border compressed valves 

 enclosed. (RhytiphloiEe.) 



E. Eaveeetiana. — Leaves thin, somewhat paler beneath; oil-dots pellucid ; umbels paniculated • 

 lid conical, acute ; fruits minute, semiglobular beneath, border compressed, valves much exserted. 

 (Ehytiphloife.) 



