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b. Its absence, 



1. Sessile. 



2. Stem-clasping, i.e., with, expansions of the lobes of the leaf. 

 2a. Stem-clasping and crowded. 



1. Sessile. 



It will be seen at once, on examination of a sessile leaf, say E. Gunnii, fig. €a, 

 Plate 108, Part XXVI, that the bases of the two leaves touch the stem. 



It must be understood that, in dealing with juvenile leaves, their insertion on 

 the plant involves — ■ 



(a) Petiole (or absence of it). 



(b) The common axis or stem, not the petiole. 



The following; leaves are 



E. acaciceformis. 

 E. acacioides. 

 E. aggregate/,. 

 E. amygdalina. 

 E . angop horoides . 

 E. apiculata. 

 E. approximans. 

 E. Baeuerleni. 

 E. Bakeri. 

 E. capitellata. 

 E. dichromopliloia. 

 E. doratoxylon. 

 E. eugenioides. 

 E. fruticetorum. 

 E. Kybeanensis. 

 E. Uevopinea. 

 E. ligustrina. 

 E. linearis. 

 E. longicornis* 

 E. macrorrhyncha. 

 E. megacarpa. 

 E. Moorei. 



sessile, or practically so : — 



E. MueUeriana. 



E. obtusiflora. 



E. ochropMoia. 



E. odontocarpa. 



E. odorata. 



E. oleosa. 



E. pachylorna. 



E. prcecox. 



E. pyropliom. 



E. regnans. 



E. resinifera. 



E. scoparia. 



E. Smithii. 



E. spatlmlata. 



E. tetragon a. 



E. transcontinentalis. 



E. umbra. 



E. uncinata. 



E. vernicosa. 



E. vitrea. 



E. Websteriana. 



