Female flowers : rudimentary stamens none; ovary glabrous, 
almost entirely free, two-celled; styles two, divergent; 
ovules numerous. WSeed-vessel unknown.—W. B. H. 
Fig. 1, a male flower, copied from the “ Zomoku Zusetsu ;” 2, rudimentary 
gyneceum, from the same source; 3, branch of a female inflorescence; 4, a 
female with some of the sepals removed; 5, vertical section of the ovary :— 
all enlarged. . : 
