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B. Fruit a berry — 



Calyx persistent — 

 Niebuhria. — Berry roundish. Calyx funnel-shaped. Petals 

 small or none. Trees or shrubs with simple or compound 

 leaves. 



Fig. 273. — Cadabajuncea, Harv. 



Maerua. — Berry long, cells i -seeded. Trees with simple 

 leaves. Natal. 



Calyx deciduous — 



Cadaba. — Stamens 4-8, raised with the ovary on a gyno- 

 phore. Cadabajuncea, Harv., is shown in Fig. 271. It is a 

 much-branched, twiggy, pale, leafless shrub about 2 feet high. 



