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(6a) (Miss Flockton). 



E. nitida. 

 1st leaves narrow-ovate, or oblong, sessile. 1st alternate leaves narrow-lanceolate., 

 petioles short, venation indistinct, the same colour on both sides (Mount Bischoff). 



E. Mitchelliana. 

 1st leaves ovate, petiolate. Leaves at 7| inches, alternate, lanceolate, shortly 

 petiolate (Mount Buffalo). 



E. apiculata. 

 1st leaves lanceolate, imdersurface red, a few glands on the edges. In some 

 plants, the first two or three pairs of leaves are quite sessile (Berrima). 



E. approximans. 

 1st haves ovate, petioles short, undersurface tinted red, sometimes a few glands 

 on the edges. 1st alternate leaves narrow-lanceolate (Barren Mountain). 



1st leaves ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate. 1st alternate leaves linear-lanceolate 

 (second sowing). 



E Kybeanensis. 

 lot leaves narrow-ovate, inclined to be spathulate, undersurface dull purple. 

 Leaves later with short thick petiole and sharply pointed tip, \ inch or less wide and 

 4f inches long. Thick, the same texture and colour on both sides. The midrib 

 channelled on the upper side (Kybean). 



3n.~Narrow, longitudinal Series. 



E. Moorei. E. vitrea. 



General Appearance.— Leaves at first oblong to elliptical-lanceolate, subglaucous 

 to dark green, sessile. The next stage, oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, sessile or very 

 shortly petoilate in E. Moorei, soon alternate in the last species; opposite for an 

 indefinite number of pairs in E. Moorei. Light to dark green. From the early to the 

 approach of the intermediate stage, E. vitrea shows affinity to E. radiata, but the leaves 

 of the former are larger, and even in the opposite stage the venation is more longitudinal 

 than that of E. radiata. It becomes more marked as the plant develops. 



In Xos. 3n and 3p (Longitudinal Series), the youngest leaves have not longitudinal 

 venation, but rather a spreading one, sometimes even approaching the reticulate. It 

 is only as growth proceeds, during the intermediate stage, and particularly as the mature 

 stage is reached, that the longitudinal venation becomes unmistakable. 



(1) Hypocotyl. 



E. Moorei, medium to long, smooth. 

 E. vitrea, medium, smooth, 



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