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E. pyriformis. " Disc very broad, forming within the stamens a thick prominent ring round the 

 depressed top of the ovary." (76., 226.) 



E. conoidea (erythronema). " Stamens . . . raised by the thick disc ^ to 1 line above the 

 border of the calyx." (lb., 227.) 



E. robust a. " Stamens' . . . somewhat raised above the calyx-border by the annular margin 

 of the disc." {lb., 228.) 



E. Preissiana. '' Disc broad and concave, the ovary with as many protuberances in the centre 

 as valves." (lb., 232.) 



E. annulate. ". . . the margin of the disc that bears them (stamens) forming a raised inflexed 

 ring about f line broad." (lb., 234.) 



E. spathulata Hook. " : . . . ■ the border of the staminal disc inflected over the sunk 

 ovary. . . ." (76. 236.) 



E. pachyloma. ' ; Disc concave." (lb. 237.) 



E. Oldfieldii. '" Disc forming a more or less raised ring within the stamens round the flat-topped 

 ovary." (76., 237.) 



E. Drummondii. '" Disc very broad, nearly flat, forming a prominent ring round the ovary, of which 

 the obtusely conical centre protrudes about 1 or U lines above the disc at the time of flowering." (76., 237.) 



E. orbifolia. " Disc narrow round the conical summit of the ovary, which protrudes 3 or 4 lines 

 above the border of the calyx, tapering into the short thick style." (76., 238.) 



E. resinifera. " Stamens . . . raised above the calyx-border by the disc. (76., 245.) 



E. pellita. " Stamens . . . somewhat raised above the calyx-border of the disc." (76., 246.) 



Mueller ("' Eucalyptographia ") uses the term " staminiferous disc " (under 

 E. occidental is). He also uses the terms " discal summit " and " discal portion, &c." 

 (See Part LX, p. 604.) 



DISC OF THE FRUIT. 



In the definition of the genus, Bentham says — 



'' Fruit . . . the persistent disc usually thin and lining the orifice of the calyx-tube when the 

 capsule is deeply sunk; concave, horizontal, convex, or conicaUy projecting, and more or less contracting 

 the orifice when the capsule in not much shorter than, as long as, or longer than the calyx-tube; the capsule 

 always adnate, &c." (B. Fl. III, 185.) 



E. pachyphylla and E. Oldfieldii. '■ Disk forming a raised ring or prominent rim. . . ."(lb., 196.) 

 E. pachyloma, E. Drummondii, and E. orbifolia. " Disk concave in the flower, very convex in the 

 fruit. . . ." (76., 196.) 



E. macrocarpa. Bentham says, " the very broad disk forming a raised rim." (76., 224.) 

 E. globulus, lie uses the terms " flat-topped ' disk ' or ' rim.' " (76., 225.) 

 E. piriformis. He refers to the ring formed by the " disk." (76., 226.) 

 He uses the term " disk " in the sense of " rim " under erythrocorys, see p. 



