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secondary stipules minute, glandular ; pulvinus cylindrical, 3 mm. 

 long. 



No. 5. Compound, alternate, pinnately trifoliolate ; lateral leaf- 

 lets rhomboid, acute, petiolulate ; terminal leaflet larger and more 

 acuminate ; petiolules about 1-5 mm. long ; rachis between the leaf- 

 lets 7 mm. long. 



Erythrina monospenna, Lam. 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, stout, woody, pale green, 7'8 cm. long, 

 and 1 cm. thick. 



Cotyledons oblong, obtuse, thick, fleshy, flat or slightly concave 

 above, convex beneath, pale yellow, 2 cm. long, 1 cm. broad. 



Stem woody, erect, thick, tapering upwards, pubescent when 

 young, pale green ; 1st internode 6'5 cm. long ; 2nd 2*5 cm. with 

 a few small spines, as have also those above it ; 3rd T35 cm. long ; 

 4th 8 mm. 



Leaves cauline, compound, alternate (first two simple and 

 opposite) ; petiole terete, much thickened at the point of insertion, 

 pubescent with brownish, stellately branching hairs ; stipules slender, 

 subulate, acute, pubescent. 



Nos. 1 and 2. Simple, opposite, entire, rotund-cordate, obtuse or 

 emarginate with a minute tooth in the notch, penninerved and 

 reticulate, glabrous above, pubescent on the nerves beneath (at least 

 when young), deep green above, paler beneath. 



No. 3 and succeeding. Pinnately trifoliolate ; lateral leaflets 

 triangularly ovate, obtuse, frequently subcordate at the base, penni- 

 nerved and reticulate, glabrous above, stellately pubescent on the 

 nerves beneath, petiolulate ; petiolule stout, cylindrical, covered with 

 a stellately branched pubescence, 5 mm. long ; terminal leaflet reni- 

 form obtuse, often subcuspidate, entire, truncate at the base, other- 

 wise like the lateral ones ; rachis between the leaflets 1-9 cm. long ; 

 petiole as in Nos. 1 and 2. 



Pueraria Thunbergiana, Benth. (fig. 288). 



Hypocotyl ascending or suberect, terete, pubescent, pale green, 

 1-2 cm. long. 



Cotyledons thick and rather succulent, oblong, obtuse, shortly 

 petiolate, glabrous, pale green, 1-5 cm. long including petiole, 8 mm. 

 broad. 



Stem succulent and tender, terete, zigzag or flexuous, hirsute, 

 pale green ; 1st internode 2 mm. long ; 2nd 4 mm. ; 3rd 4 mm. 



Leaves cauline, compound, alternate (first pair simple and 

 opposite), stipulate, petiolate. 



