LEGTJMINOS^E 413 



Leaves compound, pinnately trifoliolate, cauline, alternate, 

 stipulate, petiolate, glandular-hairy, smelling strongly ; petioles 

 channelled above, glandular-hairy ; stipules adnate to the petioles 

 for three-quarters their length, glandular-hairy, with ovate-subulate 

 free points, entire or distantly serrate on the upper part of the 

 stem. 



Nos. 1-4. Unifoliolate ; the three lower ovate, entire or slightly 

 serrate towards the apex ; the upper one ovate, oblong, cuspidate, 

 serrulate with ascending parallel veins running into the serratures, 

 as in all the other leaves. 



No. 5. Pinnately trifoliolate ; leaflets oblong, cuspidate, serrulate 

 above the middle ; terminal leaflet twice as broad as the lateral 

 ones. 



Nos. 6 and 7. Similar, but leaflets serrulate for three-quarters 

 of their length. 



Nos. 8-12. Leaflets more nearly equal in size and inclining to 

 be oblong-elliptical. 



Pocockia cretica, Ser. 



Primary root long, tapering, fleshy, colourless, giving off nume- 

 rous lateral rootlets which frequently have little white fleshy 

 tubercles attached to them, annual. 



Hypocotyl stout, tapering downwards, slightly wrinkled trans- 

 versely, white, 1-2 cm. long, glabrous. 



Cotyledons : lamina oblong, obtuse, articulated with its petiole, 

 fleshy, bright green above, much paler beneath, 1-2 cm. long, 

 7 mm. broad, glabrous ; petioles fleshy, slightly channelled above, 

 dilated at the base and connate, 5 mm. long. 



Stem herbaceous, annual. 



Leaves compound, pinnately trifoliolate (first one simple or rather 

 unifoliolate), radical and cauline, alternate, stipulate, petiolate, 

 fleshy, glabrous, bright green above, glaucous or almost white 

 beneath ; petiole subterete, channelled, reddish and minutely pubes- 

 cent above, pale green beneath, articulated above the stipules ; 

 stipules large, sheathing, adnate for two-thirds of their length to 

 the petiole, with the upper third free, ovate, lacerated or deeply and 

 sharply toothed, very pale, almost colourless. 



No. 1. Unifoliolate ; leaflet rotund, entire, or obsoletely dentate, 

 bright green above with a crimson spot at its base, convex above, 

 concave below and glaucous, articulated with the petiole. 



No. 2, and all following it, pinnately trifoliolate ; leaflets rotund- 

 cuneate, emarginate with a tooth in the notch, obsoletely dentate, 

 bright green above with a crimson spot at the base, glaucous beneath ; 

 terminal leaflet largest ; rachis between the leaflets 4 mm. long. 



