402 R. H. CAMBAGE. 



Cotyledons sessile, slightly auricled, oblong, apex rounded, 

 6 mm. long, 3'5 mm. broad, soon becoming horizontal, 

 revolute, and cylindrical, soon falling, outer or underside 

 reddish to red, sometimes becoming pale green, inner or 

 upperside pale red to red, becoming green, with distinct 

 midrib. 



Stem terete, except in upper portion where affected by 

 decurrent leaf-stalks, glabrous. First internode *5 mm.; 

 second 2 to 6 mm.; third 2 mm. to 1*5 cm.; fourth 3 to 9 

 mm.; fifth 7 mm. to 1*3 cm.; sixth 5 mm. to 1*9 cm.; seventh 

 5 mm. to 1*4 cm.; eighth 7 mm. to 1*5 cm. 



Leaves — No. 1. Abruptly pinnate, showing at a very early 

 stage, petiole 5 to 7 mm. long, green to reddish-green, 

 glabrous; leaflets three pairs, oblong, acuminate, the ter- 

 minal pair often cuneate, about 7 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, 

 midrib and secondary vein fairly distinct, upperside green, 

 underside pale green or reddish; rachis 6 to 8 mm. long, 

 glabrous, excurrent; stipules reduced to scales. 



No." 2. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole slender, up to 1*5 cm. 

 long, glabrous, excurrent ; leaflets three pairs; often reddish 

 green on both sides; rachis glabrous, excurrent. 



Nos. 3 and 4. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 7 mm. to 1*7 

 cm. long; leaflets three to five pairs, often mucronate, 

 margins sometimes red ; rachis glabrous, excurrent. 



Nos. 5 and 6. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 5 mm. to 1*9 

 cm.; terete or sometimes channelled above and showing 

 transit to the dilated petiole, often with a small marginal 

 gland, No. 6 being sometimes dilated above a strong nerve 

 along the lower margin, .excurrent; leaflets up to six pairs; 

 stipules reduced to scales about 1 mm. long. No. 6 may 

 have two pairs of pinnae. 



Nos. 7 and 8. Sometimes phyllodes, or they may be 

 abruptly bipinnate, petiole 5 mm. to 1*5 cm. long, dilated 



