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Male inflorescence consists of an axillary dense sessile or 

 sub-sessile cyme, each flower being subtended by a concave 

 rounded bract. 



Flowers bomb-shaped, tapering from base to apex and 

 measuring 12 to 25 mm. when unopened. (See pi. VII., 

 fig. 1-3.) 



Calyx green, faintly pubescent, forming a cupule 5 mm. 

 high and 4 mm. diameter ; segments indistinct with margins 

 forming an even outlined rim. 



Corolla yellow, throat narrow, 13 mm. long ; segments 

 usually 3, long and tapering, 6 mm. long, reflexed when 

 flower mature. One of the segments is completely enclosed 

 by the others in bud, the other lobes imbricating sometimes 

 dextrorsely and at other times sinistrorsely (Hiern). 



Stamens indefinite, 9-11-12-14, epipetalous or hypo- 

 gynous, unequal, not apiculate, in pairs or single ; anthers 

 brown, hairy, 1 mm. long ; filaments white, glabrous, 

 0*5-2 mm. long ; pollen yellow, circular. 



Pistil represented by rudimentary hairy disc or absent. 



Female inflorescence consists of sessile cluster of 3 flowers ; 

 sometimes the flowers are solitary ; bracts very small and 

 caducous. (See pi. VII., fig. 4.) 



Flowers bomb-shaped when young, 12 mm. long, 4 mm. 

 in diameter. 



Calyx brownish-black, thin, glabrous or feebly hairy, 

 forming a cupule 5-7 mm. high; segments indistinct, 

 agreeing with male calyx ; calyx of quite specific type. 



Corolla greenish-yellow, tapering to apex. 15 mm. long ; 

 often closed ; segments 3, not very distinct, short, walls 

 very thick. 



Staminodes 3, epipetalous, very short, total length being 

 0*5 mm. ; anther barren, brown or yellow, hairy towards 

 apex; filament white, glabrous and about one-third the 

 length of anther. 



Pistil brown, hairy, small ; stigma single or bifid, shore ; 

 ovary 6-celled. 



