172 ON SEEDLINGS 



Stem woody, erect, terete, glandular-pubescent, reddish ; 1st 

 internode 8'5 mm. long ; 2nd 2-5 mm.; 3rd 5 mm.; 4th 3 mm.; 

 5th 5-5 mm. ; 6th 3'25 mm. 



Leaves alternate, evergreen, pubescent above and on the prin- 

 cipal nerves beneath, glandular-ciliate, revolute at the margin in 

 vernation, alternately penninerved ; petioles channelled above, red- 

 dish and pubescent with rufous hairs. 



No. 1. Oval, mucronate ; lamina 6*5 mm. long, 4'5 mm. wide. 



Nos. 2 and 3. Broadly oval, obtuse, mucronate. 



Nos. 4-7. Oblong, obtuse, mucronate. 



Ultimate leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, entire, tapering to 

 both ends, slightly revolute at the margin, and somewhat chan- 

 nelled, thinly scurfy and deep green above, densely felted with 

 white or sometimes rusty scales beneath, with a prominent midrib. 



Clethra arborea, Ait. 



Hypocotyl covered with minute hairs, 1-5-2-5 cm. long, light 

 green. 



Cotyledons broadly oblong-ovate, obtuse, slightly emarginate. 

 entire at first, minutely pubescent above, glabrous beneath, green, 

 pinnatinerved like the leaves ; petioles rather short and flat, shal- 

 lowly channelled on the upper side, minutely pubescent. 



Stem erect, terete, herbaceous, ultimately woody ; 1st internode 

 4-5 mm. long. 



First leaves opposite, decussate, oblong, acute, coarsely serrate, 

 pubescent, green, pinnatinerved, with short petioles. 



PLUMBAGINE^E. 



Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. ii. 623. 



Fruit and Seed. The syncarpous ovary is superior, and 

 consists of five carpels cohering to form one cell. The ovule 

 is solitary, anatropous, and suspended from a long slender 

 funicle arising from a basal placenta, so that the micropyle is 

 superior. The fruit is dry and included in the persistent 

 calyx, more rarely elongated and somewhat protruding. It is 

 indehiscent, or in some cases the hardened apex falls away 



