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as 23 cm. long ; leaflets petiolulate, broadly ovate or obovate, more 
or less rounded at the base, obtuse, 5-8 em. long, 3-5°5 
As the resemblance between Kerstingiella and Voandzeia 
subterranea (at least in its broad-leaved states), is considerable 
and the two have actually been confused, it may be useful to 
point out the following differences. 
Kerstingiella geocarpa. 
Flowers subsessile in the axils of 
the leaves, paired or solitary 
without a distinct common 
peduncle. 
Calyx deeply divided, with 
narrow, linear, subequal seg- 
ments, 
Style glabrous. 
- Stigma terminal, capitate. 
Stipes of pistil lengthening con- 
siderably after fertilisation, 
Seeds oblong-ellipsoid, 6-7 mm. 
by 5 mm. 
Voandzeia subterranea. 
Flowers usually in pairs on a 
common, more or less hairy, 
peduncle terminating with a 
callous swelling. 
Calyx with short, broad and 
unequal teeth. 
tyle hairy on the inner side 
upwards. 
Stigma lateral, below the pointed 
apex of the style. 
Pistil without a stipes. 
Seeds globose - ellipsoid, 1- 
1°5 em. by 0°9-1°05 em. 
_ The mechanism by which the pods of Kerstingiella become buried 
in the ground is very singular and almost unique in ae esti 
When the flowers, 
which seem to be cha 
developed, they are close to the 
smogamous, are fu 
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ound, After fertilisation the 
y gr 
solid base or stipes of the pistil, which in the flower is very short, 
