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(la) Hypocotyl (Miss Flockton). 



E. Websteriana, terete, frail, tinted pink (Tarcoola Blocks). 



E. decipiens, terete, wiry, widening slightly towards the base, pink (Perth) ; 

 terete, wiry, slightly tinted red (Bridgetown). 



E. falcata, red (Hopetoim) ; red, tapers into the root (W.A.). 



E. cladocalyx. pink (S.A.) ; smooth, red, with warty glands (Port Lincoln) ; terete, 

 ribbed, spindly, red (Campbelltown, cultivated). 



(2) Cotyledons (Petiole, taper). 



E. Websteriana, shaped like a horse-shoe, longer than the very short thickish 

 petiole, pinkish underneath, not tapering. 



E. decipiens, V-shaped, diverging, acute, longer than the thickish petiole, tapering 

 into the petiole. 



E. falcata. Y-shaped, about as long as the filiform petiole, not tapering. 



E. cladocaly.r. oblong-reniform to broadly-bilobed ; when the former, not tapering 

 into the petiole, but when the latter, distinctly tapering into the petiole; the lower 

 portion of the petiole filiform. 



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



E. Websteriana, pink (Tarcoola Blocks). 



E: falcata, green (Hopetoun) ; pale purple (W.A.). 



E. cladocalyx, red tint (Port Lincoln); green, with a slight mauve tint (Camp- 

 belltown). 



(3) Stem (Miss Flockton). 



E. Webstcriana, terete, tinted pink, becoming glandular (Tarcoola Blocks). 



E. falcata. terete, shaded pink (Hopetoun); with warty glands above the 

 cotyledons (W.A.). 



E. cladocalyx, smooth, red (S.A.); terete, becoming angular, a few glands 

 (Campbelltown. cultivated). 



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



E. Wcbsteriana, shortly petiolate, linear, sub-glaucous. 

 E. decipiens, shortly petiolate, linear, green. 

 E. falcata, shortly petiolate, linear, green. 



E. cladocalyx, petiolate, lanceolate, light green. The species with the broadest 

 leaves. 



(5) Subsequent poArs of leaves (Number, shape, vestiture). 



E. Websteriana, three, narrow-lanceolate to broad-lanceolate, sub-glaucous. The 

 leaves of this Series are all short leaves, hence the term broad-lanceolate. 



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