AN0NACE2E. 



23.' 



II. MILIUSA SERIES. 



The flowers oi MiliKsa' (figs. 291-294) are regular, hermaphrodite 

 or polygamous. On the receptacle are inserted in order a triple 

 perianth, and the indefinite pieces of the androceum and gynajceum. 

 Tlie calyx consists of three narrow sepals, valvate in aestivation. The 



Miliusa indica. 



Fig. 291. 

 Flower. 



Fig. 292. 

 Longitudinal section of Hower. 



Fig. 293. 

 Flower, corolla removed. 



Fig. 294. 

 Diagram. 



petals of the inner whorl, superposed to the sepals, are broad and 



1 Leschen., ex. A. DC, Mem. 37, t. 3. — Cat., n. 6134. — Lindl., Litrod. io Bo(., ed. 



Wight & Aen., Prodr. i. 10. — Endl., Gen., 439. — Endl., Gen., n. 4729. — Uvarice spec, 



n. 4712.— H. II., Gm., 28, 958, n. 34.— H. Hn., Roxb., Fl. Ind., ii. 664. 

 Adansuuia, viii. 343. — Hyalostemma Wall., 



