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ibout one-third of the length, mucronate, base cordate, entire, glabrous, 

 )almately 7-veined with a straight midrib between the lobes. 



Under natural conditions the development of the seedling is slow, but if 



b 



d 



Fig. 148. Bauhinia malabarica. Seedling x f . 

 a, seed ; b-e, germination stages ; /-/;., development of seedling during first season. 



iveeded and watered it grows more rapidly. Seedlings grown under natural 

 conditions in grass at Dehra Dun had maximum heights of ft. 4 in., 1 ft. 8 in., 

 md 5 ft. 7 in. at the end of the first, second, and third seasons respectively, 

 rhe seedling has good power of struggling through grass and low weeds, but 



