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5. Gaultherieae (fruit a capsule or berry; calyx fleshy round 
capsule, or leafy; anthers blunt at tip or with two short 
processes): Gaultheria, Pernettya. 
6. A?'buteae (calyx as small disc at base of berry; anthers with 
two long processes) : Arbutus, Arctostaphylos. 
III. VACC 1 NIOIDEAE (as II., but ovary inferior): 
7. Vaccinieae (ovary sharply defined from peduncle) : Gaylus- 
sacia, Vaccinium. 
8. Thibaudieae (calyx decurrent on ovary and going over into 
peduncle) : Pentapterygium, Agapetes, Paphia, Macleania, 
Thibaudia. 
IV. ERICOIDEAE (fruit usually a loculicidal capsule or a 
nut; seeds round, not winged; corolla persistent after flowering; 
anther with short connective, thecae spreading above, frequently 
appendaged) : 
9. Ericeae (> 1 seed in each loc.) : Calluna, Erica. 
10. Salaxideae (1 seed in each loc., capsule or nut): Eremia, 
Salaxis. 
[The E. belong to the cohort termed Ericales by Be nth. -Hooker 
and Engler, Bicornes by Warming.] 
Ericales. The 1st cohort (Engler) of Sympetalae (p. 129). The 4th 
cohort (Benth. -Hooker) of Gamopetalae (p. 135). 
Erigeron Linn. Compositae (ill). 200 sp. cosmop., chiefly N. Am.; 
2 in Brit, (flea-bane). 
Erinus Linn. Scrophulariaceae (ill. 10). 1 sp. Pyrenees, Alps (p. 149). 
Eriobotrya Lindl. Rosaceae (11. 4). 10 sp. sub-trop. As. The fruit 
of E. japonica Lindl. is a favourite dessert fruit in the East (loquat). 
Eriocauiaceae. Monocotyledons (Farinosae). 6 gen. with 340 sp. 
mostly trop. and sub-trop. (see Eriocaulon). Perennial herbs 
with grass-like leaves. Firs, in heads (involucrate), inconspicuous, 
unisexual, 2- or 3-merous, regular or zygomorphic. Perianth usually 
sepaloid, in 2 whorls. <? flr. with 4 or 6 sta. (3 or 2 in Paepalanthus) ; 
anthers di- or mono-thecous. % flr. with superior ovary of (2 — 3) cpls., 
with one orthotropous pendulous ovule in each loc. Fruit a capsule. 
Endosperm. Chief genera: Eriocaulon, Paepalanthus. [Placed in 
Enantioblastae by Warming, in Glumaceae by Benth. -Hooker.] 
Eriocauleae (Benth. -Hooker) = preceding. 
Eriocaulon Linn. Eriocauiaceae. 1 10 sp. trop. and sub-trop. E. sep~ 
tangulare With, occurs in the eastern U.S. and also in the Scottish 
Hebrides and the west coast of Ireland (the only representative of the 
order in Eur.). 
Eriocephalus Linn. Compositae (vn). 19 sp. S. W. Afr. 
Eriocliloa H. B. et K. Gramineae (v). 5 sp. trop. and sub-trop. 
Fodder-grasses. 
Eriodendron DC. (Ceiba Medic, q.v.). Bombacaceae. 9 sp. trop., 
chiefly Am. E. anfractuosum DC., the silk-cotton tree, has its seeds 
