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bract 2 mm. in length, and is supported on a thin pedicel 

 2-5 mm. long. Primary and secondary pedicels show great 

 variation in length. Flower-bud 4 mm. long, conical, apical, 

 scentless ; mature, flower 8 mm. long and somewhat bell- 

 shaped when segments recurved. (See pi. XVI., fig. 9.) 



Calyx segments 4, rounded or deltoid, thin, pubescent, 

 small. 



Corolla, wide throated, segments 4, twisted at apex, 

 urceolate, white or yellow. 



Stamens numerous or 16, in equal or unequal pairs, often 

 united to form 8 pairs ; anthers brown, glabrous, apiculate, 

 2-4 mm. long ; filaments white, glabrous, absent or 1 mm. 

 long. 



Ovary is a flattened rudimentary disc often of consider- 

 able size, which may yet be observed to develop into a ripe 

 fruit ; the polygamous condition will probably be found if a 

 sufficient number of trees are examined. 



The female flowers are usually solitary on woody twig or 

 in axil of leaf (see pi. XVI., fig. 10); peduncle 4-12 mm. 

 long, glabrous or pubescent ; bracts small, caducous. 



Calyx green, hairy, 10 mm. diameter ; segments 4, 2-5 mm. 

 long, rounded apex. 



Corolla white or yellow, wide-throated, 11 mm. long, 

 glabrous ; segments 4, rotate. 



Staminodes small, 4-12, usually 4. 



Pistil green, glabrous or nearly so ; styles 4, bifid at apex, 

 glabrous ; ovary glabrous, 8-celled. 



Fruit globose-apiculate, 12-20 mm. diameter, 16 mm. high, 

 glabrous and shiny, cherry-red to brown in colour ; fruiting 

 calyx thin, glabrous, accrescent or nearly horizontal, slightly 

 enlarged, with segments 6-8 mm. long. (See pi. XVI.,fig. 7.) 



Seeds 2-6-8 per fruit, semilunar, wedge-shaped, brown, 

 smooth, 8 mm. long, 4-5 mm. wide, 3 mm. thick ; endosperm 

 equable, copious ; embryo white, small, 8-10 mm. long. (See 

 pi. XVI., fig. 8.) 



Seedlings epigeal ; cotyledons persiscent, ovate, tapering 

 towards apex, green, glabrous, 30 x 15 mm. ; petiole of 



