ACACIA SEEDLINGS. 139° 
Cotyledons_ sessile, slightly auricled, oblong, apex 
rounded, upperside green, underside from creamy, tipped 
with reddish-brown, to red, striate, 5to6 mm. long, 3mm. 
broad, soon becoming revolute and cylindrical. 
Stem terete, brown, glabrous. First internode °5 mm.; 
second to fourth °5to 1 mm.; fifth to eighth 1 to 4 mm. 
Leaves—No. 1. Abruptly pinnate, petiole 3 to 4 mm., 
glabrous to faintly pilose, sometimes with marginal gland;. 
leaflets three to five pairs, oblong-acuminate, 5 to 8 mm. 
long, 1°5 to 3 mm. broad, upperside green, underside paler, 
margins often red; rachis 4mm. to 1°2, cm., glabrous, with 
terminal seta. 
No. 2. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 5mm. to 1°1 cm.,. 
faintly pilose, sometimes with small gland on upper margin, 
with terminal seta; leaflets three to five pairs, oblong- 
acuminate to cuneate, 4 to 6 mm. long, 1°5 to 3°5 mm. 
broad; rachis 4mm. to 1°2 cm., with terminal seta; stipules 
reduced to scales. 
Nos. 3 and 4. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 1 to 2 cm., 
faintly pilose, No. 4 sometimes dilated to 2 mm. broad, 
often with gland on upper margin near base; leaflets four 
to eight pairs, sometimes mucronate, margins often red;. 
rachis 9 mm. to 2°8 cm.; stipules small. 
No. 4 may have two pairs of pinnee. 
Nos. 5 to 7. Abruptly bipinnate, sometimes with two 
pairs of pinne, petiole 9 mm. to 4°4 cm., 1 to 5 mm. broad in: 
No. 5, 2 to 8 mm. in Nos. 6 and 7, with strong nerve along 
lower margin, upper edge nerve-like, often faintly pilose, 
gland near base, with terminal seta; leaflets six to nine 
pairs, rachis 1°2 to 3°9 cm. 
Nos. 8 and 9. Sometimes abruptly bipinnate, similar to. 
No. 7, or they may be phyllodes. 
