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(2) Cotyledon (Petiole, taper). 



E. ligustrina, petiole very short, cotyledon slightly tapering. 

 E. Camfieldi, medium, slightly tapering. 

 E. alpina, short, tapering. 

 E. Preissiana, long, tapering. 



(2a) Cotyledon (Undersurface, Miss Flockton). 

 E. alpina, red tint (Tetanga); tinted puce (St. John). 



E. Preissiana, red, trinerved (Hobart, cultivated, 33); red (Hobart); slight 

 tint of purple (Kalgan Plains). 



(3) Stem (Miss Flockton). 



E. ligustrina. red, terete, covered with fine stellate hairs (Wentworth Falls). 



E. alpina. terete, green, covered with stellate hairs (Tetanga); terete, smooth, 

 shaded red (St. John). 



E. Preissiana, tinted red (Hobart, cultivated, 33); shaded red, terete, a little 

 flattened, stellate hairs increasing towards the top of the plant and young growth 

 (Kalgan Plains). 



(4) 1st Pair of Leaves (Shape, vestiture). 



E. ligustrina. leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate (?) no hairs ; rachis smooth, purple 

 brown. 



E. Camfieldi, leaves lanceolate; (?) no hairs except on rachis, which is slightly 

 hairy and purple brown. 



E. alpina, leaves ovate a:id slightly hairy; rachis hairy, purple brown. 



E. Preissiana, leaves sessile and oblong-lanceolate, slightly hoary; rachis hairy. 



(4a) Petiole. 

 E. ligustrina, very short. 

 E. Camfieldi. short. 

 E. alpina, very short. 



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



E. ligustrina, three, petiole very short. 



E. Camfieldi, two or more, petiole short. 



E. alpina, two or more, very short to sessile, stem-clasping. 



E. Priessiana, four (or more). 



(oa) (Shape, vestiture). 

 E. ligustrina, ovate to lanceolate, glabrous. 



E. Camfieldi, lanceolate to cordate, the margins alone slightly hairy. 

 E. alpina, oblong to cordate, bullate, hispid all over. 



E. Preissiana, oblong-lanceolate to broadly-ovate, undulate, slightly lobed 

 almost amplexicaul. hairy, especially on margins and rachis. Venation prominent. 



