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glabrous ; apex of pinnae abrupt ; petiole terete, subchannelled on 

 the upper side, 2'8 cm. long ; rachis between the first and second 

 pair of pinna 1/7 cm. long ; between second and third pair 1/9 cm. 

 long. 



Ultimate leaves bipinnate and large, with three to four pairs of 

 pinna). 



Prosopis juliflora, DC. 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, suffrutescent, slender, pale green becom- 

 ing brownish, 1/6 cm. above the soil. 



Cotyledons broadly oblong, obtuse, subsessile, falling away rather 

 early, glabrous. 



Stem erect, suffrutescent, terete, glabrous, subflexuous, wiry ; 1st 



FIG. 306. Adenanthera Pavonina. Nat. size. 



internode 1*75 mm. long ; 2nd 6 mm. ; 3rd 4 mm. ; 4th 5'5 mm. ; 

 5th 3 mm. ; 6th 4 mm. ; 7th 6'5 mm. 



Leaves compound, cauline, alternate, stipulate, petiolate, gla- 

 brous, glaucous-green ; petioles slender, terete, almost filiform, gla- 

 brous, glaucous ; stipules subulate, acute, pale green, glabrous. 



No. 1. Abruptly pinnate with four pairs of oblong, obtuse, apicu- 

 late leaflets, the basal and uppermost pairs small. 



No. 2. Abruptly bipinnate with one perfect pinna of four pairs 

 of oblong leaflets and an abortive pinna ; petiole terminating in a 

 small subulate point between the pinnae. 



Nos. 3-8. Bipinnate with one pair of pinnoa ; pinnae abruptly 



