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4l. Same particulars as 41a. A seedling from the, same sowing in a more advanced stage than 41a, showing 

 the first and subsequent pairs of linear oblong, slightly dentate leaves. 



41. A leaf of 41 magnified to show the minute dentate, setose denticulations along the margins, and a 



little seta on the stem. 



42a. (Ref. No. 112 H.H.) Darwin, Northern Territory (C. E. F. Allen). A more delicate seedling than 

 41a. Sown 3rd February, 1920; drawn 8th March, 1920. 



42. Same particulars as 42a, but resown during 1921. Showing a seedling 4 inches high, with the coty- 



ledons still attached and five .pairs of narrow lanceolate, petiolate leaves. 



E. Spenceriana Maiden. 



43. (Ref. No. 448). Stapleton, Northern Territory (G. F. Hill, 2nd October, 1916). A seedling showing 



the submerged hypocotyl, cotyledons and two pairs of leaves. Sown 13th December, 1917; 

 drawn 16th January, 1918. 



44. (Same particulars as 43.) A more advanced seedling, with three pairs of opposite, linear leaves. 



Drawn 28th January, 1918. 



45. (Same particulars as above.) A young seedling, 3 inches high, with the cotyledons still attached 



and showing seven pairs of opposite, linear, lanceolate leaves and two alternate leaves. Drawn 

 14th March, 1918. 



PLATE 6. 



E. amygdalina Labill. 



51. (Ref. No. 203.) Hobart, Tasmania (L. Rodway, December, 1917). Young seedlings, showing the 



rather long filiform hypocotyl, broadish cotyledons, and the first pair of leaves in a rudimentary 

 state. Sown 7th May, 1918; drawn 19th June, 1918. 



52. One of the above seedlings, 3| inches high, with the cotyledons still attached, and five pairs of opposite 



shortly petiolate to sessile leaves and the glandular internodes. Drawn 14th October, 1917. 



53. Portion of the same plant at 191- inches high, showing the lower pair of leaves still opposite, while the 



upper five pairs are alternate and still sessile. Drawn 24th November, 1919. 



E. radiata Sieb. 



54a. (Ref. No. A 71.) Mount Wilson, N.S.W. (J.H.M., September, 1914). A seedling about 1 inch high, 

 showing the abbreviated hypocotyl, small cotyledons, the very narrow first pair of leaves, and the 

 broader subsequent pairs. Sown 26th March, 1915; drawn 13th September, 1915. 



54. Upper portion of a plant 9£ inches high, from the same locality as 54a, collected January, 1902, show- 



ing the long, narrow-lanceolate, shortly petiolate opposite leaves and the branching habit. Sown 

 11th March, 1915; drawn 20th January, 1916. 



E. numerosa Sieb. 



55. (Ref. No. 57.) Bent's Basin, Nepeau River (J. L. Boorman and E. Oheel, 1913). A seedling about 



1 inch high, with a rather long hypocotyl, with the cotyledons attached, and the first pair of 

 leaves well developed. Sown 22nd September, 1913; drawn 12th Novembr, 1913. 



