LEGUMlNOS-t-E 437 



petiole, with a rather stout pulvinus ; leaflet of No. 4, 9'5 mm. long, 

 2'65 cm. broad. 



Ultimate leaves uni- or tri-foliolate ; terminal leaflet very broad 

 and short, apiculate, falcate, trinerved and reticulate, bronze-green 

 suffused with red and white along the principal nerves, thinly 

 pubescent on both surfaces and covered with minute hooked hairs ; 

 lateral leaflets small, most frequently absent, their stipules being 

 present or absent. 



Lespedeza angustifolia, Ell. 



Hypocotyl terete, pubescent, very short. 



Cotyledons oblong, obtuse, fleshy, subfalcate, turned to one side, 

 faintly trinerved, densely pubescent, sessile, 6 mm. long, 4-25 mm. 

 road. 



Stem herbaceous, ultimately shrubby, erect, terete, pale green, 

 ultimately reddish or brown, densely covered with patent hairs ; 1st 

 internode 4'5 mm. long ; 2nd 7 mm. ; 3rd 1'5 cm. ; 4th 2'9 cm. ; 

 5th 1-8 cm. 



Leaves compound, pinnatelytrifoliolate(lst unifoliolate),cauline, 

 alternate, stipulate, petiolate, glabrous above, ciliate, thinly pubes- 

 cent beneath ; petioles slender, subterete, channelled above, hairy 

 like the stem ; stipules free, slender, subulate, acute, hairy, scarious, 

 brownish ; leaflets petiolulate, having a pulvinus and folding down- 

 wards at night. 



No. 1. Unifoliolate ; leaflet rotund, emarginate, shortly petiolu- 

 late, minutely apiculate, deep green. 



No. 2. Pinnately trifoliolate ; terminal leaflet rotund-obovate, 

 emarginate ; lateral leaflets oblong-obovate, emarginate, much 

 smaller than the terminal one all deep green. 



No. 3. Pinnately trifoliolate, deep green ; leaflets obovate, apicu- 

 late, more nearly equal than those of No. 2 ; rachis between the 

 leaflets 1-5 mm. long ; nerves of leaflets ascending, parallel, slightly 

 forking and anastomosing upwards ; pulvini prominent. 



No. 4. Pinnately trifoliolate, pale green (because very young) ; 

 terminal leaflet obovate, apiculate ; lateral leaflets oblong-obovate, 

 apiculate ; pulvini prominent. 



TKIBE VICIE^:. 



Lathyrus Nissolia, L. (fig. 284). 



Primary root long, tapering, fleshy, colourless, with short, stout, 

 fleshy lateral rootlets, and occasionally fleshy tubercles. 



