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E. ficifolia, tinted pink ; has a few scattered glands (Botanic Gardens. Sydney) ; 

 long terete, red, smooth or with a few glands (Victoria Lodge, Botanic Gardens, Sydney). 



E. Kcematoxylon, tinted pink, covered with warty glands, thickening to the base. 



E. eximia, terete, pink or red (Gosford) ; terete, shaded pink, warty glands, 

 thickening to the root (Berowra, No. 1); terete, pink, with scattered warty glands, 

 thickish (No. 2). 



(2) Cotyledons. 



E. calophytta. 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, 3 cm. wide; petiole subterete, flattened on the upper 

 side above the base and shallowly grooved upwards, much thickened and perfoliate 

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

 (Lubbock.) 



E. ficifolia. Reniform, 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. (Lubbock.) 



Cotyledons (petiole; taper; vestiture). 



E. calophylla. More or less glandular, broad reniform, slightly emarginate, 

 lobed at base, 5-7 nerved, slightly tapering into the slender, glandular petiole, 37 mm. 

 long, 30 mm. broad. (Perth.) 



E. ficifolia. More or less glandular, broad reniform, slightly emarginate, lobed 

 at base, 5-nerved, slightly tapering into the slender glandular petiole, 28 mm. long, 

 25 mm. broad. (Botanic Gardens, Sydney.) 



E. hcematoxylon. More or less glandular, broad reniform, undulate, slightly 

 emarginate, lobed at base, 3-5 nerved, slightly tapering into the rather stout glandular 

 petiole. (Forests Department, Perth.) 



E. eximia. Smooth, broad reniform, not or slightly emarginate. 



(2a) Cotyledons (Undersurface, Miss Flockton). 



E. calophylla, with warty glands on the petiole, undersurface purple, 

 var. rosea, crimson, petioles glandular. 



E. ficifolia, crimson (1); red, prominent glands on petioles (2). 

 E. facematoxylcm, undulate, purple. 

 E. eximia, red, deep red, deep crimson. 



