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i É; the outermost onger ones or the innermost shorter ones or 
» without anthers, the intermediate ones or nearly all perfect ; anthers 
Small, with parallel cells spring longitudinally. Ovary inferior, 4. or rare 
with several sm in 2 rows in each cell; style elongated, 
witha hard rind, crowned by the calyx-limb. Seeds dig enveloped in a 
feshy pulp, and usually deci scattered ; testa thick ; embryo undivided. 
hee, or in one instance undershrub. Leaves alternate, usually 
1 rowded at the ends of the E peuniveined ey not dotted. Flowers 
in racemes or interrupted spikes, usually shor 
i K genus wes three E. Indian species, one of e is supposed to be the same as 
. e Australian on 
. Ll C. arborea, Roxd. Pl. Corom. iii. 14. t. 218, and Fl. Ind. ii. 638. 
Zei australis. A tree attaining a large size. Leaves from ovate and - 
. gi. Australia, Brunswick Bay, N 1 i Së: of 
ay, N.W. coast, 4, Cunningham ; papan e 
; Ae Titi river, F. M ueller ; Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Bro 
5 Cape Grafton, Banks and Solander; Estuary of the "Burdekin, Fitz- 
achy. 
"gc whether this be really mg E renda C. Sg en the 
ured al Vig hich has usually much larger 
fail cis said — Ger gl, ight, Tilustr, ii. t. ure , whic : M cell of 
m the fruit globular. Our specimens of the Indian plant are very imperfec 
of the M Mo m: in F. Mueller as well as in the Ae cer m herbarium A 
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Ze onde € have at present no means of judging. 
l'oposes. x unite wed with Barringtonia on account of the very few 
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e enclosing the ovary, and Se eg with its angles, leaving 
n € cavities, or entirely free r less adnate to it, the limb 
"i to 5 or ey 6 Wee or ta Se imbricate in the bu 
dle (us ud às calyx-lobes, inserted at the orifice of the calyx-tube, imbri 
times onh, y contorted) i m the bud. "sën usually twice as many, 
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