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point was a third anther disposed introrsely on a short fila- 

 ment, and above this, terminating the connate group, was 

 the outermost and fourth anther, introrse, on a filament 2 mm. 

 long. 



One flower contained six groups of 4, and two groups of 

 2 stamens ; the fusion of the filaments suggests a relation- 

 ship to D. pruriens and D. Embryopteris ; anthers white 

 or brown, glabrous, apiculate ; filaments glabrous, except 

 near anther. (See pi. XIII., fig. 6.) 



Pistil rudimentary, green flattened hairy disc. 



Female flowers (see pi. XIII., figs. 2 and 3) are solitary, 

 subsessile, in axil of foliage leaf or caducous bract ; bracts 2. 

 green, pubescent, forming on the short peduncle an opposite 

 pair at right angles to antero-posterior axis. 



Calyx green, cup-shaped, 3 mm. deep, with horizontal or 

 descending segments; segments 3-4, 9 mm. long, acute 

 apex, glabrous or nearly BO. 



Corolla yellowish-white, total length 15 mm., throat wide ; 

 segments 3-4, rotate, broad, 9 mm. long, rounded apex, 

 recurved when mature. 



Staminodes 8, flattened, epipetalous, opposite and alternate 

 to corolla segments ; anthers 1-5 mm. long, yelloAv or white 

 deltoid, apiculate, hairy apex ; filaments white, glabrous, 

 broad base, 2 mm. long. 



Pistil with green or yellow style ; stigmas 4-5-lobed ; 

 ovary green, glabrous, 8-celled. 



Fruit depressed, globose or subglobose, apiculate, glabrous, 

 green ; fruiting calyx forms an enlarged shallow woody cup 

 lined with pedicellate glandular and also unicellular hairs ; 

 the margin becomes recurved and segments project out- 

 wards and downwards. (See pi. XIII., figs. 7 and 8.) 



Seeds 2-8 in each fruit, flattened or wedge-elliptical in 

 shape, 14 mm. long, 6 mm. wide, 3 mm. thick ; testa brown 

 or black ; endosperm hard, copious, equable ; embryo white, 

 5-6 mm. long. (See pi. XVIII., fig. 8.) 



Seedlings epigeal, cotyledons persistent, epicotyledonary 

 system delayed developmentally ; cotyledons sessile or 



