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ON SEEDLINGS 



Stem herbaceous, annual, developed when about to flower, with 

 many of the primary internodes undeveloped. 



Leaves simple, radical and cauline, alternate, exstipulate, first 

 few petiolate, then sessile as far as the radical ones go, with diffi- 

 culty discernible, alternate, ascending nerves on each side of a 



distinct midrib, some- 

 what hoary with a whit- 

 ish pubescence above, 

 more thinly pubescent 

 beneath, dull green on 

 both surfaces, slightly 

 dotted with black ; peti- 

 oles of the first two leaves 

 semiterete, flattened or 

 convex above, dilated 

 and subconnate at the 

 base, thinly pubescent ; 

 of the third to sixth 

 7 &<**> and tlie ther 



Nos. 1 and 2. Linear-lanceolate, petiolate, minutely and distantly 

 denticulate. 



Nos. 3-11. Linear- oblong, obtuse, minutely and distantly denti- 

 culate, shortly petiolate, or gradually becoming subsessile, with a 

 very distinct whitish midrib, downy. 



(Enothera contorta, Hook. 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, glabrous, 1-10 mm. long, light green or 

 colourless. 



Cotyledons at first rotund-oval, obtuse, with short petioles, 

 but soon the petiole-like lower part develops considerably, and they 

 assume the character of the true leaves, glabrous, indistinctly one- 

 nerved. 



Stem erect, terete, herbaceous, minutely pubescent ; 1st internode 

 2-3 mm. long. 



Leaves simple, ceuline, opposite, decussate, linear, obtuse, ex- 

 tremely narrow, with numerous obtuse teeth, glabrous, indistinctly 

 one-nerved. 



Eucharidium grandiflomm, Fisch, et Meyer. 

 Fruit a capsule, linear- oblong, four-celled, many-seeded, dehisc- 

 ing loculicidally by four valves which break away from the placental 



