353 



E. oleosa F.v.M. 



130. (Ref. Xo. X 12.) Minnipa, Eyre's Peninsula, South Australia (W. J. Spafford, August, 1916). 



Seedling with one pair of cotyledon leaves and a large number of linear leaves (becoming broader 

 towards the top ; nearly all opposite or in whorls of three). Some of the apparently alternate 

 leaves may probably be attributed to leaves having fallen off. 



131. Same particulars as Xo. 130. Top of a seedling 8 inches high. Leaves all alternated, channelled, 



rather narrow, tending to become appressed to the stem. Drawn 28th August, 1918. 



132. Same particulars as Xo. 130. Top of seedling 18 inches high. Leaves sub-sessile, acuminate, 



alternate, ovate-lanceolate, somewhat appressed to the stem. Drawn 28th February, 1919. 



PLATE 12. 



E. Flockloniae Maiden. 



133. (Ref. Xo. C 24.) Desmond, Western Australia (a railway station 26 miles north of Hopetoun on 



the south coast) (J.H.M., October, 1909). Seedling with two cotyledon leaves and a number 

 of almost linear leaves : all shown not opposite except the two top pairs, but this not-opposite 

 appearance is apparently owing to some leaves having fallen off. (I have, however, a drawing in 

 which this not-opposite appearance is exhibited in an even younger seedling.) Further sowings 

 might be made. Sown 18th September, 1913; drawn early in January, 1914. 



134. Same particulars as Xo. 133. Top of a seedling 18 cm. high. What is drawn shows a tendency to 



axillary branches: but the lower portion (not drawn) shows a much greater tendency to branch, 

 a pair of branches being in the axils of the first pair of first leaves, and occurring in each of the 

 seven pairs of first leaves (not drawn). One of the branches was 5 cm. long. Drawn 19th January, 

 1914. 



135. Same particulars as Xo. 133. Two portions of a seedling 1 foot 5 inches high, drawn 12thNovember, 



1914. This seedling shows that the decurrence of the leaves is exhibited early in the life of the 

 plant. (For further particulars and discussion see Part XXXIX, p. 281.) The rachis i s 

 quadrangular, as conspicuously shown in E. globulus and other species. It has a rather thick 

 leaf, with the intramarginal vein near to the edge. Both sides are similar in colour. 



I have a series of drawings of what I believe to be E. Flochtonim which are more glaucous 

 than those alreadv referred to. The leaves are even more decurrent, and in every 

 ■ ssential character the seedlings resemble Xos. 133-5. The seeds were received from the Woods 

 and Forest- Di-partment of Western Australia, without precise locality, in 1903, labelled E. 

 salmonophloia by mistake, and sown 6th June, 1905. The drawings commenced on 11th July, 

 1905. It is impossible to say how a slip of this kind occurred, but the result brought to light a 

 remarkable seedling. 



E. Icplophtjlla F.V.M. 



136. (Kef. Xo. 102 II.II. J 13.) West side of Ballandry, near Griffith, X.S.W. (W. O. Campbell). Seedling 



with one pair of cotyledon leaves and two pairs of opposite linear first leaves. Sown 20th October, 

 191'.': drawn 16th December, 1919. 



Seedling unchanged 23rd March, 1920. 



137. Same particulars as Xo. 136. Seedling, 51- inches high, ground line not shown, with nine pairs of 



opposite, narrow-lanceolate, sub-sessile leaves. Drawn 14th April, 1920. 



On 1st Xovember, 1920. was still 10! inches high, branching, but otherwise unchanged. 



