380 OX SEEDLINGS 



to apex, subcoriaceous, glabrous, deep green above, much paler 

 beneath, 2-3-2-7 cm. long, 7-8 mm. wide about or below the 

 middle ; petiole flattened above, convex on the back, 3-3-5 mm. 

 long. 



Stem erect, terete, glabrous, green in the young state ; 1st inter- 

 node about 11-5 mm. long; 2nd 7'5 mm. ; 3rd 6'5 mm. ; 4th 8 mm. ; 

 5th 8 mm. ; 6th 6 mm. ; 7th 2 mm. 



Leaves simple at first, ultimately imparipinnate, cauline, alter- 

 nate (first two opposite), exstipulate, petiolate, alternately incurvi- 

 nerved and reticulate, glabrous, deep shining green above, much 

 paler beneath ; leaflets opposite (crenate-serrate in specimen, said 

 to be entire) ; petioles semiterete, channelled above with rather 

 acute edges, narrowed upwards from a stout base, glabrous, green. 



Nos. I and 2. Lanceolate, subacuminate, obtuse, opposite, 

 crenate-serrate, as are the following. 



Nos. 3-7. Broadly ovate, subacuminate, obtuse, varying in size, 

 rounded at the base or sometimes shallowly cordate. 



No. 8. Trifoliolate ; leaflets subelliptic, obtuse, sometimes 

 shortly acuminate. 



Duvaua dependens, Kunth. 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, finely pubescent, pale green or usually 

 reddish ; l-6-3'5 cm. above the soil. 



Cotyledons oblong-oval or subovate, entire, obtuse, glabrous, 

 deep green above, paler beneath, shortly petiolate, indistinctly tri- 

 nerved at the base and with a few short alternate nerves upwards, 

 all of which are seen only from the under side of the cotyledon ; 

 lamina 6-10 mm. long, 5-7 mm. wide ; petiole about l'5mm. long, 

 flat or slightly grooved above. 



Stem woody, erect in seedling, terete, finely pubescent with de- 

 curved hairs, pale green or reddish ; 1st internode 1-15-1-55 cm. 

 long ; 2nd generally undeveloped ; 3rd 1-1-8 cm. 



Leaves simple, cauline, alternate (first and second opposite), ex- 

 stipulate, shortly petiolate, glandular-pubescent on the petiole and 

 midrib, otherwise glabrous or nearly so, alternately penninerved, 

 deep green, shining ; petioles short, slightly channelled above. 



Nos. 1 and 2. Ovate, acute, irregularly serrate. 



Nos. 3-9. Ovate, acute, doubly serrate. 



