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sepals ; but the pistil is abortive, with a sterile style 

 and stigma. The female has four sepals, but no 

 stamens. The fruit is a globose nut in L. arf^cn'teiim, 



Fig. 92. — Silver-tree. I. Male inflorescence (1(). II. Single flower with barren style 

 (X 2). III. Nut with persistent style and calyx, the latter split at its base and 

 prevented from slipping off by the knobby stigma. 



the Silver-tree. The style remains, and when the calyx 

 is detached at the base, it is prevented from slipping 



