158 R. H. CAMBAGE. 



Seeds black, oval, 4 mm. long, 3 — 3*5 mm. broad, 2 mm. 

 thick. 



Hypocotyl terete, spreading into flange at base, pale 

 below soil, green to reddish above, 8 mm. to 3 cm. long, 2 

 to 2*5 mm. thick at base, 1 mm. thick at apex, glabrous. 



Cotyledons sessile, sagittate, oblong-oval to obovate, 5 

 to 6 mm. long, 3*5 to 4 mm. broad, upperside brownish- 

 green to reddish-green, underside brown to brownish-red. 



Stem at first angular, becoming terete, reddish-brown, 

 glabrous. First internode *5 mm.; second to fourth *5 to 

 1 mm.; fifth to eighth 1 to 3 mm. 



Leaves — No. 1. Abruptly pinnate, petiole 3 to 6 mm., 

 green to reddish-green, glabrous; leaflets three to four 

 pairs, oblong-acuminate, the terminal pair sometimes 

 obovate, usually mucronate, 3 to 5 mm* long, 1*5 to 2 mm. 

 broad, the terminal pair sometimes 3 mm. broad, upperside 

 green, underside pale green with midrib distinct; rachis 

 6 mm. to 1 cm., green, glabrous, with terminal seta. 



No. 2. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 4 to 7 mm., glabrous, 

 with terminal seta; leaflets four to six pairs, oblong- 

 acuminate, up to 4 mm. long, 1 to 2 mm. broad, upperside 

 green, underside sometimes reddish-green ; rachis 6 mm. to 

 1 cm. glabrous. 



This leaf may sometimes have two pairs of pinnae. 



Nos. 3 to 6. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole terete, from 

 5 mm. in No. 3, to 2*1 cm. in Nos. 5 and 6, sometimes with 

 a faint gland on Nos* 4 to 6, glabrous; leaflets four to ten 

 pairs; rachis 7 mm. to 2*4 cm.; stipules flat acuminate 

 scales up to 1 mm. long. 



Nos. 7 to 9. The latter is sometimes a phyllode, or all 

 may be abruptly bipinnate, petiole from 1 to 3*4 cm., Nos. 

 8 and 9 usually slightly dilated but rarely up to 1 mm. 

 broad, midrib towards lower margin, faint gland on upper 



