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(3) Stem (Miss Flockton). 



E. Rummeryi, from cotyledons starts pinkish, but becomes green, angular and 

 warty (1); angular, reddish and sparsely covered with glands. These glands become 

 much thicker and more pronounced as the seedlings grow taller (2). 



E. Rudderi, somewhat angular, green, with a soft purplish bloom and purple ribs 

 (Gloucester): green, faint tint of pink (Bohnock). 



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



E. Rummeryi, petiolate, lanceolate; rachis minutely glandular. 



E. Rudderi, petiolate, lanceolate; rachis minutely glandular, but not as dense 

 as in E. Rummeryi. 



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



E. Rummeryi, six, narrow-lanceolate, slightly hispid on margins, veins obscure, 

 dark or olive green. Stem slightly angular, minutely and densely glandular. 



E. Rudderi, five (or more), narrow-lanceolate, slightly undulate, venation obscure, 

 light olive green. Stem slightly angular, with a few scattered seta. 



(6) Intermediate Leaves. 



E. Rummeryi, lanceolate, finely veined, light to yellowish green, 8 by 3 cm., stem 

 angular, glandular. 



E. Rudderi. lanceolate, finely veined, light to yellowish green, 4 by lj cm. Stem 

 slightly angular, but scarcelv glandular. 



(fir/) (Miss Flockton). 



E. Rummeryi. 

 1st leaves narrow-spathulate. 



1st leaves ovate-lanceolate (1). 



1st leaves small ovate. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, with undersurface paler 

 green (2). 



E. Rudderi. 



1st leaves linear and ovate-lanceolate. Leaves lanceolate, with branchlets 

 springing from the axils. There is a purplish tint on the young growth, and on the 

 undersurface of some of the leaves. This seedling branches at once from every axil 

 of the leaves, making a bushy plant when onlv 4 inches (10 cm.) high or less 

 (Gloucester). 



1st leaves linear. Ut alternate leaves ovate-lanceolate, undulate (Bohnock). 



