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scar, or with. 1-3 faint ridges on the face, minutely pitted rugose all over, or somewhat 

 striate on the back. Hilum terminal, usually conspicuous, and with a nerve-like ring 

 surrounding the orifice, sometimes projecting over the face; testa thin, brittle. 



Sterile seeds glossy, reddish brown to dark brown, the majority D-shaped, 

 thinner and smaller than the fertile seeds. 



Slightly larger than E. agglomerate Corner of Pittwator and Spit roads 

 (W. F. Blakely and J. L. Boorman, October, 1921). 



E. Icevopinea. 



Fertile seeds glossy, dark brown to nearly black, 2-4 mm. long, 1-2 mm. broad, 

 polymorphic, D-shaped, oblong to obliquely pyramidal, or navicular, with 1-3 prominent 

 acute ridges and minutely pitted rugose all over. Hilum terminal, small, paler than 

 the firm testa. 



Sterile seeds glossy, light reddish-brown to dark brown, somewhat similar but 

 smaller than the fertile seeds. 



Larger and more variable than E. macrorrhyncha. Nundle (J. L. Boorman, 

 191 S). 



E. de Beuzevillei. 



Fertile seeds glossy, very dark brown, almost black, l|-3 mm. long, up to 

 H mm. broad, somewhat triangular, D-shaped to pyramidal, rather thick, with two 

 to four fairly prominent radial ridges, minutely pitted rugose on both surfaces. Hilum 

 terminal, rather large, paler than the thin, brittle testa. 



Sterile seeds glossy, light yellowish-brown to dark brown, more or less similar 

 to the fertile seeds, but smaller and more compressed. 



Near E. pilularis var. pyriformis. Differing from E. coriacca in being darker 

 and larger. Jounama Peaks, Kiandra district (W. A. W. de Beuzeville, December, 

 1919). 



E. virgata. 



Fertile seeds glossy, dark brown to jet black, 2-3i mm. long, 1-1 § mm. broad, 

 very angular, the majority somewhat obliquely pyramidal, with a broad base, and with 

 three to five rather acute radiating ridges extending from the hilum to the rather sharp 

 edge, face minutely pitted rugose, the convexed back smooth, minutely pitted, darker 

 than the face. Hilum terminal, rather conspicuous, greyish, the space surrounding 

 it broad, usually obliquely depressed; testa rather firm. 

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