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The leaves are free from hairs, so far as I have seen them, in shape slightly cordate 

 at the base, with a blunt apex, and very broadly lanceolate, undulate or puckered or 

 both, as so often seen in the Corynibosse. The secondary veins are almost at right angles 

 to the midrib, and while therefore parallel to one another, are not equidistant, the 

 distances being usually about 1 cm. 



[I think an enterprising resident of Darwin could work up a nice little trade 

 in these leaves as fans. They would require to be carefully dried; sketches of land- 

 scapes, birds, &c, could be painted on them, the handle ornamented with a little silk, 

 and each leaf labelled with some such words as " Giant Gnm Leaf from Northern 

 Territory."] 



122. E. Forrestiana Diels. 



Glaucous (soon becoming glabrous on the upper side), thick (not so thick or so 

 large as those of E. tetraptera). Petiolate, covered with oil-dots, the intramarginal 

 vein distant from the margin, the secondary veins spreading, and at an angle of about 

 30 to 40 degrees from the midrib. See also fig. 2a, Plate 95. 



45. E. fruticetorum F.v.M. 



Glaucous, thickish, shortly petiolate to nearly sessile, bluntly lanceolate, rich 

 in oil arid oil-dots conspicuous. Intramarginal vein distant from the edge, secondary 

 veins spreading, and at an angle of about 30 to 40 degrees with the midrib. Fig. la, 

 Plate 52. 



180. E. gamofhylla F.v.M. 

 Glaucous, rather thick, connate, caused by the fusion or nearly orbicular 

 laminse, 6 or 7 cm. in diameter, secondary veins spreading at an angle of about 40 to 

 45 degrees with the midrib, and, as the intramarginal vein is absent, or usually absent, 

 the secondary veins taper from the midrib until they appear to lose themselves, long 

 before the edge is reached. Fig. 2, Plate 147. 



106. E. gigantea Hook. f. 

 Fragrant, shortly petiolate, glaucous, varying much in shape, size and thickness. 

 From ovate and broadly ovate to orbicular, the ovate leaves being sometimes oblique 

 and somewhat falcate. The orbicular leaves are frequently 9-11 cm. in diameter, 

 while the oblique ones may be 15 cm. in width and 26 cm. in length. The leaves 

 may be thickish, but when they are in the intermediate stage they may be very thin, 

 and equally green on both sides. Intramarginal vein at a considerable distance from 

 the edge, the secondary veins looped to spreading, making varying angles with the 

 midrib. Fig. 5, Plate 85. 



