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(2) Cotyledons (Petiole, taper). 



E. macrandra, V-shaped, shorter than the filiform petiole. 



E. cornuta, narrow-oblong reniform to almost triangular, the lobes obtuse or acute, 

 diverging. 



E. Lehmanni, somewhat triangular, the lobes broad, rounded at the top each 

 with a central nerve, cleft to about the middle, shorter than the petiole, tapering into 

 the petiole. 



E. platypus. V-shaped, longer than the petiole, slightly tapering. 



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

 E. macrandra, purple tint (Gralgalup). 



E. cornuta, red or green (King George's Sound) ; green (A. Murphy, also Yate, 

 217). 



E. Lehmanni, slightly tinged with purple (Cape Riche) ; green, with faint purple 

 tint on the venation (S. W. Australia) ; green (cultivated, Ballarat, also Lovegrove, 

 Manly and Clarence Siding) ; usually green, but sometimes red (cultivated, Manly); 

 a deep purple red (puce) (cultivated, Mount Lindsay). 



(3) Stem (Miss Flockton). 



E. macrandra, tinted red. some glands on the upper part (Galgalup) ; red, with 

 warty glands (York). 



E. cornuta, terete, smooth, a few glands not prominent, red a little way up (King 

 George's Sound) ; terete, glands, red (W.A., Murphy) : tinted red (W.A., 217). 



E. Lehmanni, reddish, covered with stellate hairs (Cape Riche) ; green, shaded 

 red. stellate hairs (cultivated, Ballarat): green, covered with stellate hairs (cultivated, 

 Lovegrove) ; stellate glands, also on the very short epicotyl and young growth 

 (cultivated. Manly) : terete, thickly covered with stellate glands (cultivated. Clarence 

 • Siding): terete, with prominent warty glands (cultivated. Mount Warning): crimson 

 a little way up (cultivated. National Park). 



E. platypus, undersurface pale green and having warty glands (Hopetoun) ; 

 shaded pink, having warty glands above the cotyledons (W.A.). 



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



E. macrandra. petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, green. 



E. cornuta. petiolate, petiole long, ovate, glabrous, green. 



E. LeJ/mamn. petiolate, oblong, stellate, green. 



E. platypus, petiolate. narrow-lanceolate to ovate, stellate, green. 



(5) Sal/sequent Pairs of Leaves (Number, shape, vestiture). 

 E. macrandra, none. 



E. cornuta, two, oblong to broad ovate, glabrous. 

 E. Lehmanni, one. ovate, stellate. 

 E. platypus, two, ovate, stellate. 



