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E. tetragona, first stage, the short epicotyl and young leaves covered in clear, long, 

 stellate processes. The stem more advanced is thickly matted in stellate hairs and the 

 leaves become a glaucous green (A. 94). 



E. erythrocorys, crimson, shading to pale green, matted with stellate hairs 

 (Dongarra). 



E. Baileyana, red, covered with stellate glands above the hypocotyl (8 Mile 

 Plains). 



E. tetrodonta, green, with glandular hairs (Darwin). 



(4) 1st Pair of Leaves (Petiole, shape, vestiture). 



E. eudesmioides, petiole long, opposite (or perhaps occasionally slightly alternate), 

 linear spathulate, the margin prominently stellate, narrower than the cotyledons and 

 about twice their length. 



E. tetragona, opposite, ovate-lanceolate, nearly sessile, stellate (No. 492) ; petiole 

 long (the longest of this series), opposite, ovate-lanceolate, slightly undulate, more than 

 three times the size of the cotyledons, prominently stellate, more or less wrinkled 

 (A. 94). 



E. erythrocorys, petiole long, opposite, oblong, undulate, broader and one and a 

 half times longer than the cotyledons, scabrous, bullate. 



E. Baileyana, petiole long, opposite, ovate, slightly hairy, about as broad as 

 the cotyledons and slightly longer to twice the length of the cotyledons. 



E. tetrodonta, petiole long, opposite, linear-lanceolate, margin crenulate with 

 tufts of hairs, narrower than the cotyledon and three times as long. 



(5) Subsequent Pairs of Leaves (Number petiole, shape, vestiture). 



E. eudesmioides, one to four, opposite, petiolate, broadly elliptical, margins 

 crenate-dentate, with tufts of hair at the points and rachis very hairy. Venation 

 strongly marked. 



E. tetragona, three, opposite, petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, sometimes slightly 

 retuse, margins crenulate, with tufts of hairs at the points and rachis very hairy. 

 Venation strongly marked. Light green, shaded glaucous above, glaucous beneath, 

 petioles, midrib and margin purple-brown ; stem a rich purple-brown, hirsute. 



E. erythrocorys, three or more, (?) numerous, petiolate, ovate-lanceolate to 

 cordate, with a tendency to bullate. Margins crenate, hairy. Venation moderately 

 prominent, light green, blotched with a lighter glaucous green. Stem a rich purple- 

 brown, minutely scabrous, stellate. 



E. Baileyana, one to three or more (opposite at 8 inches), petiolate, ovate-lanceo- 

 late to lanceolate cordate, margins entire or slightly serrulate. Stellate hairs abundant 

 on back of leaf. Rachis and midribs scurfy, moss green, petiole and stem a dull purple- 

 brown. Venation distinct. 



