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ON SEEDLINGS 



No. 1. Pinnate, abrupt, with one or sometimes two pairs of 

 leaflets ; leaflets oblong, or obovate-oblong, obtuse, pale green above, 

 glaucous beneath, ciliate, petiolulate ; petiole subterete, channelled 

 above, pubescent, 1-5 cm. long; petiolule 1 mm. long; stipules linear, 

 acute, pubescent. 



Nos. 2-5 of two pairs of leaflets; leaflets opposite; rachis 

 abrupt ; otherwise similar to No. 1. 



Cassia obovata, Coll. (fig. 300). 



Hypocotyl stout, glabrous, light green, 1-5-2 cm. long, stout. 



Cotyledons broadly obovate, 

 obtuse, entire or widely emar- 

 ginate, nearly sessile, glabrous, 

 light subglaucous-green, dis- 

 tinctly trinerved. 



St&m erect, terete, herb- 

 aceous, ultimately woody ; 1st 

 internode 4-5 mm. long ; 2nd 

 shorter. 



First leaves abruptly pinnate, 

 petioles long ; leaflets oblong, 

 obtuse, entire, opposite, shortly 

 petiolulate, glabrous, green, alter- 

 nately pinnatinerved ; stipules 

 small, setaceous, deciduous. 



Cassia mimosoides, L. 



Hypocotyl slender, T5 cm. 

 FIG. BOO. Cassia obovata. Nat. size, long, '5-'75 mm. thick, uneven 

 but glabrous and terete. 



Cotyledons horizontal, subsessile, about 9 mm. long and 5 mm. 

 broad, obliquely oblong, rounded at the apex, entire, obscurely 

 nerved, with a revolute margin, glabrous but showing dark brown 

 dots on both surfaces, pale green. 



Stem pubescent, not very firm, red ; first internode 2-8 cm. long 

 and '5 mm. thick. 



Leaves abruptly pinnate ; leaflets small, linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 entire with an evident midrib ; stipules small, scarious, subulate, 

 acute. 



No. 1. Abruptly pinnate, 1-2 cm. long, '75 cm. broad, with 

 about seven pairs of oblique, linear-oblong, sessile leaflets 3-4 mm. 

 long and 1-2 mm. broad. 



No. 2. Similar. 



