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



E. Clelandi, purple shade (W.A.). 



E. Woodwardi, tinted red or green (130 miles east of Kalgoorlie). 



(3) Stem (Miss Flockton). 



E. Clelandi, angular and warty (W.A.). 



E. Woodwardi, terete, red, a few glands ; after the first pair of leaves getting 

 suddenly thicker, very angular and glaucous green (130 miles east of Kalgoorlie). 



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



E. Clelandi, petiolate. lanceolate, glabrous. 



E. Woodwardi, petiolate, lanceolate, slightly denticulate. 



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



E. Clelandi. two (or more), lanceolate, veins obscure, glaucous, glabrous, stem 

 glandular. 



E. Woodwardi. six, oblong-lanceolate, thick, glaucous, petioles distinct; stems 

 quadrangular. 



(6) Intermediate Leaves. 



E. Clelandi. broad-lanceolate, venulose, glaucous, at 9 inches, 4 by 3 cm. Stem 

 glaucous, angular. 



E. Woodwardi, leaves broadly lanceolate, slightly apiculate, thickish, slightly 

 undulate : the margin sometimes purple-brown, veins obscure, the midrib yellowish, 

 7 to 8 cm. long, 3 to 4 cm. broad, glaucous, shaded yellowish green; petiole medium, 

 thick. Stem quadrangular, the angles fringed with purple-brown (130 miles east of 

 Kalgoorlie). 



(6a) (Miss Flockton). 



E. Clelandi. 



1st leaves ovate, undersurface purple shade. 1st alternate leaves ovate-acuminate, 

 undersurface a paler opaque green. The stem more angular in the second stage (W.A.). 

 1st leaves ovate, undersurface purple tint, decussate (var. at Darke's Peak). 



E. Woodwardi. 



1st leaves ovate, red at base, on the underside and edges. Short petiole at first. 

 1st alternate leaves large ovate, somewhat glaucous, the same colour on both sides, broad 

 pale midrib, red edges. There are prominent glands on the edges of the leaves in the 

 first and second stages (130 miles east of Kalgoorlie). 



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