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E. sideroxylon. 



1st leaves linear or ovate-lanceolate, undersurfaee purple ; 1st alternate leaves 

 linear (Stuart Town). 



1st leaves lanceolate, petiolate, decussate. Leaves alternate, narrow-lanceolate, 

 tapering at the base into a petiole. Very slightly paler on the undersurfaee (Merrindie). 

 1st leaves small, ovate petiolate (Wallangarra). 

 1st lea res linear; 1st alternate leaves linear (Minore). 



E. bicolor. 



1st leaves lanceolate, undersurfaee pale green. 1st alternate leaves the same, but 

 larger (Bourke). Mature leaf very narrow, and 7 inches (18 cm.) long. 



E. microtheca. 



1st leaves ovate lanceolate (Bourke). 



1st Ira res ovate or lanceolate. 1st alternate leaves lanceolate (Bourke, second 

 sowing). 



Series 4 — BrevManceoIate, triplinerved. 



E. conica. E. microcarpa. 



E. melliodora. E. Cambageana. 



E. Raveretiana. E. ochrophloia. 



E. rariflora. E. hemiphloia. 



E. populifolin. E. odorata. 



E. Brown ii. E. Blackbumiana. 



General Appearance. — Cotyledons small to medium, 4-6 pairs of leaves opposite. 

 Leaves light to yellowish green, triplinerved, with somewhat prominent veins, shortly 

 lanceolate to lanceolate, long lanceolate when mature in some species. The inter- 

 mediate leaves show the triplinerved character more than do the opposite ones. 

 E. Jiemiphloia has the broadest leaves. Stems terete, smooth, except E. Blackbumiana. 

 green to pink or purple-brown. This species and E. odorata are the most glandular. 



(1) Hypocotyl. 



E. ronica and E. melliodora. short to medium. 



E. Raveretiana, E. popidifolia, E. rariflora, and E. Brownii, medium. 



E. microcarpa and E. Cambageana, short to long. 



E. ochrophloia and E. hemiphloia, long. 



E. odorata and E. Blackbumiana, short to long. 



