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(2) Cotyledons (Petiole, taper, venation). 



' All taper more or less, except E. Cliftoniana and E. latifolia, in which it is very 

 slight. All trinerved. 



E. terminalis, medium. 



E. dichromophloia, short to medium. 



E. Watsoniana, short to medium, tapering into the petiole, triplinerved. 



E. setosa, tapering into the petiole, triplinerved. 



E. latifolia, short to medium. 



E. Cliftoniana, short. 



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

 E. terminalis, undulate, strongly veined, of bright yellow green, with the underside 

 pale green. Petioles with glands (Darwin) ; green (Eidsvold). 



E. dichromophloia, green (Mount House and Eidsvold). 



E. Watsoniana, green (Delubra) ; undulate undersurface green, with slight pink 

 tint (Botanic Gardens, Sydney) ; undersurface pale (Botanic Gardens, Sydney). 



E. setosa, pale green on both sides (N.T.A., 45); warty glands on the petioles 

 (Woolgni); delicate pale green on both sides (N.T.A., 13). 



E. latifolia, green, glands on petioles (Cullen Creek). 



E. Cliftoniana, petiole, with a few warty glands (Mount Anderson). 



(3) Stem (Miss Flockton). 



E. terminalis, thin, wiry, glandular (Eidsvold). 



E. dichromophloia, terete, shaded red, covered with prominent glandular pro- 

 cesses (Mount House). 



E. Watsoniana, terete, green, covered with pinkish, red glands (Delubra) ; 

 epicotyl terete, glandular, pink. The entire seedling in the early stage is covered with 

 prominent glandular processes, except the cotyledons (Botanic Gardens, Sydney) ; 

 with warty processes, becoming smooth after the fourth alternate leaf (Botanic Gardens, 

 Sydney) ; terete, red, with prominent glands (Botanic Gardens, Sydney). 



E. setosa, green, shaded pink, covered with prickly hairs or glandular processes 

 (N.T.A., 45) ; terete, pale green, with prominent glands. The epicotyl has transparent 

 glandular processes. Covered with warty protuberances, increasing in the young 

 growth at the top (N.T.A., 13). 



E. latifolia, epicotyl long, slight, and covered with transparent, glandular 

 protuberances (Cullen Creek-Woolngi) ; above the cotyledons covered with transparent 

 glandular hairs (Cullen Creek). 



E. Cliftoniana, green after the epicotyl, and covered with long white glandular 

 hairs and processes. 



