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ON SEEDLINGS 



Hypocotyl woody, erect, terete, glabrous, colourless at the base 

 and green upwards, 3*8 cm. long. 



Cotyledons ovate, obtuse, entire, cori- 

 aceous, glabrous, deep green, shortly 

 petiolate ; petiole about 1 mm. long ; 

 lamina 13 mm. long, 6 mm. broad. 



Stem woody, erect, terete or slightly 

 angled from the decurrent nature of the 

 petioles, glabrous, green ; 1st internode 

 3 mm. long ; 2nd 1 mm. ; 3rd and 4th, both 

 belonging to a second year's growth, each 

 1 mm. long ; 5th 4 mm. ; 6th 3'5 mm. 



FIG. 240. Hex Aquifolium. 

 Nat. size. 



FIG. 241. Hex myrtifolia. 

 Nat. size. 



Leaves simple, cauline, alternate, stipulate, petiolate, evergreen, 

 coriaceous, glabrous, dark green above, somewhat paler beneath ; 

 petiole shoit, channelled above, thickened at the margin, as are the 

 eaves ; stipules small, ovate, acute, black, deciduous (stipules are 



