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Petals glabrous except on tlic 
edges : fruit ovoid-elliptic, 
slightly apioulate ... 9. E. fioribundus. 
Sect, III. Monocera. Outer cell of anther 
produced into an awn. Ovary 2- celled. 
Drupe l-celled, 1-seedcd. 
Petals ovate acuminate, entire ... 10. E. paniculatns. 
Petals about equally wide at base and 
apex ; the apex toothed ... ... 11. E. petwlattis. 
Petals wider at the base than the apex, 
the edges much incurved below the 
middle, the apex irregularly toothed 
or fimbriate. 
Apex of leaves acuminate. 
Racemes longer than the 
leaves: stamens 35 to 40 ... 12. E. Orijlthii. 
Racemes usually shorter than 
the leaves : stamens 20 ... 13. E. Hullettii. 
Apex of leaves obtuse : stamens 
about 15 ... ... 14. E. pedunculahts. 
Petals oblong, slightly obovate, apex ob- 
tuse with 6 to 8 broad teeth ... 15. E. Knnstleri. 
Petals cuneiform. 
Apex of petals with 8 to 10 rather 
broad teeth, sometimes 2-lobed : 
stamens 30 to 50 ... ... 16. E. obtusus. 
Petals oblong-cuneiform to cunei- 
form, with numerous fimbriae ... 17, E. apictdatus. 
Petals broadly cuneiform, lobed and 
fimbriate ... ... 18. E. anstatus* 
Sect. IV. Acronodia. Flowers 4-merous, poly- 
gamous ; anthers not awned and usually 
not bearded (sometimes slightly bearded 
in E. glabrescens) . 
Leaves sparsely and minutely pubescent 
or puberulous beneath, their edges 
serrulate; petals elliptic, the apex 
slightly lobed ... ... 19. E. polystachyus. 
Leaves rufous-tomentose beneath, sub- 
glabrescent only when very old, 
edges quite entire, recurved; petals 
oblong, obtuse, 8 to 10- toothed ... 20. E. Jackianus. 
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