IV.— OETHANTHERILE. 



Anthers distinctly longer than broad, from ovate to narrow-oblong, opening by almost parallel slits 



E. MmiATA. — Leaves dull-green, slightly paler beneath; veins feathery-spreading ; umbels usually 

 solitary; stalMets almost none; lid conic-hemispheric ; ^fomew^s crimson; fruits very large, 

 urnshaped-ovate, bluntly ridged, border compressed, valves enclosed. (Lepidophloise.) 



E. PTTCHOCAEPA. — Leaves large, broadish, acute, much paler beneath ; veins f eathery-spreading ; 

 umbels paniculated, stalHets elongated ; lid hemispheric ; filaments crimson ; fruits very large, 

 truncate-ellipsoid, prominently ridged, border compressed, valves enclosed ; fertile seeds termi- 

 nating in a long membrane. (PachyphloiEe.) 



- E. FicrFOLiA. — Leaves broadish, much paler beneath ; veins feathery-spreading ; umbels panicu- 

 lated ; stalMets elongated ; lid patellar, less wide than the calyx-tube, tearing off along an 

 irregular suture ; filaments crimson ; fruits large, smooth, urnshaped-ovate, border compressed, 

 valves enclosed ; fertile seeds pale, terminating in a long membrane. (Schizophloise.) 



E. CAiOPHTLLA. — Lcavcs broad, acute, much paler beneath ; veins feathery-spreading ; umbels 

 paniculated; stalMets elongated; lid patellar, less roide than the calyx-tube, tearing off along an 

 irregular suture; fruits large, smooth, ovate-urnshaped, border compressed, valves enclosed ; 

 fertile seeds very large, dark, devoid of any terminating membrane. (SchizopMoife.) 



E. Abeegiana. — Leaves thick, broadish, acute, much paler beneath; veins feathery-spreading; 

 umbels paniculated ; stalMets almost none ; lid hemispheric, tearing of along an irregular suture; 

 fruits large, smooth, ovate-urnshaped, border compressed, valves enclosed ; fertile seeds termi- 

 nating in a large membrane. (Rhytiphloi£e.) 



E. FoELSCHEANA. — Dwarf ; leaves large, very broad, thick, greyish-green, hardly paler beneath ; 

 flowers paniculated ; stalMets upward thickened ; lid patellar, tearing off along an irregular 

 suture, not so wide as the tube of the calyx; fruits large, smooth, ovate-urnshaped, border 

 compressed, valves enclosed ; fertile seeds large, terminating in a long memhrane. 



E. LATiroLiA. — Leaves long-stalked, broad, equally green ; umbels paniculated ; stalMets slender; 

 fruit rather small, semiovate, somewhat bellshaped, border compressed, valves enclosed ; fertile 

 seeds terminating in a membrane. (LeiopUoiae.) 



E. TEKMiNALis. — Lcavcs thick, dull-green, hardly paler beneath; umbels paniculated; stalMets 

 elongated ; lid tearing off along an irregular suture; fruits somewhat large, smooth, urnshaped- 

 ovate, border compressed, valves enclosed; fertile seeds terminating in a long membrane. 

 (RhytipMoiae.) 



E. coETMBOSA. — Lcavcs much paler beneath; veins feathery-spreading ; umbels paniculated; 

 stalMets elongated ; lid short, tearing of along an irregular suture ; fruits rather large, smooth 

 ovate-shaped, border compressed, valves enclosed; fertile seeds terminating in a very short 

 membrane. (Ehytiphloise.)] 



