498 R. H. CAMBAGE. 
Cotyledons sessile, very slightly auricled, oblong, apex 
rounded, 6 to 7 mm. long, 2 to 2°5 mm. broad, remaining 
erect and soon falling, outer or underside brownish-red, 
sometimes wrinkled longitudinally, inner or upperside 
reddish, glabrous. 
Stem terete, green, glabrous. First internode °5 mm.; 
second ‘5 mm.; third and fourth 1 mm.; fifth 1 to 2 mm.,; 
sixth about 2 mm.; seventh 2 to 4 mm.; eighth 5 to 7mm. 
Leaves—Nos. 1 and 2. Abruptly pinnate, forming an 
opposite pair, petiole 3 to 6 mm. long, pale red to reddish- 
brown and reddish-green, glabrous; leaflets two pairs, 3 to 
4mm. long, 1°5 to2 mm. broad, oblong-acuminate, mucron- 
ate, venation obscure, midrib showing under pocket lens, 
upperside green, margins red, underside bright red, often 
becoming reddish-green, glabrous; rachis 2 to 3 mm. long, 
reddish, glabrous, excurrent. 
No. 3. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 7 mm. to 1°2 cm. long, 
greenish-brown, often slightly dilated vertically, with gland 
on upper margin, usually a little below the middle, glabrous, 
excurrent; leaflets two pairs, oval-oblong to oblong-acumin- 
ate, the terminal pair sometimes obovate, often mucronate, 
margins often reddish, UppSuEnee green, underside paler 
with midrib distinct. 
Nos. 4 and 5. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 8 mm. to 1°5 
cm. long, slightly dilated vertically, gland just below middle 
on upper margin, glabrous, excurrent; leaflets two pairs on 
No. 4, and three pairs on No. 5, up to 6 mm. long, 4 mm. 
broad, mucronate; rachis up to 1°2 cm. long; stipules 
reduced to flat, acuminate scales. 
Nos. 6 and 7. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole up to 1°7 cm. 
long on No. 6, and up to 2°5 cm. on No. 7, dilated vertically 
to 1 mm. broad, gland below middle, and sometimes a second 
gland at base of pinnee, with strong nerve along lower 
