550 



ON SEEDLINGS 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, glandular-hairy towards the upper end 

 with red hairs, and densely covered with a minute, colourless, papil- 

 lose pubescence, l'6-2'8 cm. long. 



Cotyledons rotund-triangular, ob- 

 tuse, emarginate, more or less trun- 

 cate at the base, petiolate, minutely 

 puberulous at the margin and slightly 

 glandular-hairy on the midrib be- 

 neath, light green ; lamina 4'5-5'5 

 mm. long, 5*5-7 mm. wide ; petiole 

 widening slightly upwards, convex on 

 the back, channelled above, glan- 

 dular-hairy on the back, densely and 

 minutely pubescent, 4-7 mm. long. 



Stem herbaceous, annual, erect, 

 terete, densely glandular-hairy with 

 red hairs, and minutely pubescent 

 with short, recurved, colourless 

 hairs ; 1st internode 7-13 mm. long, 

 second shorter. 



Leaves simple, entire, cauline, 

 opposite, exstipulate, petiolate, alter- 

 nately and ascendingly incurvi- 

 nerved, covered on both surfaces 

 with red glandular hairs, which 

 afterwards become colourless, and 

 minutely pubescent on both surfaces 

 as well as the margin with colour- 

 less hairs directed towards the apex 

 of the leaf ; petiole short, channelled above, convex on the back, 

 hairy like the leaf. 



First pair ovate or oblong, obtuse. 



Second and third pairs oblong or elliptic- oblong, obtuse. 



Cuphea Roezlii, Carr. 



Primary root normal. 



Hypocotyl slender, erect, terete, glabrous. 



Cotyledons as in last species, but slightly cuneate at the base 

 and glabrous ; lamina 3'75 mm. long, 4 mm. wide. 



Stem shrubby, otherwise as in last species, pale green; 1st 

 internode scarcely developed or short. 



Leaves as in last species, but finely scabrous on both surfaces 

 with minute bristly hairs ; petioles scabrous, channelled and green 



FIG. 854. Cuphea silenoide 

 Nat. size. 



