SAXTALACE.E 



469 



and tapering to a long slender tip which lies immediately within 

 the apex of the endosperm. 



N.B. In the fruit figured in Le Maout and Decaisne, p. 723, 

 the long narrow cotyledons reach nearly to the base of the seed and 

 are twice the length of the radicle. 



Osyris compressa, DC. fil. (fig. 636). 



Hypocotyl woody, erect, terete, gkbrous, brown, 1-7-2 cm. above 

 the soil. 



Cotyledons linear, obtuse, rigid, with revolute 

 margins, pale subglaucous-green, sessile, 2-2-25 

 cm. long, 2-2'5 mm. wide. 



Stem woody, erect, terete at the base, quadr- 

 angular upwards, glabrous, pale yellowish- or sub- 

 glaucous-green, ultimately brown ; 1st internode 

 1-85 cm. long ; 2nd 8'5 mm. ; 3rd 1-1 cm. ; 

 4th 5-5 mm. ; 5th 5'5 mm. ; 6th 4-5 mm. ; 7th 

 6 mm. ; 8th 7 mm. ; 9th 1 cm. ; 10th 9 mm. ; 

 llth and 12th each 6'5 mm.; 13th and 14th 

 each 6 mm. ; 15th, 16th and 17th each 7'5 mm. 



Leaves simple, entire, cauline, opposite, ex- 

 stipulate, sessile, thick, coriaceous, glabrous, pale 

 glaucous-green, almost yellowish, obscurely al- 

 ternately penninerved. 



First and second pairs lanceolate-elliptic, 

 acute. 



Third to seventh pair inclusive, obovate, ob- 

 tuse, apiculate or minutely cuspidate, convex 

 above and concave beneath. 



Eighth to nineteenth pair inclusive, obovate, obtuse, minutely 

 cuspidate, flat. 



Osyris abyssinica, Hoclist. 



Hypocotyl stout, thickened considerably near the base, reddish, 

 2-5-2-6 cm. long. 



Cotyledons similar to those of 0. compressa, light yellowish- 

 green. 



Stem flattened, herbaceous, ultimately woody, reddish -green, 

 glabrous ; 1st internode 2-10 mm. long ; 2nd shorter. 



First leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, petiolate, glabrous, 

 yellowish-green, with a reddish tinge near the edges, indistinctly 

 one-nerved. 



FIG. 



Osyris compressa. 

 Half. nat. size. 



