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R. H. CAMBAGE. 



Cotyledons sessile, auricled, oblong to ovate-oblong, 6 to 



8 mm. long, 3 to 4 mm. broad, upperside brownish-green to 

 yellowish-pink, underside pale green to puce, often with 

 raised line along centre, becoming revolute. 



Stem terete, brown, pilose to hirsute. First internode 

 *5 mm.; second and third 1 to 5 mm.; fourth to sixth 2 to 



9 mm.; seventh and eighth 4 mm. to 2 cm. 



Leaves — No. 1. Abruptly pinnate, petiole 2 to 7 mm., 

 sometimes with gland near base, green, glabrous or with a 

 few scattered hairs; leaflets five to seven pairs, oblong- 

 acuminate, up to 1*1 cm. long, 1 to 2*7 mm. broad, the 

 terminal pair the smallest, midrib and secondary vein 

 distinct, upperside green, underside paler or sometimes 

 purple; rachis 8 mm. to 1*4 cm., glabrous, excurrent. 



No. 2. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 7 mm. to 1*1 cm., often 

 with gland at base on upper margin, pilose, excurrent; 

 leaflets five to eight pairs, oblong-acuminate, up to 1 cm. 

 long, the basal pair the smallest, upperside green, under- 

 side paler; rachis 8 mm. to 2 cm., pilose, excurrent; stipules 

 inconspicuous scales. 



Nos. 3 to 6. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 1 to 2*6 cm.,, 

 usually with gland on upper margin, pilose to hoary, Nos. 

 4 and 5 vertically flattened, with prominent nerve along or 

 near lower margin^ No. 6 may be 2 cm. broad, nearly 

 orbicular, with hirsute margins, midrib much below centre 

 of lamina, leaflets eight to fourteen pairs; rachis 1*4 to 

 3*4 cm., pilose. No. 5 sometimes has two pairs of pinnae. 



Nos. 7 to 9. These may be phyllodes or bipinnate, petiole 

 up to 2*7 cm. long and 2*5 cm. broad, margins and midrib 

 hispid, usually with gland ; leaflets eleven to fourteen pairs. 



Nos. 10 to 12. Phyllodes, obovate to almost orbicular, 

 slightly glaucous, mucronate, and otherwise resembling 

 the dilated petioles of Nos. 8 and 9. 1 



1 See reference to divided leaflets on this species, supra. 



