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Leaves compound, imparipinnate (first two opposite and uni- 

 foliolate), alternate, stipulate, petiolate, deep green, glabrous, 

 minutely pubescent at the mar- 

 gin, but all over when young ; 

 petioles subterete, channelled 

 above as well as the rachis ; 

 stipules small, subulate, acute ; 

 leaflets stipellate. 



Nos. 1 and 2. Opposite, uni- 

 foliolate ; leaflets oblong-obov- 

 ate, emarginate. 



No. 3. Sometimes unifolio- 

 late, but most frequently pin- 

 nately trifoliolate ; terminal 

 leaflet obovate, emarginate ; 

 lateral leaflets oval. 



No. 4. Pinnately trifoliolate ; 

 leaflets oblong, emarginate ; ter- 

 minal one largest. 



No. 5. Pinnately five-folio- 

 late ; lowest pair of leaflets oval, 

 the rest larger and oblong. 



No. 6. Pinnately seven-folio- 



Cotyledon 

 scar. ' 



late. 



FIG. 274. Indigofera australis. 

 Two-thirds nat. size. 



Galega officinalis, L. 



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

 ous lateral rootlets, and furnished with numerous oblong-ovoid, 

 fleshy tubercles. 



Hypocotyl subsucculent at first, erect, terete, glabrous, mostly 

 subterranean, tapering gradually into the root. 



Cotyledons obovate-oblong, obtuse, subfleshy, tapering at the 

 base to a short broad petiole, glabrous, spreading or arching, 1/4 cm. 

 long including the petiole, 6 mm. broad. 



Stem herbaceous, erect, terete at the base and angled upwards 

 and striate, slightly thickened at the nodes, glabrous and shining, 

 green suffused with purple, especially at the nodes ; 1st internode 

 2 mm. long ; 2nd 4 mm. ; 3rd 1-2 cm. ; 4th 1-2 cm. ; 5th 1-8 cm. 



Leaves imparipinnate (1st unifoliolate), cauline, alternate, 

 stipulate, petiolate, glabrous, glaucous-green on both sides, paler 

 beneath ; petioles subterete, channelled above, sparsely pubescent ; 

 stipules free, subulate, attenuate, acute, pale green, glabrous, be- 

 coming broader upwards, and many-veined ; leaflets entire with 



