【解答】
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解(1)当 $\mathrm{x}=8$ 时,由茎叶图可知,乙组同学的植树棵数是: $8,8,9,10$ ,所以平均数为
$$
\vec{x}=\frac{8+8+9+10}{4}=\frac{35}{4} ;
$$
方差为
$$
s^{2}=\frac{1}{4}\left[\left(8-\frac{35}{4}\right)^{2}+\left(9-\frac{35}{4}\right)^{2}+\left(10-\frac{35}{4}\right)^{2}\right]=\frac{11}{16} .
$$
(II)记甲组四名同学为 $\mathrm{A}_{1}, \mathrm{~A}_{2}, \mathrm{~A}_{3}, \mathrm{~A}_{4}$ ,他们植树的棵数依次为 $9,9,11,11$ ;乙组四名同学为 $B_{1}, B_{2}, B_{3}, B_{4}$ ,他们植树的棵数依次为 $9,8,9,10$ ,分别从甲、乙两组中随机选取一名同学,所有可能的结果有 16 个,它们是:
$$
\begin{array}{lllllll}
\left(A_{1}, B_{1}\right), & \left(A_{1}, B_{2}\right), & \left(A_{1}, B_{3}\right), & \left(A_{1}, B_{4}\right), \\
\left(A_{2}, B_{1}\right), & \left(A_{2}, B_{2}\right), & \left(A_{2}, B_{3}\right), & \left(A_{2}, B_{4}\right), \\
\left(A_{3}, B_{1}\right), & \left(A_{2}, B_{2}\right), & \left(A_{3}, B_{3}\right), & \left(A_{1}, B_{4}\right), \\
\left(A_{4}, B_{1}\right), & \left(A_{4}, B_{2}\right), & \left(A_{4}, B_{3}\right), & \left(A_{4}, B_{4}\right),
\end{array}
$$
用 $C$ 表示:"选出的两名同学的植树总棵数为 19 "这一事件,则 $C$ 中的结果有 4 个,它们是:( $A \left.{ }_{1}, \mathrm{~B}_{4}\right),\left(\mathrm{A}_{2}, \mathrm{~B}_{4}\right),\left(\mathrm{A}_{3}, \mathrm{~B}_{2}\right),\left(\mathrm{A}_{4}, \mathrm{~B}_{2}\right)$ ,故所求概率为 $P(C)=\frac{4}{16}=\frac{1}{4}$ .