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(1) Hypocotyl. 

 E. leptophylla 



E. calycogona > Long, filiform. 

 E. gracilis j 



(la) Hypocotyl (Miss Flockton). 



E. leptophylla, terete, wiry, red (Ballandry, N.S.W.); terete, slightly tinted red, 

 spindly (Inglewood, Vie.) ; tall, smooth, weak, tinted red (Perth, W.A.). 



E. calycogona, terete, wiry, red (Sea Lake, Vic.); thin, smooth, red (Kamerooka. 

 Vic.) ; terete, slight, weak, tinted pink (Eyre's Peninsula). 



E. gracilis, terete, wirv, red (Evre's Peninsula and Fowler's Bay, S.A., Southern 

 Cross, W.A.). 



(2) Cotyledons (Petiole, taper). 



E. leptophylla, V-shaped, about as long, or sometimes shorter than the filiform 

 petiole, and sometimes as fine as the petiole, not tapering. 



E. calycogona, V-shaped, the lobes oblong to obovate. usual!) shorter than the 

 filiform petiole, slightly tapering. 



E. gracilis, V-shaped, oblong, usually longer than the filiform petiole, slightly 

 tapering. 



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

 E. leptophylla, green (Inglewood, Vic, and Perth, W.A.). 

 E. calycogona, gresn (Sea Lake, Kamerooka, and Eyre's Peninsula). 

 E. gracilis, green (Eyre's Peninsula, Fowler's Bay and Southern Cross. 



(3) Stem (Miss Flockton). 



E. calycogona, weak and spindly at 6| in. high (Sea Lake, Vic); terete, reo 

 (Kamerooka, Vic); terete, tinted red, a few glands (Eyre's Peninsula). 



E. gracilis. s;recn and red, terete or a little ribbed (Southern Cross). 



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

 E. leptophylla, petiolate, linear, glabrous. 



E. calycogona, petiolate, linear, but slightly broader than E. leptophylta, glabrous. 

 E. gracilis, petiolate, linear, glabrous. 



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



E. leptophylla, nine or more, narrow-oblong, glabrous, sub-glaucous. 



E. calycogona, four, narrow-oblong to narrow-lanceolate, glabrous, light green 

 to sub-glaucous. 



E. aracilis, six. narrow-lanceolate, nale sreen to slightly glaucous. 



