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ovato-subulate, subcaiidata-acutninate, entire or sometimes 

 minutely 1-2-serrulate, herbaceous, deep green externally, paler 

 but yellowish-viridescent at base internally, -i-G mm. long, 

 persistent ; midrib slightly prominent and veins loosely reticu- 

 lated. Petals 5, sometimes 6, orbiculate, about 7-8 mm. long 

 and wide, yellowish at the base, deciduous ; veins flabellate 

 below and veinlets densely anastomosing above. Stamens 

 subnumerous, much shorter than petals, unequal in length, erect 

 or erect-patent, glabrous, attaining about 4 mm. long ; filament 

 subulate, pale ; anther ovato-elliptical, obtuse at apex, shortly 

 bifid at base, yellow. Ovary-cluster about 3 mm. long and 

 across, ovoid-sphferical, yellowish; ovaries many, dense, minute, 

 sessile, ovoid, obtuse, compressed laterally, glabrous, § mm. 

 long ; style ventral, erect, exserted, arcuate outwards above, 

 terete, glabrous ; stigma terminal, truncate. Gynophore erect, 

 o b 1 o n g-cylindrical, 

 obtuse at top, 

 straight, very short- 

 ly naked from ova- 

 ries at the base, 

 thinly piloso-pubes- 

 cent, about 21 mm. 

 long. Carpophore 

 nutant, with per- 

 sistet reflexo-patent 

 or adpressed green 

 calyx (concave at 

 base) and persist- 

 ent filaments at the 

 base, oblong, ellip- 

 soid, or oval, 

 rounded at both 

 ends, 8-15 mm. 



long, 7-10 mm. 



across, uneven with 

 deep pits and very 

 thinly hairy on 



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