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In Geissoloma the calyx is imbricate, subtended by two 



Fig. -3,10^.— Geissoloma jnarginatum, A. Juss. (Photograph by E. J. Steer, 

 Esq.) The oldest flowers are above. 



ranked, imbricate scaly bracts. Stamens 8 in the base of the 

 perianth, the four alternating with the lobes rather smaller, 



