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E.goniocalyx, numerous,, narrow-lanceolate to broad-lanceolate, margins undulate, 

 sessile to stem-clasping, venation distinct, glaucous to light glaucous green. Stems 

 compressed -a n gular. 



E. miens, numerous, oblong to long-lanceolate, slightly undulate, sessile to stem- 

 chsping, glaucous, shaded yellowish-green, veins somewhat distinct. Stems acutely 

 angular, the angles sometimes reddish. 



E. quadrangalata, numerous, narrow to long-lanceolate or almost acuminate- 

 lanceolate, slightly undulate, sessile to stem-clasping, glaucous, shaded yellowish-green, 

 the midrib and margins sometimes reddish. Stems acutely angular, the angles often 

 reddish. 



E. neglecta, numerous, ovate to broadly ovate, tending towards ovate-lanceolate, 

 undulate, sessile to stem-clasping, glaucous, shaded yellowish-green, midrib reddish, 

 veins distinct. Stem quadrangular, the angles reddish. 



(0) Intermediate Leaves. 



E. bicostata. oblong-lanceolate, the apex somewhat acuminate, undulate, stem- 

 clasping, glaucous, veins more or less distinct. At 30 inches (7G cm.), 11-|- by 4| cm. 



E. Maideni, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, apex short, undulate, stem-clasping, 

 glaucous, veins more or less distinct. At 24 inches (G4 cm.), 10 by 5 cm. 



/;. goniocalyx, lanceolate, undulate, stem-clasping, glaucous to light glaucous 

 green. At 35 inches (89 cm.) 10J by 4 cm. 



E. miens (the alternate stage not reached). At 18 \ inches (47 cm.), 11 by 3 cm., 

 bong lanceolate, stem-clasping, glaucous, midrib reddish. 



E. quadrangitlata, same as in subsecpient pairs. 



E. neglecta, same as in subsequent pairs. 



(Gf/j (Miss Flockton). 



E. bicostata. (See Coloured Plate 1, Part LXXIII.) 



1st leaves lanceolate, petiolate, undersurface pale whitish green, tinted pink. 

 Leaves lanceolate, about the third pair sometimes parallel, sometimes decussate (Upper 

 Meroo). 



E. Maideni. 



1st leaves linear or lanceolate, sessile or petioles very short. 1st alternate leaves, 

 none at 6 inches (15 cm.). The warty epieotyl and young leaves appear slightly glaucous. 

 After the first pair of leaves they become sessile and cordate at the base. Undersurface 

 white (Barber's Creek). 



E. tjuiiiocalyx. 



1st leaves linear and slightly glaucous, shortly petiolate, later obcordate (Missis- 

 sippi Creek). 



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