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ON SEEDLINGS 



1-7 cm. long, 1-05 cm. wide ; petiole about 1 mm. long. Juice 

 milky. 



Stem woody, erect, terete, tapering upwards, glabrous, pale 

 green becoming grey, fleshy, smooth or frequently warted, especi- 

 ally under the leaves ; 1st internode T5 cm. long; 2nd 1*3 cm. ; 3rd 



9 mm. ; 4th 1 cm. Juice 

 milky. 



Leaves simple, en- 

 tire, cauline, alternate 

 (1st and 2nd opposite), 

 exstipulate, petiolate, 

 glabrous, alternately 

 penninerved, deep green 

 above, paler beneath, 

 shining on both sur- 

 faces ; petioles convex 

 on the back, flattened 

 above or slightly chan- 

 nelled on each side 

 of a prominent mid- 

 rib, glabrous ; midrib 

 of leaf prominent on 

 both surfaces. Juice 

 milky. 



Nos. 1 and 2. Op- 

 posite, oblong-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, minutely 

 apiculate. 



No. 3. Lanceolate, acute, tapering to both ends. 

 Nos. 4-6. Narrowly oblong, acute, tapering at the base. 



Tabernsemontana amygdalifolia, Jacq. 



Hypocotyl erect, striated, scabrous, 5-6 cm. long, green. 



Cotyledons broadly triangular or subcordate, obtuse, entire, 

 somewhat wavy, petiolate, glabrous, green, distinctly pinnatinerved 

 as are the leaves ; petioles comparatively short, furrowed on the 

 upper face. 



Stem erect, striated, scabrous, herbaceous, ultimately woody ; 

 1st internode about 3 cm. long ; 2nd about 5 mm. 



First leaves simple, entire, cauline, opposite, decussate, broadly 

 lanceolate or ovate, almost acuminate, obtuse, petiolate, exstipulate, 

 glabrous, green, paler beneath, distinctly pinnatinerved ; petioles 

 comparatively short, channelled on the upper face. 



FIG. 514. Plumeria alba. Half nat. size. 



