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(2) Cotyledons (Petiole, taper). 

 E. acacioides, short, tapering, emarginate. 

 E. fndicetorum, short, tapering, emarginate. 



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

 E. acacioides. green (Wyalong X 1, X 51 and Warialda). 

 E. fruticetoruin, green (Wyalong 47, 1 B, and X23). 



(3) Stem (Miss Flockton). 



E. acacioides, terete, becoming a little angular, glands small (Wyalong Xl); 

 terete, a few glands (Wyalong Xol); angular with protuberant warty glands 

 I Warialda). 



E.fruticetorum. lingular, with glands (Wyalong I B) ; terete with glands (Wyalong 

 X 23). 



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

 E. acacioides 

 E.fruticetorum 



Petiolate. narrow-lanceolate, glabrous. 



(5) Subsequent Pairs of Leaves (Xumber, shape, vestiture). 



E. acacioides. four, narrow-lanceolate, somewhat rigid, glabrous, dark green. 



E. fruticetoruin. four, narrow-lanceolate, somewhat rigid, veins more or less 

 distinct, glabrous, dark green to yellowish-green. 



(6) Intermediate Leaves. 



E. acacioides, linear, slightly fiesuose. dark to light green ; at 8| inches (22 cm.), 

 lu cm. by 3 mm. 



E. fruticetoruin. narrow-lanceolate, slightly curved to linear oblong, and of a light 

 yellowish-green, changing at '•».', inches (24 cm.) to narrow-lanceolate, 7 by 1 cm. 



(6a) (Miss Flockton). 



E. acacioides. 

 1st leaves very small, linear. Leaves long and narrow, inclined to be spathulate 

 (Wyalong 1). 



1st leaves ovate-lanceolate, underside pale green (Wyalong 51). 



1st leaves small lanceolate. Leaves alternate, linear, more than 3 inches long, 

 the plant being 8 inches high (Warialda). 



E.fruticetorum. 

 1st leaves small, ovate or lanceolate petiolate. Leaves lanceolate (Wyalong 47). 



1st leaves lanceolate, petiolate (Wyalong 1 B). 



1st leaves very small ovate, petiolate. Leaves, the lower ones narrow-ovate, 

 later linear, petiolate. undersurface paler green (Wyalong 23). 



