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Series 3.— Linear to narrow-lanceolate. 



E. Staigeriana. E. sideroxylon. 



E. decorticans. E. bicolor. 



E. crebra. E. microtheca. 



E. Normantonensis. 



General Appearance, — Medium-sized cotyledons, 5-6 pairs of leaves opposite;* 

 Slender, virgate. Leaves linear to narrow-lanceolate, green to sub-glaucous, or tinged 

 with red. Veins somewhat prominent. Stems green to pinkish. The three last 

 species are broader than the others in the first stage. 



I have not seen seedlings of E. Culleni, but the following description of them 

 is from the pen of Mr. R. H. Cambage. They probably come near E. decorlicans and 

 E. crebra : — 



Hypocotyl terete, red 3 mm. to 1 cm. long, 1 mm. thick at base, glabrous. 



Cotyledons obtusely quadrilateral to reniform, entire, 2 - 5-3 mm. long, 4-7 mm. broad, upperside 

 green, underside red ; petiole. 3 mm. long. 



Stem brownish-red in lower portion, brownish-green in upper part. 



Seedling foliage opposite for about two or three pairs, entire, glabrous, linear; petiole 2-4 mm. 

 First pair 1-6-2-4 cm. long, 1-2 mm. broad, upperside green, underside purple; leaves Nos. five to ten up 

 to 5 cm. long, 2-3 mm. broad. 



(1) Hypocotyl. 

 E. Staigeriana, short. 

 E. decorlicans, short to long. 

 E. crebra, medium. 

 E. sideroxylon, medium, 

 E. bicolor, medium. 

 E. microtheca, short to medium. 

 E. Normantonensis, medium. 



(la) Hypocotyl (Miss Flockton). 



E. decorlicans, red (Eidsvold) ; terete, red, spindly (second sowing). 



E. crebra, red (Murrumbidgee) : terete, red (Eidsvold); terete, red, short and 

 slight (Glenbrook) ; terete, wiry, red (near Dunedoo). 



E. sideroxylon, red (Stuart Town); terete, red spindly (Merrindie) ; terete, 

 reddish-brown, long and spindly (Wallangarra). 



E. bicolor, tinted red (Bourke). 



E. microtheca, short, smooth red (Bourke) ; red (second sowing). 



E. Normantonensis, terete, shaded pink (Normanton). 



