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This series passes through E. bicolor into the Heterostemones, and, when fully out, the anthers 

 sometimes are very nearly those of the Mierantherse, whilst amongst Micrantheras there are several species, 

 especially 36, E. albens, 38, E. siderophloia, 32, E. striata, and 34, E. decipiens, in which the anther-cells 

 are so short that their slits are at first little more than pores. (B. Fl. Ill, 191.) 



E. pruinosa. E. hemiphloia. 



E. oliganiha. E. sidewphloia. 



E. polyanthemos. E. albens. 



E. Behriana. E. odorata. 



E. bicolor. E. uncinata. 

 E. stricta. 



(E. polyanthemos and E. uncinata have truncate anthers; those of E. stricta 

 are reniform, as already explained.) 



Series IV, Mia anther w. — Anthers very small, globular, or broader than long, with globular distinct 

 cells opening in lateral slits. 



The species, with the exception of the Western E. micranthera and E. decipiens, are all Eastern or 

 tropical, and include most of the Ironbarks — one species, E. brachypoda, extending also into the west. 

 The series, which closely connects the Porantherae with the Normales, is by no means a distinctly marked 

 one. The anthers have at first sight, in their shape and small size, the appearance of the former, whilst 

 their dehiscence is almost or quite that of the Normales. As in Porantherae, the operculum is short, rarely 

 slightly longer than the clayx-tube, and the capsule more or less sunk, although the points of the valves 

 often protrude. 



E. melanophloia E. decipiens. 



E. cneorifolia. E. drepanophylla . 



E. stricta. E. trctchyphloia. 



E. albens. E. crebra. 



E. Bowmani (too imperfectly known). E. leptophleba. 



E. siderophloia (also in Series III) E. brachypoda (miarotheca). 



E. corynocalyx. E. brachyandra. 



E. micranthera. 



Series V, Normales. — Stamens all perfect; anthers oblong-ovate or nearly globose, the cells perfectly 

 distinct, parallel (either contiguous with the connective-gland behind them, or back to back, with the 

 connective between them) and opening longitudinally. 



(In 103, E. oleosa, and its allies, the anthers are smaller, almost globular, and passing into those of 

 the Mierantherse). 



Then come the nine Sub-series already referred to. 



Bentham's anthereal system takes, cognisance of : — 



(a) Whether anther is perfect or not. 



(b) Shape, including relative position of the cells. 



(c) Size. 



(d) Nature of dehiscence — pores or slits. 



(e) Connective (gland). 



Mueller, 1882, 1889. In the First (1882) and Second Systematic Census (1889), 

 Mueller adopts the simple classification of : — 



I. Renantherse. 

 II. Porantherae. 

 III. Parallelantherse. 



