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The persistent alveolate vestiture of the testa readily distinguishes this species 

 from all others, except, perhaps, E. pellita, the testa of which is apparently more persistent 

 than that of its allies. 



Series Rufispermse. 



Fertile seeds glossy, red-brown, 2-3 mm. long, very irregular and somewhat 

 angular, the surface obscurely pitted-striate. Hilum ventral, very small. 



Sterile seeds red-brown, 3 mm. long, subulate to cubiform. Differs from Series 

 Foveolatee mainly in size and colour. 



E. Woodwardi. 



Fertile seeds red-brown, shiny, 2-3 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, very irregular in 

 outline, varying from oblong to somewhat triangular to pentagonal, the inner face 

 more or less roughened with irregular short ridges, the surface obscurely pitted-striate. 

 Hilum ventral, very small and scarcely visible under the lens, the scar depressed, and 

 about the same colour as the thin testa. ; endosperm brittle. 



Sterile seeds red-brown, 3 mm. long, subulate to cubiform, very numerous. 



Both the fertile and the sterile seeds are a peculiar reddish-brown colour and 

 not unlike a fragment of red-brown ldno. 



It is somewhat similar in shape to E. globulus and E. Maideni, but the glossy 

 surface is totally free from scurfmess. 



Series Lepidotse-Fimbriatse. 



Fertile seeds light brown to jet black, 1-3 mm. long, slightly or densely beset 

 with minute deciduous scales, which are somewhat more persistent on the margin and 

 form a minute fringe, compressed pyramidal, with three to five prominent or moderately 

 distinct radiating ridges, to somewhat compressed orbicular to obtusely quadrangular. 

 Hilum ventral or terminal, usually small. 



Sterile seeds glossy, not scurfy, somewhat acutely angled, the majority subulate 

 to clavate, smaller than the fertile seeds. 



