380 OX SEEDLINGS 



Stem erect, square, minutely pubescent; 1st internode about 

 1*5 cm. long ; 2nd 1-1-2 cm. 



First leaves simple, entire or minutely crenate, cauline, opposite, 

 decussate, petiolate, exstipulate, lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, minutely 

 pubescent, green, distinctly and alternately pinnatinerved ; petioles 

 of the first pair very long ; 2nd and 3rd considerably shorter. 



Satureia hortensis, L. , 



Eypocotyl erect, terete, 6-10 mm. long, reddish-brown, minutely 

 pubescent. 



Cotyledons subrotund, obtuse, entire, auricled at the base, 

 petiolate, glabrous, green, indistinctly one-nerved ; petioles rather 

 long, hairy, slightly channelled on the upper side. 



Stem erect, square, finely pubescent ; 1st internode 2-3 mm. 

 long. 



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

 exstipulate, broadly oval, obtuse, 

 minutely pubescent, green, pinnati- 

 nerved, 



Acanthomintlia ilicifolia, Wright 

 (fig. 588). 



Primary root annual, fibrous. 



Hypocotyl slender, wiry, terete, 

 pubescent, purple, frequently bent or 

 twisted, 1-8 cm. long or shorter. 



Cotyledons rather fleshy, rotund, 



FIG. 588. subcordate at the base, entire or 



^^ emarginate at ^ apex> glft _ 



brous; petiole pubescent, flattened 

 above, 4-5 mm. long. 



Stem erect, obtusely quadrangular, pubescent, purple ; 1st inter- 

 node 1'S cm. long ; 2nd 2 mm. ; stem leafy, branched from the 

 base. 



Leaves simple, cauline, opposite, decussate, petiolate, exstipulate, 

 pubescent, ultimately glabrous ; petioles subterete, flattened above 

 or channelled, pubescent. 



First pair ovate-oblong, obtuse, crenate-serrate, with ascending 

 nerves. 



Second pair ovate, obtuse, obtusely serrate, cuneate at the base, 

 with ascending nerves. 



Third pair ovate, obtuse, more deeply serrate than the second 

 pan:. 



