430 ON SEEDLINGS 



TBIBE HEDYSARE.E. 



Scorpiurus sulcata, L. 



Primary root tapering downwards, with a few lateral root- 

 lets. 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, glabrous, about 1-1-25 mm. long, 

 colourless below ground, yellowish-green above. 



Cotyledons cylindrical, fleshy, from 4-4-5 mm. long, with a deep 

 longitudinal furrow on the upper side, obtuse at the apex, dark green, 

 one-nerved. 



First leaves arising immediately between the cotyledons, oval or 

 slightly obcordate, tapering to the base or subpetiolate, entire, sub- 

 acute, with a few minute hairs on the edges, reticulate, dark 

 green. 



Coronilla juncea, L. 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, glabrous, 1-2-2 cm. long, pale green or 

 almost colourless. 



Cotyledons fleshy, entire, obovate-oblong, petiolate, obtuse, 

 glaucous-green, glabrous, indistinctly one-nerved. 



Stem erect, terete, herbaceous, glabrous ; 1st internode 3-4 mm. 

 long ; 2nd considerably shorter. 



Leaves cauline, alternate. 



No. 1. Simple, obovate, emarginate, obtuse, petiolate, stipulate, 

 glabrous, light green, pinnatinerved. 



No. 2. Compound, digitately trifoliolate ; leaflets oblong or 

 slightly obovate, obtuse or sometimes subacute, opposite, sessile ; 

 sometimes the first leaf is similar to the second. 



Ornithopus repandns, Lam. 



Primary root annual, long, slender, thread-like, with a few 

 lateral rootlets, and numerous ovoid, fleshy tubercles. 



Hypocotyl tapering downwards, terete, glabrous, colourless at 

 base and brownish upwards, 2 cm. long. 



Cotyledons foliaceous, fleshy, spathulate, oblong, obtuse, tapering 

 into a short petiole, glabrous, deep green, 2-7 cm. long including the 

 short petiole, 8 mm. broad. 



Stem annual, slender, erect (at least when young), terete, glabrous, 

 pale green ; 1st internode 2-2 cm. long ; 2nd 1-3 cm. 



Leaves compound, digitately trifoliolate (first leaf unifoliolate), 

 cauline, alternate, stipulate, sessile, glabrous, deep subglaucous-green, 



