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ON SEEDLINGS 



Cotyledons large, foliaceous, reniform-orbicular, petiolate, blunt, 

 entire except at the base or incipiently emarginate, glabrous, deep 

 opaque green and punctate above, much paler beneath and more 

 conspicuously punctate, strongly trinerved from the base with the 

 lateral nerves trifurcate a little above the base, and ascending 

 while the midrib proceeds nearly straight to the apex with a few 

 alternate, ascending branches ; lamina 2-3 cm. long, 8 cm. wide ; 

 petiole subterete, flattened on the upper side above the base and 



FIG. Z&.Eucalyptu* marginata. Nat. size. 



shallowly grooved upwards, much thickened and perfoliate at the 

 base, densely covered with small glandular processes, about 1-6 cm. 

 long. 



Stem erect, terete, ultimately woody, green in the young state, 

 densely covered with irregular crystalline, glandular processes; 

 1st internode 2-25 cm. long ; 2nd 5-6 mm. 



Leaves opposite in the young plant, covered on both surfaces and 

 at the margin, but especially on the petioles and midrib beneath, 

 with various sized crystalline, glandular processes, rather closely 

 and ascendingly penninerved and reticulate ; petioles dilated and 

 slightly flattened on the upper side at the base, otherwise nearly 

 terete and tapering upwards. 



