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ON SEEDLINGS 



acuminate lateral lobes of the leaf. The third pair of nerves, 

 originating below the middle of the leaf, are subopposite, strong, 

 and run longitudinally to the very apex of the lateral lobes, giving 

 off branches that curve and unite at their apex ; midrib running 

 to the apex of the middle lobe and similarly branching. 



FIG. 880. Carica cundinamarcensis. Half nat. size. 



Carica cnndinamarcensis, Lind. (fig. 380). 



Hypocotyl stout, erect, terete, fleshy, tapering upwards, glabrous, 

 pale green, becoming brown, 4-0-4-7 cm. long, or sometimes 

 more. 



Cotyledons broadly oblong, obtuse, entire, subcuneate at the 

 base, petiolate, trinerved at the base, alternately nerved upwards 

 with the nerves uniting and forming an intramarginal wavy line, 

 reticulate, at least when old, not very persistent, glabrous ; lamina 

 2-5-2-8 cm. long, 1-6-1-8 cm. wide ; petiole rather slender, chan- 

 nelled above, 1-0-1-2 cm. long. 



Stem erect, stout, fleshy, flexuose in the young state, and more 

 or less angled by the decurrent bases of the leaves, slightly hairy 



