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ON SEEDLINGS 



First pair obovate-oblong, obtuse, narrowed towards the base. 



Ultimate leaves lanceolate-oblong, subacuminate, obtuse, shortly 

 petiolate, subundulate at the margin, coriaceous, alternately and 

 sharply ascendingly penninerved, very reticulate, glabrous above, 

 thinly covered with adpressed hairs beneath or glabrescent, shining 

 on both surfaces, deep green above, lighter green with a few large 

 glands beneath. 



Diospyros sp. 



Hypocotyl woody, erect, terete, pubescent, soon becoming brown 

 or almost black, 3'8 cm. or more above soil. 



PIG. 508. Diospyros Embryopteris. Nat. size. 



Cotyledons large, foliaceous, ovate, obtuse, trinerved, shortly 

 petiolate, coriaceous, thin, pubescent on the midrib above, otherwise 

 glabrous, deep green above, much paler beneath ; lamina 2-5 cm. 

 long, 1'6 cm. wide ; petiole grooved and pubescent above with a 

 prominent mibrib, shallowly convex on the back, 2 mm. long. 



Stem woody, erect, terete, densely pubescent, pale green, soon 

 becoming arrested and producing long, lateral, horizontal or slightly 

 ascending, flexuose branches; 1st internode 1-5 mm. long; 2nd 

 1 mm. ; 3rd 4-25 mm. ; 4th to 7th inclusive 3-5 mm. ; 8th 3 mm. ; 

 9th 4 mm. ; 10th T5 mm. ; llth and 12th undeveloped. Here 



