LEGUMINOS^E 



401 



No. 1. Small, narrowly obovate, retuse, apiculate. 



No. 2. Broadly obovate, emarginate, apiculate. 



No. 3. Similar, and larger. 



Nos. 4 and 5. Broadly oval, subemarginate, apiculate. 



Ultimate leaves cordate, apieulate, spiny- serrate, irregularly 

 alternately penninerved, with the nerves incurved and uniting with 

 each other at or near the margin, reticulate, especially when dry, 

 glabrous above or thinly pubescent, but pubescence denser be- 

 neath. 



The seedling of Chorizema ilieifolium, LabilL, closely resembles 

 the preceding, but the cotyledons are quite sessile. 



Viminaria denudata, Sin. (fig. 262). 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, glabrous, pale green : 1-3-2 cm. above 

 the soil. 



Cotyledons linear, obtuse, entire, sessile, articulated with the 

 stem, glabrous, subfleshy,. subconnate at the base or forming a ring 

 round the plumule or stem ; 

 about 8-9 mm. long, 2-2*5 mm. 

 wide, deciduous at the joint. 



Stem erect, terete, some- 

 what thickened at the nodes 

 from the decurrent foot of the 

 petiole, glabrous, deep shining 

 green, ultimately shrubby ; 1st, 

 2nd, and 3rd internodes each 

 about 3 mm. long; 4th 3*25 

 mm. ; 5th 9-10 mm. ; 6th 21 

 mm. ; 7th 13' 5 mm. ; 8th 

 8'5 mm. 



Leaves simple or compound 

 (uni- to tri-foliolate), cauline, 

 alternate, stipulate, petiolate, 

 glabrous, three- to five-nerved at 

 or close to the base, altern- 

 ately incurvinerved upwards, 

 obscurely reticulate, deep green 

 above, paler beneath or glau- 

 cous ; stipules small, subulate, 

 subfleshy, glabrous, partly or al- 

 most wholly adnate to the stem 



and foot of the petiole ; petioles subterete, shallowly grooved above 

 in the lower leaves and short, but gradually attaining a considerable 



FIG. 2C2. Viminaria denudata. 

 Half nat. size. 



