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lower leaves. There was very little evidence of a constant 

 or annual floral periodicity in the trees examined. It is 

 interesting to note that though this endemic species is monoa- 

 cious, only the male flowers have been previously described. 

 The sex, female flowers, and fruits are here described from 

 material I obtained in the forest in 1.901. 



Male inflorescence consists of a sessile or subsessile cluster 

 of 1-9 flowers in the axil of leaves or on old twigs. The 

 male flowers never terminate a young shoot and usually 

 occupy the part below the female flower or flowers ; they 

 are rarely mixed with female flowers in the same cluster. 

 Each flower is subtended by a small caducous green bracteole. 

 The flowers are yellow, fragrant when fresh and measure 

 10 mm. when unopened. (See pi. VI., figs. 3, 4). 



Calyx brown or green, diameter 16 mm.; segments 4, 

 acuminate apex, sub-glabrous, 4 mm. long. 



Corolla yellow, tubular, swollen at base, when open mea- 

 sures 15 mm. long ; segments 4, rotate, with tapering acute 

 apex, half of outer surface covered with brown hairs, 5 mm. 

 long, 2'r> mm. wide at base. 



Stamens 8 (4 + 4), epipetalous, usually in pairs but fila- 

 ments not united, inner shorter than outer ; pairs usually 

 alternate with corolla segments, though liable to variation ; 

 anthers yellow, apiculate, glabrous apex, hairy at back. 

 2*5 mm. long ; filaments white, covered with long unicellular 

 hairs, 1 mm. long, sometimes absent or very short for inner 

 stamen. 



Pistil absent or as a central pubescent apiculate structure. 



The female flowers and fruits have not been previously 

 described. Flowers usually solitary terminating young 

 shoot, subsessile or on peduncle measuring 8-15 mm. long, 

 2 mm. diameter ; peduncle greenish, finely pubescent, and 

 may or may not bear bracteoles ; yellow, fragrant. (See pi. 

 VI., fig. 1). 



Calyx green, outside finely pubescent, 9 mm. total length, 

 diameter 4 mm.; segments 4, rarely 3, deeply cut, tapering 

 acute apex, thick, 6 mm. long. 



