LEGUMINOS^E 



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Nos. 1 and 2. Subrbomboid-rotund, obtuse, apiculate, penni- 

 nerved, pubescent on botb surfaces ; petiole subterete, channelled 

 above, hirsute, articulate at tbe base and apex, 1*8 cm. long ; 

 stipules slender, subulate, acute, hirsute. 



No. 3. Pinnately trifoliolate ; lateral leaflets obliquely subelliptic, 

 acute, irregularly penninerved, pubescent on both surfaces, entire ; 

 terminal leaflet rotund-elliptic acute, subtrinerved at the base, and 

 penninerved upwards, pubescent on both surfaces, entire, petiolulate 

 as are the lateral leaflets ; petiolules about 1 mm. long ; rachis 



PIG. 288. Pueraria Thunbergiana, Nat. size. 



between the leaflets 8'5 mm. long ; petiole subterete, channelled 

 above, hirsute, much thickened at the base, 3'7 cm. long. 



No. 4. Similar to No. 3 but larger ; leaflets stipellate, stipellae 

 filiform, slender, hirsute, deciduous ; lateral leaflets very oblique 

 with a strong nerve running into the oblique side. 



Ultimate leaves large, pinnately ternate ; terminal leaflet ellip- 

 tic, cuspidate, acute, rounded at the base ; lateral leaflets very ob- 

 lique on the posterior side where a large nerve enters from the base 

 of the leaflet. 



