LEGUMJNOS^E 



457 



shortly petiolate, glabrous, light subglaucous-green, five-nerved at 

 the base, with the main nerve forking near the apex ; petioles 

 connate at the base. 



FIG. 297. Ccesalpinia tinctoria. Nat. size. 



Stem erect, terete, herbaceous, covered with short brown hairs ; 

 1st internode 2' 5-3 mm. long. 



First leaves compound, abruptly pinnate, cauline, alternate with 



