396 R. H. CAMBAGE. 



Cotyledons sessile, auricled, oblong, apex rounded, 6 to 7 

 mm. long, 2 to 2*5 mm. broad, remaining erect and falling 

 in about a week or ten days: outer or underside brown, 

 longitudinally wrinkled, upperside pale brown, glabrous. 



Stem terete, brownish-green, glabrous. First internode 

 *5 mm.: second 1 to 2 mm.: third 1 to 2 mm.: fourth to 

 sixth about 2 to 3 mm.: seventh 3 mm. to 1 cm.: eighth 

 5 mm. to 1*2 cm. 



Leaves — Nos. 1 and 2. Abruptly pinnate, forming an 

 opposite pair, with one generally larger than the other, 

 especially in the early stages, petiole usually slender but 

 in one case flattened to *5 mm. broad, and under pocket 

 lens showing a distinct midrib with lamina on each side, 

 the feature extending in a less degree along the rachis, 

 from about 7 mm. to 1"1 cm. long, green, glabrous; leaflets 

 on the larger leaf three to four pairs, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 4 to 5 mm. long, 1*5 mm. broad, on the smaller leaf two to 

 three pairs, and slightly smaller, upperside green, under- 

 side paler, midrib distinct under pocket lens; rachis 5 to 7 

 mm. long, green, glabrous, excurrent; stipules reduced to 

 scales. 



No. 3. Bipinnate, petiole 9 mm. to 1*6 cm. long, green, 

 slender, excurrent; leaflets three to four pairs, not always 

 opposite; in one case the pinna was unequally pinnate; 

 stipules flat, about 1 mm. long. 



Nos. 4 to 6. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole slender, that of 

 No. 6 sometimes showing a little vertical flattening, 1*6 to 

 3*2 cm. long, glabrous; leaflets four pairs, upperside green, 

 underside sometimes brownish-red; rachis glabrous, 

 excurrent. 



Nos. 7 and 8. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 2 to 3*5 cm. 

 long, vertically flattened from 1 to 2 mm. broad, narrowed 

 towards the base, with a strong nerve running along or 



