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Stilago. DIOECIA TRIANDRIA, 759 
together, sub-cylindric, Flowers numerous, sessile, or in part 
immersed in the substance of the spikes, small, of a greenish 
yellow. Maxx. Proper perianth urceolate, with the mouth 
obscurely three-lobed. Corol none. Filaments three, much 
longer than the calyx. Anthers two-lobed, bearing the pol- 
lenin pits on their apices. Pistil, no germ, but an inserted, 
truncated, pyramidical body occupies its place; in its base the 
filaments are inserted alternate with as many small glands. 
FEMALE FLOWERS on a distinct tree. Calyx as in the'male 
but smaller, Stamens none. Stigmas three. Drupe of the size 
and shape of a large Berberry, smooth, succulent, sub-acid, 
when ripe of a deep red inclining to black. Nut compress- _ 
ed, rugose, one-seeded., 
The tree is of a quick growth, very handsome and particu- 
larly beautiful when loaded with the numerous bunches of 
ripe, shining, deep red fruit, which are sub-acid, and pala- 
table. 
3.8. diandra, Willd, iv. 714. R. Corom, pl. ii. N. 166. 
Leaves oblong, smooth, . Stipules ensiform. TY saad aan 
lary, and terminal. Male flowers we 
Teling. Pella-gomoodoo. us 
A tree, a native of the mountainous parts of the Citedrs. 
Flowers in June, bearing male flowers on one tree, and Tet 
male ones on another, » ) 
Leaves alternate, short-petioled, nearly bifarious, oval or 
oblong, entire, smooth ; from two to four inches long, and from 
one to two broad. Stipules narrow, lanceolate. Spikes fili- 
form, terminal, many-flowered, Bractes minute, one-flower- 
ed. Flowers very small, approximate. Mate, Calyx cup- 
formed, obtusely four-toothed. Coro none. Filaments two, 
‘four times longer than the calyx. Anthers twin; singly oval. 
Femate, Calyx inferior, closely embracing three-fourths of 
the germ, from four to five-toothed. Corolnone. Nectary, 
a yellow fleshy ring surrounding the base of the germ. Germ 
superior, obliquely ovate, Styles two, spreading, one of them 
