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Series 1b. Corymbose — Non-Peltate. 

 (Without peltate leaves.) 



E. Foelscheana. E. ptychocarpa. 



E. miniata. 



General Appearance. — Leaves short and more or less obtuse, petiolate, ovate to 

 lanceolate, smooth or hispid, sub-glaucous. In E. miniata the hypocotyl is submerged. 



(1) Hypocotyl. 



E. Foelscheana, medium, stout, smooth. 



E. ptychocarpa, very short, stout, glandular. 



E. miniata, submerged or very short. 



(la) Hypocotyl, (Miss Flockton). 



E. Foelscheana, terete, short, shaded red, Darwm (Baldwin Spencer); terete, 

 slightly warty, sturdy and short, tinted pink (Edith Creek). 



E. ptychocarpa, pale yellow green, sturdy, with warty protuberances (Northern 

 Territory). 



E. miniata, terete, short, thick, pale green and pink below the ground line. (Seed, 

 Brisbane.) 



(2) Cotyledons (petiole, taper). 



E. Foelscheana, smooth, broad reniform, very slightly emarginate, slightly lobed 

 at base, not tapering, 5-nerved, petiole slender, 20 mm. long, 15 mm. broad. (Edith 

 Creek, Northern Territory). 



E. ptychocarpa, more or less glandular, broad reniform, scarcely emarginate, 

 3-nerved, very slightly lobed at base, not tapering into the petiole, petiole slightly 

 glandular, 18 mm. long, 11 mm. broad. (Bathurst Island.) 



E. miniata, smooth, broad reniform, scarcely emarginate, slightly lobed at base, 

 slightly tapering into the long, slender, smooth petiole, 25 mm. long, 17 mm. broad. 

 (Northern Territory, per H. Steedman.) 



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



E. Foelscheana, green. 



E. ptychocarpa, pale green, petioles warty. 



E. miniata, green, a little deeper on the upper surface. 



