■--^E. COSMOPHTLLA. — Dwarf ; leaves tJdck, equally dull-green; umbels solitary; stalk very short, 

 stalklets almost none ; lid semiglobular, sliort-pointed ; fruits semiovate, border depressed, 

 valves exserted. 



E. MEGACAEPA. — Leaves equally green ; umbels solitary ; stalk broadly compressed, stalklets none ; 

 lid semiglobular, short-pointed ; fruit large, almost hemispheric, border broad, depressed, valves 

 exserted, blunt, convergent. (Leiophloi^.) 



'E. GLOBULUS. — Leaves thick, elongated, equally green; flowers mostly solitary, stalks and 

 stalklets almost none ; lid double, the inner crorcnshaped ; fruit large, hemispheric, warty-rough, 

 angular, border broad, depressed, valves exserted, convergent. (Leiophloiae.) 



E. ALPiNA. — Leaves very thick, broad, blunt, equally green, shining ; umbels solitary or flowers 

 smgle; stalks and stalklets none; lid crorcnshaped, anthers cordate ; fruit hemispheric, border 

 depressed, valves exserted. '^t.+L<^.^A . 



E. GOMPHOCEPHALA. — Lcavcs thick, shining, slightly paler beneath ; umbels solitary; stalk broadly 

 compressed, stalklets none ; lid broader than the tube of the calyx, almost hemispheric; fruit 

 large, topshaped, border broad, convex, valves exserted, convergent. (Rhytiphloife.) 



- E. Peeissiaija. — Dwarf; leaves very thick, broadish, blunt, equally green, often opposite; umbels 

 solitary ; stalk broadly compressed, stalklets none ; lid nearly hemispheric, filaments yellow; 

 fruit large, topshaped-semiovate, border very broad, depressed, valves enclosed, blunt, convergent. 



E. PACHYPHYLLA. — Dwarf ; leaves very thick, broadish, acute, equally green ; umbels solitary ; stalk 

 and stalklets very short or none; lid semiovate-pyramidal, pointed; filaments yellow; fruit 

 topshaped-hemispheric below, very angular, border broad, ascending, valves slightly exserted ; 

 fertile seeds membranously margined. 



E. PYEiFORMis. — Dwarf; leaves thick, equally green, umbels so^iiwj ; flowers very large, calyces 

 wrinkled, lid hemispheric, pointed; filaments red or yellow; fruit very large, topshaped- 

 hemispheric, angular, border very broad, ascending, valves slightly exserted ; fertile seeds 

 membranously margined. 



' E. MACROCAEPA. — Dwarf ; leaves opposite, sessile, ovate-cordate, equally whitish-grey; flowers 

 solitary, very large; stalk and stalklets almost none ; lid semiovate-conical ; filaments red; 

 fruit very large, topshaped-hemispheric; border broad, convex; valves exserted; fertile seeds 

 membranously margined. 



E. TETEAPTEEA. — Dwarf; leaves very thick, equally green, shining ; j^owers solitary, stalk broadly 

 compressed, bent downward; stalklets none; calyx-tube quadrangular, slightly 4-toothed, 

 broader than the pyramidal lid ; filaments red, anthers purplish ; fruit very large, bellshaped- 

 quadrangular, border depressed, valves enclosed. 



■ - E. TETEODONTA. — LcavBS oppositc, elongated, equally dull-green ; umbels solitary, stalklets very 

 short ; calyx-tube conspicuously 4r-toothed, lid hemispheric, discal expansion raised; fruit bell- 

 shaped-semiovate, angular, border compressed, valves enclosed. (Inophloi*.) 



