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to the Old Continent, which we have named Cimiamosma' (figs. 216- 

 219), the flowers are sessile and solitary in the axils of the leaves, 

 which gives the plant a strong resemblance to certain species of 

 Biospi/ros. The three sepals are accompanied by several external 

 bracts, like them, but shorter as they are more external. The 



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androceum presents about fifteen stamens, united to form a 

 sort of collar, as in Canella. The ovary, too, is one-celled, with 

 three or four pauciovulate placentas.- The ovules are descending, 



^ H. Bn., Adansonia, vii. 217, 377, t. v. — each placenta, one on each side ; they are not 

 B. H., Oen., 970. quite on a level, and are of the same form as in 



^ There are most usually only two ovules on Canella. 



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