midrib, which extend from its base to the margins; petiole 
one or two inches long. Male racemes one to three from the 
axil of each leaf, three or four inches long, lax, shortly pe- 
duncled; rachis pubescent ; flowers solitary, on short pubes- 
cent pedicels, each with a minute lanceolate bract at its base. 
Pertanth greenish-yellow, an eighth or a sixth of an inch 
long; tube short, campanulate; segments linear-lanceolate, 
three or four times as long as the tube. Fertile stamens six, 
inserted low down in the tube, half as long as the perianth-— 
segments; filaments cylindrical; anthers minute, yellow, 
oblong. Rudimentary ovary present in the staminate flower. 
Female flowers and fruit unknown. — J. G. Baker. 
1, A single flower; 2, a flower, opened out; 3, a stamen; 4, rudimentary ovary 
of the staminate flower :—all enlarged. 
