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lc. Transverse section of base of style. 



Id. Fruit (enlarged). 



(a) Calyx-tube, with its prominent ridges or wings. 



(6) Calyx-rim . 



(61) Thickness of calyx. 



(c) Staminal ring. 



(d) Capsular disc. 



(e) Valves of the capsule (all drawn from the type). 



1e. Fruit, natural size, for comparison with the above enlarged drawings. 



(Near Mount Keith, north of Leonora, Western Australia, Hon. W. Kingsmill, M.L.C.) 



E. pyriformis Turcz. 

 2a. (a) Calyx-tube, winged. 

 (6) Calyx-rim . 

 (61) Thickness of calyx-tube. 



(c) Staminal ring. 

 (cl ) Stamens. 



(d) Floral disc. 



(e) Ovary and style (pistil). 



2b. (a) Calyx-tube. Ridges of the calyx. 

 (6) Calyx-rim. 

 (61) Thickness of calyx-tube. 



(c) Staminal ring. 



(d) Floral disc, with impressions left by stamens. 



(e) Ovary and style. The dark spots are the impressions of the anthers around the base of the 



raised ovary. 



2c. Fruit (showing capsular disc). 



(a) Calyx-tube, showing prominent ribs. 



(6) Calyx-rfm . 



(61) The thickness of the calyx-tube supporting operculum. 



(c) Staminal ring. 



(d) Capsular disc. 



(e) Valves of the capsule. 



(Ooldea, north of Fowler's Bay, South Australia, Henry Deane.) 



E. macrocarpa Hook. Floral disc forming a broad, slightly raised ring around the base of the ovary, 

 and some distance from it, the upper surface of the disc more or less distinctly marked by the impression 

 of the bases of the filaments, the inner edge sharp, slightly concave, lower than the centre of the ovary and 

 staminal ring, so that a shallow nectary trough is formed around the ovary. 



Capsular disc prominent, thick, more or less oblique, or in perfect specimens rounded or domed, 

 exceeding the staminal rings by about 10 mm. 



3a. (a) Calyx-tube. 

 (6) Calyx-rim . 

 (61) Thickness of calyx. 

 {<:) Staminal ring. 



(d) Capsular disc. 



(e) Valves of the capsule. 



3b. Longitudinal section of fruit, 

 (a) Calyx-tube. 

 (I) Thickness of calyx. 



(c) Carpels. 



(d) Cell. 



(e) Placenta. 



(/) Placental column. 



