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The lid of this fpecies is remarkably fmooth and po- 
liflied, not wrinkled even in the dry fpecimen ; it often 
breaks off a little above the bafe, leaving its thin lower 
part like a loofe ring round the calyx. The leaves are 
lanceolate. 
3. E. capitellata^ operculo conico calyceque angulofo 
fubancipiti, capitulis lateralibus pedunculatis foli- 
tariis. 
Lid conical, and, as well as the calyx, angular, and 
fomewhat two-edged. Heads of flowers lateral, fo- 
litary, on liower-ftalks. 
The leaves are ovato-lanceolate, firm, aflringent, but 
not very aromatic. We have feen no other fpecies in 
which the flowers hand in httle denfe heads, each flower 
not being pedicellated fo as to form an umbel. The lid 
is about as long as the calyx. Flower-flalk comprefTed, 
always folitary and fimple. 
The fruit of this fpecies. Handing on part of a branch 
whofe leaves are fallen ojBF, is figured in Mr. White’s 
Voyage^ page 226, along with the leaves of the next 
fpecies. 
4. E. piperita., operculo hemifphxrico mucronulato, 
umbelhs lateralibus fubpaniculatis folitariifve ; pe- 
dunculis compreflis, ramulis angulatis. 
Lid hemifpherical, with a little point. Umbels late- 
ral, fomewhat paniculated, or folitary ; flower-ftalks 
comprefTed. Young branches angular. 
