Titi 



619 



punctate, wedge-shaped at the base, stalkless or very short-stalked, 4 to 6 cm. 

 long, bright green and shining on the upper side, dull green beneath. The per- 

 fect and regular fragrant flowers are in racemes at the ends of twigs; the flower- 

 stalks are subtended by small pointed thin bracts which fall away before the 

 flower-buds open, and they bear two very small bracts below the flower; the calyx 

 has from 5 to 8 ovate sepals which are somewhat united at the base and often unecjual 

 in size; the 5 to 8 white petals are obovate, blunt, narrowed into short claws, 3.5 

 to 5 mm. long, and much longer than the calyx; there are 10 stamens in two series 



of 5, the outer series longer than the inner, but somewhat shorter than the petals; 

 the lower part of the filaments is broad and flattened, the upper part narrow; the 

 anthers are short ; the ovary is 2-winged to 4- winged and there are 2 to 4 stigmas 

 without styles. The fruits are dry, 2-winged to 4-winged, oblong, 6 to 7 mm. 

 long, nearly as wide as long, borne on stout nodding stalks; they resemble the fruit 

 of buckwheat. 



The wood is weak and brittle, hard, reddish brown, with a specific gravity of 

 about 0.62, and is prized for fuel. 



