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petiole 1 mm. long ; leaflets oblanceolate or oblong, obtuse, 5 mm. 

 long, 2 mm. broad, otherwise like No. 2. 



No. 2 &c. Compound, cauline, stipulate, petiolate, of one pair of 

 leaflets, glabrous, palmatinerved, reticulate ; leaflets opposite, 

 obovate, slightly oblique, entire, obtuse and rounded at the apex, 

 subcuneate at the base, pale green and subglaucous on both sides, 

 1-5 cm. long, 7 mm. broad ; stipules free, small, subulate, acute; 

 petiole terete, or faintly channelled on the upper side, minutely 

 pubescent, 3 mm. long, produced beyond the bases of the, leaflets 

 into a slender, subulate, acute point. 



Cercis Siliquastmm, 1 Willd. (fig. 804). 



Hypocotyl short, erect, terete, 5-6 mm. long, light green or 

 colourless. 



Cotyledons rotund, obtuse, entire, shortly petiolate, coriaceous, 

 dark green, glabrous, pinnatinerved or rather trinerved, with 

 numerous branched veinlets to the principal veins. 



Stem erect, terete, herbaceous, ultimately woody ; 1st internode 

 1-1*2 cm. long ; 2nd 5-7 mm. 



First leaves simple, entire, cauline, alternate, petiolate, stipulate, 

 cordate or ovate from a cordate base, obtuse, glabrous, light green, 

 pinnatinerved or five-nerved ; petioles rather long, slender, terete ; 

 stipules small, acute, setaceous, deciduous. 



TRIBE AMHEBSTIE^;. 

 Peltogyne sp. 



Primary root long, tapering, giving off numerous short lateral 

 rootlets. 



Hypocotyl erect, obtusely tetragonal owing to the lines running 

 down from the cotyledons, 13'5-14'5 cm. long, glabrous, soon becom- 

 ing woody. 



Cotyledons broadly oval, obtuse, fleshy, green but opaque, with 

 obscure or indiscernible venation, sessile, rather strongly auricled 

 at the base with the auricles connate for most of their length along 

 the dorsal aspect, and deeply grooved in front so that they appear 

 to be attached to the axis about 4-5 mm. above their base, erect for 

 some time after germination, then recurved and spreading a little 

 above their insertion, rather caducous. 



Stem soon becoming woody ; 1st internode about 4 mm. long. 



Leaves compound, consisting of one pair of leaflets, like some 

 species of Bauhinia, cauline, stipulate, petiolate, coriaceous, glabrous, 

 shining ; leaflets very unequal-sided or half-ovate, obtuse, sessile, 

 1 Cf. Tubeuf, loc. cit. p. 128, fig. 174. 



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