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young branches black and smooth ; on old twigs the bark is 

 rather scaly and pinkish-red turning to brown when freshly 

 cut. 



Leaves alternate, 190-350 mm. long, 70 mm. wide, ovate- 

 lanceolate, short tapering acute apex, rounded base, pubescent 

 when young, glabrous or nearly so when old, thick and 

 leathery ; venation reticulate, meshes wide , not pellucid, 

 lateral veins rather conspicuous below ; midrib prominent 

 below, channelled above ; petiole green, cylindrical, 15 mm. 

 long, 5 mm. diameter. Flowers October, ripe fruits March 

 to October. 



Male inflorescence consists of a sessile cluster of 1-8 flowers 

 on old twigs ; bracteole subtending each flower green, 

 pubescent, tapering acuminate apex, broad base early caducous 

 3 mm. long, 3 mm. wide at base. (See pi. XVI., fig. 7). 



Calyx brown, hairy ; segments 5, 4 mm. long, acute apex. 

 Corolla yellow and 5-lobed ; stamens five ; pistil rudimen- 

 tary. Fresh specimens of open flowers not seen. 



Female flowers solitary or as a sessile inflorescence ; a ring 

 of 2-5 bracts at base of solitary flower, 8 mm. long, 4mm. 

 wide. (See pi. XIV., fig. 6). 



Fresh material of young flowers not seen. 



Calyx green, pubescent, cupuliform ; segments 5, bluntly 

 apiculate, recurved margin, slight intersegmental groove. 



Corolla yellowish-white and 5-lobed ; staminodes present. 



Pistil globose, pubescent. Fruit solitary or in groups 2-4, 

 sessile or subsessile, globose with depressed apex, 90-130 mm. 

 circumference, 30-50 mm. long, green, slightly hairy, long 

 hairs easily detached, 10-celled ; fruiting calyx persistent to 

 fruit, enlarged, segments measuring 15 mm. in length, flat- 

 tened, densely pubescent. (See pi. XIV., fig. 7). 



Seeds 6-10 per fruit, elliptical-ovate, or rather flattened ; 

 testa brown, transversely striated, outer layer peels off 

 readily ; endosperm strongly ruminate ; 23 mm. long, 15 mm. 

 wide, 6 mm. thick ; embryo white, 15 mm. long. (See pi. 

 XIV., fig. 9-10). 



