472 ON SEEDLINGS 



rous pairs of opposite, oblong, or obovate-oblong, minutely apiculate 

 or subacute, shortly petiolulate leaflets ; petiole excurrent between 

 the pinnse, with a subulate slender point ; rachis of pinnae excurrent 

 in the form of a small subulate point. 



PIG. 308. Acacia BurUttii. Nat. size. 



Acacia Oswaldi, F. Muell. 



Eypocotyl as in last species, substriate, 1-8 cm. to 2-7 cm. above 

 ground, 1 mm. thick. 



Cotyledons obovate-oblong, obtuse, auricled or sagittate at the 

 base, sessile, thickened at the margin, deep green above, paler 

 beneath and wrinkled longitudinally, glabrous, fleshy, 1 cm. long, 

 6 mm. broad. 



Stem suffrutescent, erect, terete, glabrous pale green ; internodes 

 differing in length in different individuals. 



