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(6) Intermediate Leaves. 



E. stricta. Leaves lanceolate, rigid, obscurely veined, light yellowish green, 7-9 

 cm. long, 12-15 mm. broad, petiole short. Stem a dull purple-brown, shaded yellowish 

 green. (Wentworth Falls, A. A. Hamilton.) 



E. obtusiflora. Leaves lanceolate, thick and rigid, light green with a tinge of 

 glaucousness, and also shaded a pale yellowish green, 7-10 cm. long, 1-2 cm. broad; 

 shortly petiolate. Stem a dull purple-brow r. (The Spit. W. F. Blakely and J. L. 

 Boorman.) 



E. fraxinoides. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, scarcely rigid, veins some- 

 what prominent, dark green shading to yellowish green with a glaucous tinge, 9 cm. long. 

 2-5 cm. broad ; petiole medium. Stem glandular verrucose, a rich purple brown. 

 (State Forest 577, R. C. Blacket.) 



(6a) (Miss Flockton). 



E. stricta. 



1st leaves ovate, ovate lanceolate, colour rich dark green, undersurface deep red 

 (Blackheath, No. 1). 



1st leaves ovate, very shortly petiolate; undersurface purple shade. Later, 

 ovate sessile, lanceolate; undersurface with some purple (Blackheath No. 2). 



1st leaves ovate, sessile or nearly so ; stellate glands on the edges and midrib ; 

 undersurface crimson-purple (King's Tableland). 



E. obtusiflora. 

 1st leaves ovate, shortly petiolate, sometimes sessile. About the third pair, 

 small stellate glands on the edges of these ; undersurface puce (The Spit). 



1st leaves sessile or nearly so, decussate, undersurface purple red (Manly). 



E. fraxinoides. 



1st leaves ovate, sessile, with stellate hairs on midrib and edges ; undersurface 

 deep purple-red (Sugarloaf). 



1st leaves stem-clasping, oblong, but narrower at the base. 1st alternate leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, edges red, glaucous, the undersurface slightly paler (Rocks, Nerriga). 



1st leaves ovate, lanceolate stem-clasping, narrowing at the base, undersurface 

 pale green. 1st alternate leaves ovate-lanceolate, pedunculate, undersurface pale green 

 (Nerriga). 



3m.— Narrow, rigid Series. 



E. nitida. E. approximans. 



E. Mitclvelliana. E. Kybeanensis. 



E. apiculata. 



General Appearance. — Leaves at first small, oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, very 

 shortly petiolate, venation more or less parallel, firm, then changing to narrow-lanceolate 

 rigid, shortly petiolate, varying from slightly glaucous to olive-green. Stems purple- 

 brown, sometimes shading into very pale yellowish-green. 



