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(5a) (Shape, vestiture). 

 E. eugenioides, narrow- to broad-lanceolate, markedly undulate ; inflexed, margins 

 roncinate. Copiously hairy, shortly setose. Rachis greenish-brown to rich purple- 

 brown and densely setose. These rachis-characters pass to the midribs and to the 

 young tips, until they reach the intermediate stage, when the leaves are glabrous and 

 green. The general appearance of the seedling is dark green blotched with red. 



E. agglomerate, oblong to lanceolate; margins slightly undulate or crinkled; 

 softly hairy. The general appearance of the leaf is paler than E. eugenioides, viz., dull 

 pale green, and softly hairy. Rachis slightly hoary, but showing a reddish-pink tinge. 



E. Baxteri, ovate, sessile, sinuous, covered in stellate hairs; at 5| inches, 5-5 

 cm. long, 3 cm. broad. 



E. Blaxlandi, lanceolate to broad-lanceolate; undulate margins; copiously, but 



softly stellate-hairy. Colour and vestiture of rachis as in E. agglomerata. 



E. capitellata, oblong to broad-lanceolate, slightly undulate; margins slightly 

 denticulate, and almost runcinate, slightly hairy. Rachis reddish-pink, and shortly, 

 but densely, haixy. In general appearance this is the most entire-leaved of the four. 



(6) Intermediate Leaves. 



E. eugenioides, lanceolate, shortly petiolate, crinkled-undulate to nearly flat, 

 denticulate, densely stellate ; at 17 inches, 7 cm. long, 2 cm. broad, ; at 21 inches, 6 cm. 

 long, 2-5 cm. broad. Light green, shading to purple-brown. Stem stellate or hispid- 

 stellate. 



E. agglomerata. broad ovate, shortly petiolate, crinkled, the margins softly 

 stellate-tomentose ; at 8 inches, 7 cm. long, 4 cm. broad, dark green, tinged with purple- 

 brown, the young tips and twigs downy-stellate ; at 12 inches, 7 cm. long, 4 cm. broad ; 

 broadly and obliquely lanceolate, slightly undulate, very shortly petiolate, pale green. 

 Stem stellate-tomentose, hoary-purple (Nelligen to Reidsdale). 



E. Baxteri, elliptical to almost cordate, sessile, undulate, hispid to broadly and 

 obliquely oblong, retuse, or with a small mucro in the centre of the notch, petiolate, 

 thick, smooth and shining, varying from yellowish to glaucous green ; midrib and stem 

 a rich purple-brown. At 12 inches high 6-7 cm. long, 4-5 to 5 cm. broad (Kangaroo 

 Island). 



E. Blaxlandi, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, shortly petiolate, crinkled undulate ; 

 margins purplish or purple brown, up to 12 inches or more, then changing to smooth 

 at 22^ inches; oblong to obliquely oblong-lanceolate, mucronate, rigid, 7 cm. long, 

 3 cm. broad pale green, shading to yellowish green. Stem up to 12 inches or more, 

 slightly stellate-tomentose, dull purple-brown at 22| inches; smooth, reddish-purple 

 shaded green (Blackheath). 



