74 



12c. Fruit, showing semi-persistent starninal ring. 



(a) Calyx. 



(b) Calyx-rim. 



(c) Starninal ring. 



E. eremophila Maiden. 



Floral disc absent, or if present it appears to be fused to the lower surface of the starninal ring. 



Starninal ring thick, disc-like, extending right up to the style and almost resting on the top of the 

 ovary, persistent until the capsule is ripe. Stamens erect, attached to the disc-like starninal ring right 

 up to the style. Inner stamens shorter than the outer ones. 



Capsular disc absent, but in this species the persistent starninal ring functions as the disc. 



The following figures are enlarged about three times. 

 13(7. Longitudinal section of flower. 



(a) Calyx. 



(b) Calyx-rim. 



(c) Starninal ring (stamens right up to the style). 



(d) Oil ducts of the starninal ring. 



(e) Dark discal lining to the inside of ovary. 



13&. Fruit. 



(a) Calyx. 



(6) Persistent starninal ring on fruit, which is disc-like. 



13c. Fruit, seen from the top. 



(a) Calyx. 



(b) Starninal ring. 



(c) Valves of the capsule. 



Seven miles west of Parker's Road (Merredin to Southern Cross, Western Australia), near railway 

 at 217J- miles (E. A. le Souef). 



E. Planchoniana F.v.M. 



11a. Longitudinal section of fruit, not lettered. 



(a) Calyx-tube. 



(b) Thickness of calyx-tube. 



(c) Carpels. 



(d) Placental column. 



145. Transverse section of fruit. 



(a) Calyx-tube. 



(b) Thickness of calyx-tube. 



(c) Cell. 



Trial Bay (J. L. Boorman). 



PLATE 253. 



E. ptychocarpa. F.v.M. 

 la. Longitudinal section of fruit. 



(a) Rib of calyx-tube. 



(b) Calyx-tube. 



(c) Thickness of calyx-tube. 



(d) Carpels. 



(<?) Placental column. 

 16. Transverse section of fruit. 



(a) Calyx- tube. 



(b) Rib (of which there are nine in this particular specimen) of the calyx-tube. 



(c) Thick pithy covering of the calyx-tube. 



(d) Woody portion of the calyx-tube. 



(f) Cells. 



(/) Placental column. 

 Pine Creek, Northern Territory (C. E. F. Allen). 



