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 female 3-4 in. Calyx-tube | in. Petals | in., widely patent. Fruit 3 by l:^ii 

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 times at least), males racemed ; females panicled or clustered. • Male : p^jx 

 rotate, 6-partite, with oblong eegments; corolla 5-partite, with elongate eros© 

 segments; stamens 6, filaments united at the base; anthers globose, l-celled^ 

 straight,- Female : calyx produced above the ovary and c 

 male J eoroUa-segmenta caudate; ovary top-shaped, 1 -celled; styles 5, :5-na 

 at the apex ; o\ailes 3, pendidous. Capmh top-shaped, 3-valved at the wide 

 truncate summit, crowned by the persistent styles. Seeds 3 (%!); ®^.P®^^,7i 

 Ettle compressed, black, obscurely margined 

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