589 



Deeply sunk. — 



E. albens. E. gracilis. 



E. aspera. E. hemiphloia. 



E. ccesia. E. incrassata. 



E. calophylla. E. latifolia. 



E. cladocalyx. E. maculata. 



E. clavigera. E. miniata. 



E. decurva. E. odorata. 



E. doratoxylan. E. peltata. 



E. eximia. E. tesselaris. 



E. ferruginea. E. trachyphloia. 

 E. fcecunda. 



Deeply sunk with a conical top, — 

 E. divers icolor. 



VALVES— ENCLOSED OR PROTRUDING. 



la. Bentham. — Enclosed in Calyx-tube. 



lb. Bentham. — Protruding. 



2a. Mueller. — Enclosed. 



26. Mueller. — Protruding. 



3a. Maiden. — Enclosed. 



3b. Maiden. — Protruding. 



la. Bentham. Enclosed in Calyx-tube. (Dealt with under " Depth of 

 Capsule," at p. 586.) 



lb. Protruding. 



Bentham, 1866. — I have followed Bentham's verbiage as far as I could, for he 

 is a master of description. He rarely sees it necessary to give the shapes of valves. 

 We have already seen that, in speaking of the Capsule, he often uses the word " sunk.'' 

 Coming to a part of the Capsule, viz., a valve, sometimes the words " points of valves " 

 are substituted for " valves," and sometimes the words " when open " are added. 

 This means that Bentham felt that he sometimes had to deal with fruits of varying 

 degrees of ripeness. He uses the word "protrude," or the reverse, to indicate the 

 position of the valves with respect to the rest of the fruit. 



Occasionally Bentham substitutes the word " prominent " for " protruding." 

 He rarely (e.g., alba) uses the word " exsert," so commonly in use now. 



Not protruding, E. botryoides, E. cosmophylla, E. globulus, E. marginata, E. patens, 

 E. striata. 



