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Qeneral Appearance. — Broad, elliptical to almost cordate lanceolate, glaucous 

 shading to dark green, relieved by the reddish midrib and sometimes the red margin 

 crenulate-stellate, the surface of the lamina undulate-crinkled. Petioles moderately 

 long, pink. Stems usually reddish, setose. Of this series E. tetrodonta is distinctly 

 narrow, but it has the setose character and is usually a pale yellowish green. 



(1) Hypocotyl. 



E. eudesmioides, long, terete, glabrous. 



E. tetragona, long, terete, glabrous. 



E. erythrocorys, long, slender, terete, glabrous. 



E. Baileyana, medium, slender, terete, slightly glandular. 



E. tetrodonta, very long and slender, terete, glandular. 



(la) Hypocotyl (Miss Flockton). 



E. eudesmioides, red, strong, tall (Minginew). 



E. tetragona, long, shaded, red (A. 94). 



E. erythrocorys, crimson (Dongarra). 



E. Baileyana, does not taper to the root, is covered with glands (8 Mile Plains). 



E. tetrodonta, pink, with a few hairs below the cotyledons (Darwin); terete, 

 thickening a little to the base, green, with a faint tint of pink (Darwin, No. 2). 



The only seedling (except E. dichromophloia) on which I have found hairs on the 

 hypocotyl and on the petioles of the cotyledons (Darwin, 1004) ; angular, pink towards 

 base, stellate glands (Darwin). 



(2) Cotyledons (Petiole, taper). 



All five species slightly taperiug into the petiole. 



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



E. eudesmioides, red (30) ; deep crimson, trinerved (Minginew). 



E. tetragona, red (A. 94). 



E. erythrocorys, purple tint (Dongarra). 



E. Baileyana. deep crimson, smooth, but the petioles and stem below them 

 have stellate glands (8 Mile Plains). 



E. tetrodonta, stellate glands on the petioles (Darwin) ; green (Darwin. 1004, also 

 G. F. Hill). 



(3) Stem (Miss Flockton). 



E. eudesmioides, red (No. 30) ; brownish red, to pale-green tinted pink, having 

 a few stellate hairs on the first part until at 6 inches high they are thickly matted 

 (Minginew). 



