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the opening corolla, cor. -lobes elliptic-oblong blunt. — E. B. 458. 
Si/. E. B. 910 b. E. ramosissima (Pars.). — St. quite simple, 
1 in. high and 1-flowered ; or very much branched, 6 — 8 in. 
high, with very many llowers. Radical 1. very few. Panicles 
forked, a fl. in the fork ; lateral fl. distant from the floral leaves. 
Fl. rose-coloured. — E. tenuiflora (Link); branches erect 
forming a term, fastigiate lengthened coi-ymb." Towns..MS. — 
In each species the length of the tube must be observed exactly 
when the flower is opening. — Sandy ground. /3. Low ground 
between Cowes and Newport, Isle of Wight. Townsend. A. 
VII.— IX. E. S. I. 
2. E. Centaurium (Pers.) ; st. branched above quadrangular, 
1. elliptic-oblong, the upper ones acute, ^. nearly sessile corym- 
bosely panicled, cal. not half as long as the tube of the opetiing 
corolla, cor.-lobes oval. — S;/. E. B. 909. — St. 6 — 18 in. high, 
usually simple below. Panicles of 11. lax. Lateral fl. apparently 
stalked, but sessile between the two small floral leaves. Radical 1. 
many. /3. capitata (Koch) ; pan. compact, plant dwarf. E. 
latifolia, E. B. S. 2719.— Dry pastures. A. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
3. E. latifolia (Sm.) ; st. short simple 3-cleft at the top, 
broadly oval blunt 5 — 1 -veined fl. in compact round dense forked 
term, tufts subsessile, cal. about equalling cor.-tube, cor.-lobes 
lanceolate.— ,SV. E. B. 907.— St. about 3 in. high. Fl. h as 
large as in Sp. 2. Lowest 1. sometimes almost orbicular. — Sands 
by sea near Liverpool, very rare. A. VII. E. 
4. E. litordlis (Fries.) ; st. simple solitary or several from the 
crown of the root, 1. oblong-linear blunt narrowed below, radical 
1. crowded spathulate, Jl. sessile between the floral 1. densely 
corymbose, caly.r as long as the tube of the opening corolla, cor. - 
lobes oval blunt. — Sy. E. B. 908. E. chloodes Gren., not E. 
linariifolia. — St. 2 — 6 in. high. Corymb usually trichoto- 
mous, dense ; branches sometimes long. Fl. rose-coloured. 
Radical 1. narrow, many. — Sandy sea-shores. A. VII. VIII. 
E. S. 
** Stamens from base of cor.-tube. Ripe caps, g protruded, 
unripe slightly so. 
5. E. capitata (W.) ; st. short simple, st.-l. ovate or subspathu- 
late blunt 3-veined. fl. sessile in compact term, tufts, cal. about 
equalling cylindrical cor.-tube, cor.-lobes oval blunt. — Linn. 
Joiirn. xviii. t. 15. — St. less than 3 in. high. Fl.-tufts sessile ; 
there are often from outer bracts a few long-stalked tufts over- 
