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(6) Intermediate Leaves. 



E. ligustrina. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, changing to oblong lanceolate, hispid, 

 slightly undulate to quite flat, dark green, veins obscure; at 18 inches, 2-3 cm. long, 

 1 cm. broad ; light green ; petiole very short ; stem minutely stellate, hispid (Went- 

 worth Falls). 



E. Camfieldi. Leaves cordate to obliquely cordate, hispid, margins crinkled 

 undulate, pale and dull beneath, shining above : shortly petiolate. ranging from 2-5 

 cm. to 4-5 cm. long, and from 2 cm. to 4 cm. broad, then changing to obliquely oblong, 

 mucronate. thick and shining,, ranging from 6 to 8*5 cm. long and 5 cm. broad ; petiole 

 long; stem stellate, hispid (Hornsby). 



E. aVpina. Leaves orbicular emarginate, thick, more or less venulose ; petiole 

 thick, rather long; at 21 inches, 5 cm. long, 4-5 cm. broad; dark green throughout; 

 stem hispid (Mr. St. John, Victoria). 



E. Preissiana. Leaves oblong to oblong lanceolate, firm to slightly undulate, 

 thick, shortly petiolate; at 9^ inches 6-5 cm. long, 4 cm. broad; light green, margins 

 and midrib reddish purple. (Kalgan Plains). 



(6a) (Miss Flockton). 



E. ligustrina. 



1st leaves ovate, undersurface tinted purple, scattered stellate hairs on the edges 

 (Wentworth Falls). 



E. alpina. 



1st leaves ovate, shortly petiolate, later sessile and stem-clasping ; edge and surface 

 covered with stellate glands, venation deeply grooved (Tetanga). 



1st leaves exceedingly small and spathulate. Leaves later lanceolate, finely 

 pointed, and tapering into a short petiole at the base. Midrib sometimes red a,t the 

 back, the leaf slightly paler green, venation very delicate. The seedling at 6-i- inches is 

 a sturdy little plant (St. John). 



E. Preissiana. 

 1st leaves broadly ovate or oval, opposite, sessile, shiny (Hobart, cultivated, 33). 



1st leaves ovate, sessile, stem-clasping, a few stellate hairs on edges and midrib ; 

 later, large ovate, undulate, stem-clasping, more hairs, red midrib (Kalgan Plains). 



3c— Fuchsia Series 



E. regnans. E. macrorrhyncha. 



E.fastigata. E. Muelleriana. 



E. IcBvopinea. E. hptophleba. 



E. Laseroni. E. microcorys. 



General Appemance. — Leaves usually lanceolate, moderately broad, slightly 

 undulate, the margins dentate -stellate, usually shortly petiolate. light to dark green, 

 tinged with madder-lake, especially the young tips. Stems slightly stellate-tomentose 



