on the branches, less than an inch in diameter when fully ex- 
panded. Ovary small, rather short, cylindrical. Calya of a. 
few, short, Janceolate, greenish scales, gradually passing into the 
oblong, lanceolate-acuminated, delicate white petals. Stamens 
moderately numerous ; fi/aments long, spreading. Ovary terete. 
Style a slender column, a little longer than the stamens. Stigma 
of four, linear-oblong, spreading /odes. 
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Fig. 1. Portion of a branch, with a flower,—slightly magnified. 
