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ON SEEDLINGS 



Dipteracanthus prostratus, Nees. 



Hypocotyl short, scarcely appearing above the soil. 



Cotyledons oblate or almost reniform, entire, slightly auricled at 

 the base, glabrous, green, five-nerved at the base ; petiole long, flat, 

 hairy, channelled above. 



Stem as in last species, but covered with long, dense, white hairs ; 

 1st internode 2-2'5 cm. long ; 2nd 3-4 cm. ; 3rd about 2 cm. 



First leaves opposite, decussate, broadly lanceolate or elliptic, 

 cuneate at the base, obtuse, shallowly crenate, ciliate, hairy ; petioles 

 stout, hairy, almost flat, scarcely channelled above. 



Phaylopsis parviflora, Willd. (fig. 578). 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, pubescent with decurved hairs, purplish, 

 about 1*6 cm. above the soil. 



Cotyledons semiorbicular, emarginate, truncate at the base or 



FIG. 578. Phaylopsis parviflora. Nat. size. 



tapering slightly into the petiole ; lamina glabrous, 7 mm. long 

 1 cm. wide ; petiole channelled above, pubescent, 7'5 mm. long. 



Stem herbaceous, erect, quadrangular, somewhat thickened at the 

 nodes, pubescent with short decurved hairs, and somewhat bearded 



