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glabrous and glaucous beneath ; stipules subulate, acute, falcate or 

 recurved, reddish. 



No. 2. Compound, abruptly pinnate, petiolate, glabrous ; leaflets 

 in four (sometimes five) pairs, oblong, obtuse, mucronate, penni- 

 nerved, entire, deep green above, paler beneath, rather fleshy, oppo- 

 site, petiolulate ; petiolules slender, 1 mm. long, articulated at both 

 ends ; primary petiole and primary midrib subterete, channelled 

 above, ending in a mucro between the last pair of leaflets ; stipules 

 as above. 



No. 3. Abruptly pinnate, with five pairs of leaflets. 



Swainsonia oncinotropis, F. Muell. 



Hypocotyl I cm. long, 1 mm. thick, herbaceous, terete, glabrous, 

 greyish-green. 



Cotyledons subsessile, 1-5 cm. long, -5 cm. broad, -5 mm. thick, 

 obovate-spathulate, rounded at apex, entire, obscurely nerved, gla- 

 brous, light green, rather persistent. 



Stem herbaceous, terete, pubescent, light green ; internodes 1-3 

 cm. long, 1 mm. thick. 



Leaves compound, imparipinnate, cauline, alternate, stipulate, 

 petiolate, alternately penninerved with ascending nerves, thin or 

 membranous ; leaflets entire, exstipellate ; stipules herbaceous, 

 generally broad at the base. 



No. 1. Pinnately trifoliolate ; leaflets -5 cm. long, -25 cm. broad, 

 obcordate ; terminal one twice as large, obcordate ; petiole slender. 



No. 2. Similar or imparipinnate, like the rest. 



Calophaca, sp. nov. 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, glabrous, soon becoming woody, with a 

 dry, white appearance, 2-3 cm. above the soil, stout. 



Cotyledons oblong, obtuse, falcate, with a shallow indentation or 

 sinus on the contiguous sides, otherwise entire, petiolate, fleshy, 

 with a few obscure, alternate, ascending nerves, deep opaque green 

 above, lighter green beneath, glabrous, both rather conspicuously 

 directed to one side of the plumule ; lamina 1'5-1'7 cm. long, 7'5 

 8'5 mm. wide ; petioles grooved above, convex on the back, glabrous, 

 pale green, soon becoming pale or colourless, 4-5 mm. long. 



Stem erect, terete, glandular-pubescent and hairy or villous, pale 

 green, soon becoming woody and white ; 1st internode 8 mm. long ; 

 2nd about -5 mm. ; 3rd 3'5 mm. ; 4th 3-5-4 mm. 



Leaves compound, imparipinnate, cauline, alternate, stipulate, 

 exstipellate, petiolate and shortly petiolulate, villous beneath and 

 more or less dotted with sessile glands on the nerves, glaucous above 



