DESCRIPTION OF PLATES 

 PLATE III 



A. Seed. Color: light reddish to a dark brown and lustrous above, pale white mottled 



with brown below, smooth. 



Size: 4-6 mm. long; 2.5-4 mm. wide at the widest point, tapering to a point 

 opposite wing. Wings dark brown, 6-8 mm. long, 3-4 mm. wide at 

 widest part just below the middle, tapering to a rounding apex. 



Weight: average 35,000 seeds per pound. 



B. Seedling as it appears above ground, about to shed seed-coat. Hypocotyl green 



to reddish tinge, cotyledons green. 



C. Seedlings with cotyledons; green. Cotyledons 1.5-2.5 cm. long; linear tapering 



point; 6-9 in number. 



D. Seedling one year old. Showing remarkable root system adapting it to the drier 



slopes and causing unusually fast growth. 



PLATE IV 



A. Seed. Color: pale reddish brown, slight tendency to be glossy. Wing very 



slightly lighter brown than the seed. 



Size: 10-12 mm. long, 5-6 mm. wide at widest part near wing. Tapering to 

 a point. Wing 10-15 mm. long, 1215 mm. wide with widest part at 

 top and forming a triangular shape with seed. Top also truncate. 



Weight: 25,000 per pound. 



B. Seedling as it appears above ground, about ready to shed seed-coat. Hypocotyl 



reddish green. Cotyledons green. 



C. Seedlings in cotyledon stage. Cotyledons 2-3 cm. long, 4-7 in number, usually 6. 



Long slender, tapering point. 



D. One-year-old seedling. A well developed plant. 



PLATE V 



A. Seed. Color: pale reddish brown, mottled with black. 



Size: 5-7 mm. long, 4-5 mm. wide at widest part; oblong to triangular in 

 shape. Wings light brown, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 5-7 mm. wide at widest 

 point, just above the middle. Rapid taper from widest point to a 

 rounded apex. 



Weight: average 30,000 seeds per pound. 



B. Seedling as it appears above ground; green sometimes pinkish, about to shed 



seed-coat. 



C. Seedling with cotyledons. Cotyledons 2-2.5 cm. long, 6-9 in number, tapering 



point. 



D. Seedlings one year old, showing strong root system enabling the seedling to 



establish itself. True leaves in bundles of 5 do not appear until second 

 season. 



