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Stout, ¾–2 ft. Leaves close-set, ovate or ovate-oblong. Flowers small, 1/6–1/5 in. diam., red	3. E. Billardierianum.
Slender, ½–3 ft. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. Flowers small, 1/6–1/5 in. diam., purplish	4. E. junceum.
** Leaves distinctly petiolate.
Slender, ½–2 ft. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, membranous. Flowers 1/5–1/4 in., white or pink	5. E. pubens.
B. Microphyllæ. Stems small, slender, herbaceous, creeping below, erect or ascending towards the tips. Flowers few, towards the ends of the branches.
* Fruiting peduncles short, seldom exceeding the leaves.
Stems 2–6 in., prostrate, matted. Leaves close-set, oblong, ¼–½ in. Capsule glabrous	6. E. confertifolium.
Stems 3–10 in., ascending. Leaves linear-oblong, coarsely toothed, blotched, ½–¾ in. Capsule evenly hoary-pubescent	7. E. pictum.
** Fruiting peduncles elongated.
† Leaves comparatively narrow, linear or linear-oblong to oblong.
Stems 1–4 in. Leaves linear or linear-oblong, 1/5–1/2 in. Capsule slender. Peduncles much elongated	8. E. tenuipes.
Stems 2–6 in. Leaves linear-oblong to oblong, ¼–½ in. Capsule pubescent on the angles	9. E. Hectori.
†† Leaves broad, oblong to ovate or orbicular.
Stems 2–10 in., slender, pubescent. Leaves small, 1/5–1/2 in., broadly oblong to orbicular. Capsule evenly pubescent	10. E. alsinoides.
Stems 6–18 in., slender, firm. Leaves ovate-cordate. Flowers large, ⅓ in. diam. Capsule 1–2 in.	11. E. chloræfolium.
Stems 6–18 in., weak and flaccid. Leaves distant, ovate, entire or obscurely toothed, almost sessile, membranous	12. E. insulare.
Stems 6–18 in., weak. Leaves distant, orbicular, sharply toothed, petiolate, membranous	13. E. rotundifolium.
C. Sparsifloræ. Stems small, slender, prostrate and creeping, herbaceous. Flowers few, in the axils of the intermediate leaves. Capsules long-stalked.
Leaves ¼–½ in., orbicular, sharply toothed, membranous	14. E. linnæoides.
Leaves 1/8–1/3 in., suborbicular, entire or obscurely sinuate, subcoriaceous	15. E. nummularifolium.
Leaves ¼–½ in., orbicular-oblong, thick and coriaceous, purplish below	16. E. purpuratum.
Leaves ¼–¾ in., ovate, obscurely toothed. Flowers large, ¼–⅓ in. diam.	17. E. macropus.
D. Dermatophyllæ. Suffruticulose, usually small, stems hard and woody at the base. Leaves more or less rigid and coriaceous. Flowers few, terminal or nearly so.
* Fruiting peduncles elongated.
Much branched, slender, wiry, bifariously pubescent, 3–6 in. high. Leaves ovate, petiolate, ¼–⅔ in.	18. E. gracilipes.
Stout, fleshy, prostrate, glabrous, 2–6 in. long. Leaves large, obovate-spathulate, entire, ¾–1½ in.	19. E. crassum.
** Fruiting peduncles short.
Stems prostrate or straggling, glabrous, woody at the base, 6–15 in. Leaves elliptic, coriaceous and shining, reddish, acute, petioled, ¾–1 in. Flowers ¼–⅓ in.	20. E. brevipes.