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pedicellate flowers, whereof the terminal one is developed 

 much earlier than the rest^ and constantly produces a fruity 

 whereas the others fall away ilnfertilized. Corolla of 5 dis- 

 tinct petals, lineari-lanceolate (10-12 xl|-2 lines), erect at 

 the base, then reflexed and spirally twisted towards the right. 

 Stamens or staminodia altogether absent. Ovary 4^-6 X 

 3-4| lines, ellipsoid or subobovoid subacuminate, 1-celled, 

 with 5 parietal nearly flat placentae occupying almost the 

 whole interior surface, 00-ovulate ; style continuous with the 

 ovary, very short; stigmata 5, linear, fleshy, flattened, ra- 

 diating, dilated and subpalmately laciniated at the apex 

 (much after the same fashion as the leaves), stigmatose on 

 the whole upper surface. JFruit pendulous on a short pe- 

 duncle of 1 to 2 inches, 1-celled, 00-seeded. 

 Form II. bisexual and S =Mamoeiro macho vel de cordel Bra- 

 sHiensium. — Peduncles axillary, trifid at the base, the lateral 

 l)ranche8 2-8 inches long, 1- or few-flowered; the medial 

 branch 12-24 inches long, bearing above the middle two or 

 three partial peduncles, which are subdivided into several 4- or 

 5-flowered pedicels. — Bisexual ov fertile Jloioers from one to 

 four on each panicle, viz, one (or 0) at the apex of each partial 

 peduncle. Corolla gamopetalous, tubuloso-canipanulate (10- 

 12x2^-3 lines), 5-lobed, lobes erecto-patent or subreflexed. 

 Stamens 10, inserted in the throat of the corolla in two 

 series. Ovary obovoideo-oblong, almost club-shaped, obtuse, 

 9-10 lin. long, 2-2^ lin. broad at the base, 4-4^ lin. in the 

 upper part ; placentce more salient (intromissce) than in the 

 $ plant ; stigmata cut in the same way, but smaller. Fruits 

 pendulous on long peduncles (of 8-30 in.), nearly always 

 asymmetrical or gihhous^ from the absence or malformation 

 of one or more of the stigmata and the consequent abortion 

 of the placentae pertaining thereto. — J or sterile flowers \ 

 CbroZ/a gamopetalous hypocrateriform 5-lobed ; stamens as in 

 the bisexual flowers ; pistil rudimentary, 2 x | hn., tapering" 

 upwards, estigmatose. 



Form III. cf (called al^o Mamoeiro macho). This differs from 



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