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NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



29G-299) has regular hcrmapliroditc flowers, and the receptacle is 

 like a small sphere at the top of the peduncle. The calyx consists 



Monodora Myrislica. 



dj^^^ff^lfeo^ 



Fio. 298. 

 Longitudinal section of flower. 



111.. I'M. 

 Longitudinal section of fruit {\). 



of three sepals valvate in the hud. The corolla is ganiopetahms, its 

 six i)etals boiii^^ united near the base into a ^h()rt broad tube,' and 



' TliiH tulu', UHimlly jiiowi-il ovrr in diMiip- and then tlie iietiilii rise in the i>j>|»ohito diree- 

 tions unnoticed, i« fintt rt-liexed on tlu- |ii-dunth\ tioii. 



