Pistil absent or rudimentary, flat disc, 2 mm. diameter, 

 undulating, exhibits locular structure. 



Female flowers solitary, or as a cyme of 3 flowers on 

 peduncle of varying length ; pedicels of each flower short, 

 bracteate. (See pi. XI., fig. 8). 



Calyx green, 12 mm. diameter ; segments 3-4-5, rounded 

 apex, 8 mm. long. 



Corolla yellowish-white, 11 mm. long; segments 4. 

 rounded apex, 3 mm. long. 



Staminodes 4, epipetalous, alternating with corolla seg- 

 ments, glabrous, white. 



Pistil 3 mm. long, 2 mm. diameter ; stigmas 3, deep green, 

 glabrous ; ovary 6-celled, broad base, tapering apex, green, 

 glabrous. 



Fruit globose, smooth, dark gray, 12-20 mm. high, 10-15 

 mm. diameter ; fruiting calyx enlarged, flat or accrescent, 

 thin and not woody, 15-20 mm. diameter. 



Seeds 2-4-6 per fruit, 14 mm. long, 10 mm. wide, 6 mm. 

 thick ; ovate or globose in shape ; testa brown, streaked ; 

 endosperm abundant, strongly ruminate and very rich in 

 tannin ; embryo white and small. 6 mm. long. (See pi. XI., 

 fig. 7). 



Seedlings epigeal, cotyledons persistent. The whole or 

 greater part of the endosperm is absorbed before the testa 

 splits ; epicotyledonary system does not appear until several 

 weeks, and in one case five months after cotyledons mature. 



Cotyledons cordate, rounded base, tapering obtuse apex, 

 glabrous, 25 mm. long : hypocotyl red, glabrous, thin, 80 mm. 

 long ; epicotyledonary stem very short and developed at a 

 late stage ; epicotyledonary leaves first leaf appears about 

 1 mm. above cotyledonary node, second about 2 mm. above 

 first ; alternate, deep green, tapering strongly towards base, 

 rounded apex, venation feebly pellucid, 20 mm. long, 11 mm. 

 maximum width ; traces two per cotyledon, xylem splits 

 forming 8-15 groups : one trace per epicotyledonary leaf, not 

 prolonged into root. Below the collet most seedlings show a 



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