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E. unialata. 



1st leaves lanceolate, obtuse, unci ersurf ace whitish green, sessile, thin. Leaves 

 later, opposite and stem-clasping, undersurface pale green (Hobart). 



Series 18.— Sessile, lanceolate, quadrangular, glaucous. 



E. bicostata. E. nitens. 



E. Maideni. E. quadrangidata. 



E. goniocalyx. E. neglecta. 



General Appearance. — Cotyledons medium to fairly large; numbers of pairs of 

 leaves indefinite. Leaves glaucous, shaded yellowish green, short to long lanceolate^ 

 spreading, orbicular or broadly elliptical in E. neglecta ; stems quadrangular. 



The seedlings of E. bicostata and E. Maideni are often difficult to discriminate. 

 At the State Nursery. Campbelltown, we find : — 



E. bicostata, generally smaller leaves and the upper leaves and stem marked 

 purplish cast. 



E. Maideni, only trace of purplish. 



(1) Hypocotyl. 



E. bicostata 



E. Maideni 



Long. 

 E. goniocalyx 



E. ii'iu ns 



E. quadrangtdata, short to medium. 



E. neglecta, long. 



(la) Hypocotyl (Miss Flockton). 



E. bicostata, terete, a little ribbed, red (Upper Meroo). 



E. Maideni, red (Barber's Creek). 



E. goniocalyx, short, smooth, tinted red (Mississippi Creek); terete, somewhat 

 ribbed, red (Melbourne): tinted reel, angular (Marulan). 



E. nitens, terete, red (Aronmear). 



/:. qitadrangulata, shortish, terete, red (Hill Top); terete, red (Nundle). 



E. neglecta, terete, wiry, red. 



(2) Cotyledons (Petiole, taper). 



E. bicostata, deeply lobed, long, slightly tapering. 

 E. Maideni, deeply lobed, long, tapering. 



