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and three ovaries of equal length, oblong, ventricose, 1-celled, 
with a single appended ovule, and terminated by a subulate 
style ; im the other case the flower has six petals, six stamens, 
four minute gibbously oval ovaries in the centre, with an obso- 
lete style, and these are 1-celled, with a regular ovule. Rox- 
burgh, who is the only authority, states that the female flower 
has sepals and petals similar to those of the male; but he men- 
tions no stamens: he adds that it has twelve ovaries in a single 
whorl, each terminated by a subulate style, thus agreeing with 
those I have described ; of these twelve ovaries as many as eight 
or ten often come to perfection, but sometimes four, or even 
fewer, are matured : they are all borne on the summit of a cylin- 
drical gynzecium, which increases in length and thickness with 
age, and on its summit are seen the cicatrices of the abortive 
ovaries, while all those that have been fertilized are carried up, 
each on a separate elongated ligneous fork, which grows out of 
the gynecium, the fruits as they ripen being articulated on 
them: these radiating carpophori are solid emanations from the 
gynecium itself, and form no part of the ovarial increment. 
This is a very remarkable feature in Tiliacora, being analogous 
to a similar growth which I have described in Anamirta and 
Sciadotema. It is probable that in different species of Tiliacora 
the number of ovaries may vary ; but hitherto we have no evi- 
dence on the subject. In the development of the ovary, the 
growth is almost entirely on the dorsal side, and is so extremely 
excentric that, at maturity, the styles all connive towards the 
centre, in close proximity to the basal points of attachment of 
the drupes, which radiate horizontally round the gynecium. It 
is not necessary to repeat here the peculiar features connected 
with the development of the putamen and seed, as they have 
been sufficiently explained ; it remains, therefore, only to give a 
more full diagnosis of the genus. 
Tit1acora, Coleb.—Flores dioici vel interdum polygami. Mase. 
Sepala 9-12, in ordine ternario alternatim disposita ; exteriora 
gradatim minora et bracteiformia; 3 interiora multo majora, 
obovata, subcarnosa, estivatione valvata. Petala 6, minima, 
carnosula, cuneato-oblonga, subbiseriata. Stamina 6, sub- 
eequalia, petalis 3-4-plo longiora et opposita, libera; ftla- 
menta gracilia, apice incrassata; anthere 2-lobz, introrsz, 
lobis oblongis, dorsaliter semi-immersis, apice contiguis, imo 
paulo divaricatis, rima obliqua longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. 
—Fl. hermaphr. Sepala et petala maris. Stamina 3, petalis 
alternis opposita, mole maris, pollinifera. Ovaria 3, gynecio 
insita, erecta, oblonga, imo tenuiter stipitata, dorso ventricosa, 
1-locularia, ovu/o unico (an fertili ?) ad faciem ventralem medio 
