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ON SEEDLINGS 



No. 2. Similar or sometimes slightly trifid. 



No. 8. Deeply trifid ; lateral lobes oblique ; terminal lobe some- 

 what obovate, obtuse. 



No. 4. Tripartite ; lateral lobes oblique or subauricled ; terminal 

 lobe subelliptic or cuneate, subtrifid. 



FIG. 149. Meconoptis cambrica. Nat. size. 



FIG. 150. Bocconia frutescens. Nat. size. 



Bocconia frutescens, L. (fig. 150). 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, tapering upwards from a stout base, 

 glabrous, pale reddish or slightly striate, 2-3 cm. above the soil. 



Cotyledons foliaceous, oblong, obtuse, entire, tapered at the base 

 into a short broad petiole, with many slender, longitudinal nerves, 

 best seen by transmitted light, light glaucous -green above, paler 



