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(1) E. HALOPHILA. (Miq.) 



Ident. Miquel Anal. hot. Ind. III. p. 16.— Dec. prod. XV. 

 s. 2. p. 13. 



Syn. E. pallens, Dillw. rev. Sort. Mai. p. 55. — E. articulata, 

 Dentist, in Sort. Mai. 



JEngrav. Eheede Mai. X. t. 58. 



Spec. <!;nAB. TJndershrub, glabrous, glaueescent : stems pro- 

 cumbent, thiekish, alternately branebed : leaves somewbat cordate 

 at the base, ovate, obtuse, entire : stipules interpetiolar, trian- 

 gular, ciliated, often 2-cleft : cymes axillary, short peduncled, many 

 times 2-cleft : floral leaves oblong, lobes of the turbinate involucre 

 triangular, ciliated : glands very narrowly appendiculafce : styles 

 very short, 2-cleft : shells of the capsule obtusely keeled . seed 

 globose, smooth. 



Sea-shore at Mahe and Tellicherry, western coast. 



(2) E. PXCifosTBGiA. {JBoiss.) 

 Ident. Boiss. Cent. Euph. p. 9. — Dec. 1. c. p. 18. 



Spec. Chae. Annual : stem erect, glabrous, dichotomous : 

 leaves sparingly hairy, subsessile, cordate at the base, ovate, 

 obtuse, or shortly acuminate, sharply serrulate, with a whitish 

 margin, upper ones condensed into oblong spikes : stipules inter- 

 petiolar, ovate-triangular, fimbriated : involucre long, turbinate : 

 lobes oblong, denticulate : glands transversely oblong, appendage 

 white, much broader than them, obovate, obsoletely repand, two 

 lower appendages of the glands larger, somewhat oblique : cap- 

 sules hairy : shells obtusely keeled : styles short, 2-lobed, sub- 

 capitate at the apex : seed obtusely ovate-tetragonal, beset with 

 large, irregular, depressed tubercles. 



Neilgherries. Malabar. Concan. 



(3) E. ZOBNIOIDES. {Soiss.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 19. 



Spec. Chae. Annual : stem erect, glabrous, dichotomous : 

 leaves subsessile, subcordate at the base, oblong or linear, obtuse, 

 mucronulate, sharply serrulate, floral ones cordate-ovate, approxi- 

 mated into loose, oblong spikes : stipules interpetiolar, very short : 

 involucre turbinate, hirsute within : lobes ovate, slightly fimbri- 

 ated : glands transversely ovate, appendage rose-coloured, entire 

 or repand : styles short, 2-cleft, thickened at the apex : seed 

 ovate-tetragonal, smooth or thinly papillose. 



Malabar. Concan. Near Bombay. 



