62 WRIGHT : THE GENUS DIOSPYROS 
By this coincidence the first series of pronounced epicotv- 
e onary leaves are brought to approximately the same 
height above ground in all species. 
the media* length otT^Tcf^f 
““ £l Eb ™«“»and D.Thwaitesii ; short hypoootyls, shoot 
from 10to’n ™ ?^ U r iS; aUd l0ng h 5T°cotyls, being 
„ * i s ’’ m ^mmenata and D. qusesita. 
blunt or ta 6 ° nS are iU 311 CaSeS ° f tbe ^road ov ate type with 
eeb-oppos™ a ^; n “ e8peCle ‘ i ‘ hey may b « epposit© or 
• disposed on’an - Io ‘ he . r ?“ mm S s P ecies th ey alternately 
eim P Ie,„ralT~ In * Ca8es the *— 
and venation * th ° m ^P 6 ’ but show differences in size 
‘hey possess the di43“w„ SPeC1 f ?n , Generally 6peakin *' 
Plaot in all points except size. °* **" 
Internal Character, of the Seedlinos. 
constant, wid^we^av^t DUmber of traces Per cotyledon is 
Per cotyledon (e a t> ° 8eparate those possessing two traces 
with three (*/'£’ ^ G “ d “«), from those 
‘hose ( p^es7“~a“ d D ^ Emtey «- 
ledons are usuallv 3 • * * Per cot y led °n the coty- 
prolonged * “* ^nary traces art 
traces die awav 1 V r ° 0t ^ *ke epicotyledonary 
In those species with ti7^+ b<J ‘° W the co Wedonary node. 
are characterized by detain T" per “Weion the majority 
epicotyledonary develoT^ °* COtyledon8 and enhanced 
traces per cetyfedt ^“7 ««• 
<-=e are abortive in l an J man<1 » U «” * the median 
Pnrthermore, in 
t^o epicotyledonary trJ th decidnoti a cotyledons 
L — ■ - J wace ® ar ® continue - 
