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of which 

 manner. 



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and imbricated at the base in a twisted 



The stamens are inserted in a 



row at 



the base of the ovarium; in number they are 12, not 

 connected at the bottom, shorter than the tube of the 

 corolla, with rigid, filiform filaments, forked at the apex, 

 each fork bearing a single, subulate, perfect anther. The 



perfect, roundish, and silky 



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