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



E. occidental)*. " First loaves linear-oblong, obtuse, petiolate, glabrous, light green, distinctly 

 pinnatinerved." (Lubbock.) 



E. Stowardi, petiolate. linear-lanceolate, glabrous, green. 



E. astringens, petiolate. narrow-lanceolate, glabrous, glaucous. 



E. oceidentalis, petiolate. lanceolate, glabrous, glaucous. 



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

 E. Stowardi, one, lanceolate, glabrous. 



E. astringens, one, lanceolate, glabrous, glaucous. 



E. occidentalis, one. lanceolate, glabrous, slightly glaucous. 



(6) Intermediate Leaves. 



E. Stowardi, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, slightly undulate, petiole 

 medium: at 6 inches (15 cm.), o-o cm. long, 4 cm. broad, veins scarcely prominent: 

 at 8i in. (21 cm.). 9 cm. long, 4-5 cm. broad, veins obscure, glaucous, young tips 

 vellowish-green. also the flexuose stem. 



E. astringens, broadly lanceolate to acuminate, undulate, petiole short; at 

 14j in. (36 cm.), 10-5 cm. long, 5-5 cm. broad, veins prominent, midrib reddish, glaucous 

 shadiiiLT to yellowish-green, stem reddish, flexuose. 



E. occidentalis. oblong-lanceolate to broad-ovate, shortly petiolate, veins obscure; 

 at 24 inches, 9 cm. long, 4-5 cm. broad ; at 27 in. (68 cm.), 8 cm. long, 7 cm. broad, 

 dark green slightly tinged with white. 



(6a) (Miss Flockton). 



E. Stowardi. 

 1st leaves linear, obtuse (Uberin). 



E. astringens. 



1 <! leaves lanceolate, glandular on edge and on the back of the midrib of the 

 third pair, the first two pairs smooth. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, glands not so prominent 

 on the edge nor midrib (VVagin). 



1st leaves ovate-lanceolate, third pair showing glands on the edge of the leaf 

 and midrib on the undersurface (Hamel). 



1st leaves linear, thin, ovate, petiolate. Leaves alternate, broad ovate, petiolate 

 (Kalgan Plains, 30). 



1st leaves lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, the green scarcely paler on the under- 

 side, petiolate, alternate after the first three pairs (Kalgan Plains, 45, Scrub form). 



1st leaves ovate-lanceolate. 1st alternate leaves broadly ovate, sometimes oblique 

 at the base, yellow midrib, self-coloured on both sides, red edges (Kalgan Plains. 45. 

 Scrub form, second sowing). 



