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6b. Very young fruit. 

 (a) Calyx-tube. 

 (6) Calyx-rim. 



(c) Thickness of calyx-tube. 



(d) Staminal ring. 



(e) Raised floral disc. 



(/) Ovary and base of style. 

 6c. Plan of same-. 

 {a) Calyx-rim. 

 (6) Thickness of calyx-tube. 



(c) Staminal ring. 



(d) Floral disc. 



(r) Ovary and base of style. 

 6d. A cluster of fruits — natural size — showing the developed disc. 

 (a) Calyx-tube. 

 (6) Rim of calyx-tube, 

 (r) Prominent disc. 



('/) Tips of the slightly exsert valves of the capsule. 

 (All Minginew, J.H.M.) 

 E. Drummondi Benth. Floral disc forming a raised ring around the sides of the ovary and partly 

 adnate to it, exceeding the calyx-rim by about l|mm. Staminal ring indistinguishable from the top of 

 the calyx, and slightly lower than it. A nectar-like trough is formed in this species somewhat similar 

 to that of E. Oldfieldi, except that in E. Drummondi it is the top of the calyx which is highest, and not 

 the staminal ring. There is also a troughlike cavity around the conical ovary, as in E. Oldfieldi, but not 

 nearly so deep, as the ovary is more exsert and cone-like. Capsular disc thick, domed, exceeding the calyx- 

 rim by about 3 mm. The staminal ring which has grown outward is also present on the ripe capsule, 

 and it is higher than the calyx-rim, or top of the calyx of the flower. 

 7a. Illustrating the floral disc. 

 (a) Calyx-tube. 

 (6) Calyx-rim . 



(c) Staminal ring. 



(d) Inner edge of staminal ring. 



(e) Floral disc. 

 (/) Nectary. 



(g) Top of ovary and portion of style. The dark spots are the impressions of the anthers when in 

 bud. 

 7b. Illustrating the capsular disc. 



(a) Calyx-tube. 



(b) Line indicating the top of the calyx or outer edge. 



(c) The broad band indicates the top and inner edge of the calyx-tube, 

 (r/) Staminal ring. 



(r) Prominent capsular disc. 

 (/) Valves of the capsule. 



(Cut Hill, York, Western Australia. 0. H. Sargent. No. 266. All enlarged. See Plate 

 74, figs. 7, 9, 106. 

 E. pellita F.v.M. Floral disc annular, ramose, purple-brown, slightly exceeding the staminal ring, 

 as in E. resinifera. Capsular disc annular, truncate, completely absorbing the staminal ring in some cases, 

 but in others, as in E. resinifera, the staminal ring may be present. 

 8a. Illustrating the floral disc. 

 (a) Calyx-tube. 

 (6) Calyx- rim. 

 (61) Thickness of calyx-tube. 



(c) Raised staminal ring. 



(d) Floral disc. 



(e) Ovary and portion of the style. 



