362 Transactions. 



Flower is protogytious, and the styles hang out of the mouth before 

 the stamens. 



Utricle is ovoid, consisting of a thin loose pericarp enclosing the seed. 

 It is itself surrounded by the persistent perianth. 



Testa is brown, coriaceous, and covered with hooked hairs of different 

 shapes (see fig. 9, g). The inner coat of the seed is thin and membranous. 



There is no endosperm. 



Embryo has thick fleshy cotyledons, and an incumbent, terete, radicle. 



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