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FIG. 342. 

 Eucalyptus occidentalis, x 2. 



Eucalyptus occidentalis, Endl. (fig. 842). 



Hypocotylereot, terete, glabrous, 1-5-2-2 cm. long, stained with red. 



Cotyledons deeply bifid, petiolate, glabrous, dark green, indis- 

 tinctly nerved ; lobes oblong, narrow, 

 obtuse. 



Stem erect, terete, glabrous, herba- 

 ceous, ultimately woody ; 1st internode 

 4-5 mm. long. 



First leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 petiolate, glabrous, light green, 

 distinctly pinnatinerved. 



Eucalyptus ficifolia, F. Muell. 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, covered with 

 short bristly hairs 2*5-3 cm. long, 

 reddish. 



Cotyledons rem'form, obtuse, entire 

 or slightly emarginate, cordate at the 

 base, coriaceous, petiolate, glabrous 

 except on the petioles which are covered 

 with short bristly hairs, dark green, reddish beneath, palminerved. 



Stem as in last species, but covered with bristly hairs ; 1st inter- 

 node 2-3'5 cm. long ; 2nd 1-2 cm. 



First leaves as in E. coccifera, but covered with numerous 

 bristly hairs, tinged with red below, pinnatinerved. 



The leaves in many specimens are alternate, not opposite, the 

 internodes between the pairs of leaves at first being very short, but 

 increasing in length after the second pair. 



Eucalyptus marginata, Sm. (fig. 343). 



Hypocotyl short, subterranean. 



Cotyledons subrotund or transversely oblong, obtuse, emarginate, 

 asymmetrical, petiolate, coriaceous, glabrous, dark green, reddish 

 beneath, distinctly trinerved ; petioles long, plano-convex, stained 

 with red. 



Stem as in E. ficifolia. 



First leaves sessile, coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, subacute, gla- 

 brous, light green, distinctly pinnatinerved. 



Eucalyptus calophylla, B. Br. (fig. 344). 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, reddish, densely covered with blunt, 

 warty, glandular processes, about 1'3-1'S cm. above the soil. 



