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beneath ; petioles subterete and shallowly grooved, or terete and 

 obsoletely channelled above, glandularly papillose especially on the 

 upper surface. 



First, second and third pairs cordate, acute or subacute, unequal, 

 entire. 



Tecoma stans, Juss. 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, pubescent with short, spreading or 

 deflexed hairs, green, about T6 cm. above the soil. 



Cotyledons deeply bi-fid or -partite with rotund-obovate, divari- 

 cate lobes, trinerved with the middle nerve ending in the sinus, 

 glabrous, pubescent at the margin, green above and covered with 

 minute grey dots, very pale beneath, tapering into the petiole ; 

 lamina 1'2 cm. long, 2-2 cm. from the tip of one lobe to that of the 

 other ; petiole grooved above, tapering to the base. 



Stem erect, terete, green, pubescent ; 1st internode 3'2 cm. 

 long ; 2nd I'l cm. ; 3rd 7 mm. ; 4th 8 mm. 



Leaves simple, ultimately compound, cauline, opposite, decussate, 

 exstipulate, petiolate, glabrous, shining, penninerved with alternate, 

 ascending nerves, subincurved towards their apex ; petioles semi- 

 terete, deeply channelled above, sparingly pubescent. 



First and second pairs lanceolate, incise -serrate. 



Third and fourth pairs lanceolate, acuminate, cuneate at the 

 base, incise-serrate. 



Tecoma Manglesii, ? Hort. 



Hypocotyl very short. 



Cotyledons small, deeply bi-lobed or -partite ; lobes oblate, over- 

 lapping without any discernible venation, minutely pubescent 011 

 the upper side ; lamina "75-1 "25 mm. to the base of the sinus ; 

 lobes about 4'5 mm. long and 6 mm. wide; petiole about -5 mm. 

 long. 



Stem erect at first, rather acutely quadangular, pale green and 

 straight for the first five nodes, above which it commences to twist 

 and then to twine, glabrous except at the nodes where the bases 

 of the petioles are connected by a ridge furnished with hairs, 

 purple above the fifth node ; 1st internode 1*75 mm. long ; 2nd 

 3-25 mm. ; 3rd I'l cm. ; 4th 1'45 cm. ; 5th 2-15 cm. ; 6th 3'25 cm. ; 

 7th 5'15 cm. 



Leaves compound, imparipinnate (first pair simple), cauline, 

 opposite, exstipulate with a horizontal rim or plate connecting the 

 bases of the petioles, scaberulous on both surfaces, deep green and 



