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138. Same particulars as No. 136. Seedling, 8| inches high; top of seedling drawn 11th October, 1920. 



Five pairs of opposite, sub-sessile, narrow oblong-lanceolate leaves. Drawn 11th October, 1920. 



On 1st November, 1920, this seedling was 10J inches high, and some of the leaves 

 oblong-ovate. 



On 31st January, 1921, this seedling was 15 inches high, and unchanged except some 

 branching. 



On 24th May, 1921, this seedling was 23J inches high, leaves alternate, but otherwise 

 practically unchanged. 



139. Same particulars as No. 136. Top of seedling, which was 10| inches high, drawn 11th October, 1920. 



A second seedling of the same sowing. Four pairs of leaves nearly opposite, sub-sessile, elongated 

 narrow-lanceolate, exhibiting a tendency to branching in the axils. 



On 31st January, 1921, seedling was 13A inches high, branching on the top. 



On 8th March, 1921, was 16 inches high, the leaves glaucous and almost opposite. 



On 24th May, 1921, the seedling was 17 inches high, the leaves alternate, but otherwise 

 unchanged. 



E. cabjcuijona Turcz. 



140. (Ref. No. 8.) Eyre's Peninsula, South Australia, where it is locally known as " Kong Mallee." 



(W. J. Spafford). Seedling, showing one pair of cotyledon leaves and five pairs of first leaves 

 opposite, shortly petiolate and oblong-lanceolate (small), not channelled. Sown 26th March 

 1918; drawn 5th July, 1918. 



The top 6i inches of the same seedling drawn on the 7th April, 1919, and provisionally 

 numbered 141, but wa scrowded out. Height 10 inches. All the leaves were shortly petiolate, 

 alternate, ovate-lanceolate, and showed a tendency to branch. 



142. (Ref. No. N 3). Yeelanna and Butler, Eyre's Peninsula, South Australia (W. J. Spafford, June, 



1917). Seedling, with cotyledon leaves and four pairs of young, opposite, shortly petiolate, 

 lanceolate leaves. Sown 13th December, 1917; drawn 21st March, 1918. 



143. Same particulars as No. 142. Seedling with three cotyledon leaves (rare), succeeded by five whorls of 



triphyllous leaves (rarer), still young. Drawn 22nd March, 1918. 



Another seedling of the same batch, drawn the same date, had lost its cotyledon leaves, 

 but exhibited no trace of triphylly in the first leaves. 



144. Same particulars as No. 142. Seedling 18 cm. high, cotyledon leaves dropped. The first two pairs of 



seedling leaves narrow, the third pair broader, tending towards lanceolate and just becoming 

 non-opposite. All the other leaves ovate-lanceolate and alternate. All the leaves, whatever the 

 shape, with short petioles. Drawn 16th May, 1918. 



145. Same particulars as No. 142. Seedling 2 feet 3i inches high, the top 4 inches, say 1 dm., drawn. 



The leaves all alternate, distinctly petiolate and mostly ovate-lanceolate in shape. Drawn 

 27th February, 1919. 



On 23rd December, 1919, the leaves were unchanged, but the seedling had attained a 

 heigth of 2 feet 8 inches. The leaves of the two stages referred to under No. 145 display a very 

 strong similarity to those of the younger seedling, 141, which has been already referred to as 

 crowded out. 



