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E. goniocalyx, slightly emarginate, long, tapering. 

 E. nitens, emarginate, short, tapering. 

 E. quadrangulata, emarginate, long, tapering. 

 E. neglecta, emarginate, short, tapering. 

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



E. bicostata, purple red, variable in tint (Upper Meroo). 



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



E. goniocalyx, red (Mississippi Creek); purple shade (Marulan). 



E. quadrangulata, purple tint (Hill Top); red (Nundle). 



E. neglecta, green. 



(3) Stem (Miss Flockton). 



E. bicostata, young, angular, whitish green with pink shade (Upper Meroo). 



E. Maideni, angular, glaucous white, with warty glands (Barber's Creek). 



E. goniocalyx, terete, smooth, pink a little way up (Mississippi Creek) ; young, 



slightly angular, glandular, pink to glaucous (Melbourne) ; angular with warty glands 

 (Maruian). 



E. nitens, angular (Aronmear). 



E. quadrangulata, pale green, quadrangular, the edges winged, full of oil glands 

 and pink in colour (Hill Top) ; terete, smooth, shaded pink, getting angular after the 

 third pair of leaves (Nundle). 



E. neglecta, red to pinky white, getting angular. 



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

 E. bicostata, petiolate, narrow-lanceolate, glabrous. 

 E. Maideni, petiolate, narrow-lanceolate, glabrous. 

 E. goniocalyx, petiolate, narrow-lanceolate, glabrous. 

 E. nitens, petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous. 



E. quadrangulata, petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous. 

 E. neglecta, petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, glabrous. 



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



E. bicostata, numerous, narrow to broad-lanceolate, slightly undulate, sessile 

 to stem-clasping, glaucous, shaded yellowish-green, with pinkish midrib and margins, 

 veins distinct. Stems acutely quadrangular, glaucous, the angles often reddish. 



E. Maideni, numerous, narrow-lanceolate, shortly petiolate, changing to broad- 

 lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, stem-clasping, slightly undulate, glaucous with a purplish 

 shading, veins distinct. Stems quadrangular, glaucous to purple-brown. 



