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stalked axillaiy and terminal, col. rather shorter than the tube of 

 the opening corolla, cor. -lobes elliptic-oblong blunt. — E. B. 458. 

 Sy. E. B. 910 b. — St. quite simple, 1 in. bigh and 1-ilowered ; 

 or very mucb brancbed, 6 — 8 in. bigb, with very many flowers. 

 Radical 1. very few. Panicle forked, a fl. in the fork ; lateral fi. 

 distant from, the floral leaves. Fl. rose-coloured. — In each 

 species the length of the tube must be observed exactly when 

 the flower is opening. — Sandy ground. A. VII. — ^IX. E. S. I. 



2. E. CentaHrium (Pers.) ; at. branched above quadrangular, 

 1. elliptic-oblong, the upper ones acute, _^. nearly sessile corym- 

 bosely panicled, cat. not half as long as the tube of the opening 

 corolla, cor.-lobes oval. — Sy. E. B. 909.— St. 6 — 18 in. high, 

 usually simple below. Panicles of fl. lax. Lateral fl. apparently 

 stalked, but sessile between the small floral leaves. Radical 1. 

 many.— Dry pastures. A. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



3. E. latifdlia (Sm.) ; st. short simple 3-eleft at the top, I. 

 broadly oval blunt 5 — 7 -veined, fl. in compact roimd dense forked 

 term, tufts subsessile, cal. about equalling cor. -tube, cor.-lobes 

 lanceolate.— »/. E. B. 907.— St. about 3 in. high. Fl, J as 

 large as in Sp. 2. Lowest 1. sometimes almost orbicular. — Sands 

 hy sea near Liverpool, very rare. A. VII. E. 



4. E. littordlis (Fries) ; st. simple solitary or several from the 

 crown of the root, 1. oblong-linear blunt narrowed below, radical 

 1. crowded spathulate, _/?. sessile between the floral 1. densely 

 corymbose, calyx as long as the tube of the opening corolla, cor.- 

 lobes oval blunt. — Sy. E. B. 908. E. chloodes Gren., not E. 

 linariifolia. — St. 2 — 6 in. high. Corymb usually trichoto- 

 mous, dense ; branches sometimes long. Fl. rose-coloured. 

 Radical 1. narrow, many. — Sandy sea-shores. A. VII. VIII. 



E. S. 



3. Cicen'bia Adans. 



1. C.fllifor'mis (Reich.) ; cal. bellshaped with 4 ovate acute 

 lobes, St. threadshaped forked. — ExacumBm. E.£.2i5. Mi- 

 crocala Griseb. — St. 1 — 4 in. high. Radical 1. hnear-lanceolate, 

 stem-1. subulate, all sessile. Fl. yellow, solitary, on long stalks. 

 —Damp sandy places. A. VII. VIII. E. I. 



[C.pusU'la (Griseb.); ccd. ^-parted wi1ih linear segments, st. 

 slender branching from its base. — E. B. S. 2994. — St. much 

 branched throughont, 1 — 4 in. high. L. aU narrowly linear- 

 lanceolate. Fl. pink. — On spots sometimes flooded. Paradis, 

 Guernsey. Capt. Gosselin. A. VI. ^11.] 



