258 ON SEEDLINGS 



arborescent ; 1st internode 5-10 mm. long ; 2nd 17-20 mm. ; 3rd 

 5-8 mm. 



Leaves simple, entire, cauline, alternate, exstipulate, petiolate, 

 three- to five-nerved upwards, with incurved nerves, slightly branch- 

 ing and anastomosing within the margin, where the leading ones 

 unite with one another; coriaceous when fully developed, and opaque, 

 with a difficultly discernible venation, deep green above, and closely 



PIG. 214. Lagunaria Patersonii. Nat. size. 



dotted, but not covered, with peltate, lacerated, fringed, or stellate 

 scaly hairs, densely felted or tomentose on both surfaces with small 

 scaly hairs and hoary or white ; petioles short, stout, subterete, 

 shallowly grooved above, densely felted with stellate, peltate, scaly 

 hairs, tapering slightly upwards ; stipules obsolete. 



No. 1. Lanceolate, obtuse, trinerved at the base. 



Nos. 2 and 3. Ovate, obtuse, three- to five-nerved, slightly cordate 

 at the base. 



