sexes of two orbicular, glabrous, rose-coloured leaflets, half 

 an inch long. Stamens monadelphous at the base, in a uni- 

 lateral, curved bundle, filaments about as long as the clavate 

 anthers. Ovary oblong, equally three-winged, contracted to 

 a short neck at the apex ; styles three, free, except at the 

 base, bifid, the lobes short, with a short, twisted, continuous 

 fascia ; placentas quite entire. — J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Ovary. 3. Transverse section of do. -.—all magnified. 



