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ON SEEDLINGS 



shining above, paler beneath or glaucous ; rachis of leaf narrowly 

 winged ; leaflets articulated with the rachis, alternately penni- 

 iierved with the nerves incurved at the top and uniting one with 

 another forming a few large reticulations ; petiole semiterete, 

 rather deeply grooved above, or very narrowly winged at the edges, 

 thinly pubescent. 



First pair of leaves small, ovate, obtuse, simple, entire. 



Second pair digitately trifoliolate ; lateral leaflets obovate, 

 slightly crenate or entire ; terminal one elliptic, crenate-dentate, 

 tapered to the base. 



Third pair pinnately trifoliolate ; lateral leaflets cuneate, coarsely 

 and obtusely dentate ; terminal one rhomboid, shallowly lobulate or 

 coarsely dentate. 



Fourth pair pinnately five-foliolate ; lateral leaflets cuneate, 

 the terminal one elliptic, all coarsely dentate, undulate at the margin. 



Fifth pair similar but larger. 



Sixth and seventh pairs seven-foliolate ; lateral leaflets rotund, 

 cuneate, flat, irregularly crenate or obtusely dentate. 



Eighth and ninth pairs pinnately nine-foliolate ; lateral leaflets 



cuneate, crenate, often almost 

 entire ; terminal one lanceo- 

 late-elliptic, obtuse. 



Spathodea campanulata, 

 Beauv. (fig. 572). 



Hypocotyl 1-2 cm. long, 

 2-3 mm. thick, woody, 

 terete, glabrous, greyish. 



Cotyledons nearly equal, 

 1*5 cm. long including the 

 short petiole, 1-25 cm. 

 wide, broadly oblate, shortly 

 bifid with the apex of the 

 two short lobes rounded, 

 glabrous, light green, rather 

 caducous ; midrib obscure. 

 Stem with internodes 5 mm. long, 2 mm. thick, terete, pubescent, 

 green with white bands. 



Leaves simple in the early stage of the seedling, ultimately com- 

 pound, pinnate, cauline, opposite, exstipulate, petiolate, alternately 

 and ascendingly penninerved, hairy ; early leaves simple and serrate ; 

 leaflets of the leaves of adult plants said to be entire. 



First pair elliptic, irregularly serrated, with sunk midrib, penni- 



FIG. 572. Spathodea campanulatc 

 Nat. size. 



