176 

 COLOURED PLATES. 



(N.B. — The horizontal line under the hypocotyl indicates the ground line.) 



PLATE 1. 



E. eugenioides Sieb. (A — E). 



A. (D. 16), Mount Victoria, N.S.W., (J. L. Boorman, seed collected August, 1917). Hypocotyls and two 



pairs of reniform cotyledon leaves and of first leaves. Sown 28th November, 1917 ; drawn 5th 

 January, 1918. Back of cotyledons purple-red. 



B, C, D. Same particulars as A, except dates of drawing. 



B. Drawn 28th February, 1918. Seedling with cotyledons and six opposite leaves. 



C. Drawn 28th February, 1918. A second seedling of the same sowing, with cotyledon leaves and eight 



leaves, the four uppermost alternate. 



D. Drawn 11th June, 1918. A seedling of the same sowing. The cotyledon-leaves have dropped off, 



are succeeded by two pairs of entire, opposite leaves, one pair of opposite incipiently crinkled 

 leaves, two pairs of opposite crinkled leaves, and two pairs of alternate crinkled leaves. The 

 leaves and rachis are coloured. 



E. Drawn 21st January, 1920. Height 2 ft. 2 in. A further stage showing rather thick, entire, alternate 



leaves. 



E. bicostata Maiden, Blakely, and Simmonds (F — I). 



F. (x 100.) Upper Meroo, N.S.W. (Andrew Murphy, seed collected 15th January, 1918). Hypocotyls 



and two pairs of bilobed cotyledon leaves and one pair of first leaves. Sown 21st January, 1918 ; 

 drawn 8th February, 1918. 



G. H, I. Same particulars as F, except dates of drawing. 



G. Drawn 19th March, 1918. Two cotyledon leaves, followed by one pair of slightly petiolate thin leaves, 

 and three pairs of sessile thin leaves. 



H. Drawn 30th November, 1918. Height, 1 ft. 6 in. End of a branch showing several pairs of sessile 

 opposite leaves with crimson midribs and quadrangular rachis. 



I. Drawn 16th March, 1920, height, 2 ft. 6 in. A pair of opposite leaves still further advanced. 



PLATE 2. 



E. calophylla R.Br. 



1. and la. (A. 85.) Perth, Western Australia (Woods and Forests Department). Two pairs of cotyledon 



leaves showing hypocotyls. The undersides are sometimes purple and sometimes green. Sown 

 23rd December, 1914; drawn 5th January, 1915. 



2. (A. 85.) Perth, Western Australia. Seedling, showing a pair of cotyledons, a pair of opposite leaves, 



a pair of alternate leaves, succeeded by two pairs of opposite leaves. Oil dots distinct on the 

 back, the undersides of the cotyledon leaves of a purple shade. Sown 7th July, 1911 ; drawn 

 23rd October, 1911. 



In Plate 40 all the drawings are E. euge?iioides Sieb., with the exception of la, cotyledon 

 leaf, and 16, first leaf, which were wrongly attributed to E. marginata Sm. They are really 

 E. calophylla R.Br. 



E. ficifolia F.v.M. 



3. From a tree grown in the Botanic Gardens, Sydney (collected by J. L. Boorman, 1904). Seedling, 



showing pair of cotyledons, succeeded by a nearly opposite pair of first leaves and three pairs 

 of more alternate ones. Leaves not peltate. Sown 6th June, 1905 ; drawn 26th September, 1905 . 

 Leaves non-peltate. 



