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3e.— Acmenioides Series. 



E. acmenioides, ' E. umbra. 



General Appearance. — Leaves at first lanceolate, obtuse, petiolate. then changing 

 to broad lanceolate, sessile or slightly stem-clasping, more or less undulate, often with 

 an attenuate point, opposite character indefinite. The colour varies from pale green 

 to lighter green, shaded glaucous and pale purple-brown. Midrib often reddish. Stems 

 reddish. 



(1) Hypocotyl. 



E. acmenioides] 



E. umbra ) Medmm to lon §- 



{la) Hypocotyl (Miss Flo ckton). 



E. acmenioides, terete and sturdy (Gosford) ; terete, smooth, wiry, red (Upper 

 Clarence). 



E. umbra, terete, inclined to be grooved on one side, red (Kincumber) ; inclined 

 to be angular, texture rough, red (Wyong) ; terete, slightly ribbed, red (Gosford) ; 

 terete, shaded pink (Fraser Island) ; terete, red (Manly). 



(2) Cotyledons (Petiole, taper). 

 E. acmenioides j 

 E. umbra f Medium ' ^pering. 



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



E. acmenioides, red (Gosford); green, slightly tinted mauve (Gosford, 79); 

 shaded puce (Upper Clarence). 



E. umbra puce (Kincumber) ; mauve (Wyong) ; red (Gosford) ; pale puce (Fraser 

 Island) ; purple-red (Manly). 



(3) Stem (Miss Flockton). 



E. acmenioides, deep purple-red (Gosford) ; terete, smooth, red (Gosford) ; pink 

 tinted (Wyong). 



E. umbra, terete, shaded red, with prominent glands (Kincumber) ; slightly 

 flattened, purple-brown, covered with warty glands (Wyong) ; purple-red, smooth at 

 10 inches high (Gosford) ; terete, red, some glands (Fraser Island) ; terete, red, thickly 

 covered with warty glands (Manly). 



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

 E. acmenioides short, lanceolate, glabrous. 



E. umbra, petiolate, lanceolate, glabrous, rachis glandular. 



