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minutely capitate linear-oblong styles ; ovule solitary subbasilar 

 ascending. Berries oblong stipitate. — A shrub ; leaves glabrous very 

 shortly petiolate ; flowers small solitary terminal {Trojj. and south- 

 eastern Africa). See p. 200. 



8. Oxandra A. Rich. — Calyx short, imbricated. Petals ovate 

 or rotundate, imbricated 2-seriate. Stamens cc (of the Milimea:) ; 

 connective produced high above dorsal anther-cells. Carpels oo ; 

 ovule solitary. Berries stipitate. — Trees or shrubs ; leaves glabrous 

 shortly petiolate ; flowers axillary or lateral ; bracts oo, like the 

 sepals but smaller, imbricated in 2 rows, inserted either from the 

 base to the apex of the peduncle or only in an involucre at the base 

 {Tropical America). See p. 200. 



§ II. llNONEiE. 



9. Unona L. fil. — Flowers of Uvaria ; petals generally 3, 

 rarely 2, valvate, 2-seriate ; the inner subequal or smaller, rarely 

 wanting, very rarely imbricated. Stamens oo (of the Uvariea) ; 

 connective globosely or truncately dilated above anther-ceUs, more 

 rarely elongated subulate. Carpels oo, more rarely few or 1, on the 

 convex or flat or more rarely subconcave apex of a slightly raised 

 receptacle; ovules cc, more rarely 1, 2, ventral or subbasilar. Berries 

 stipitate or subsessile, entire or moniliform constricted between the 

 seeds. — Trees or shrubs ; often sarmentose, aromatic ; flowers solitary 

 or cymose, lateral or terminal {Asia, Africa, Australia, warm regions 

 of America). See p. 201. 



10. Anaxagorea A. S. H.— Flowers of Vnona ; stamens oc, all 

 fertile ; connective produced above anther-cells, or the innermost 

 sterile petaloid. Carpels oo, more rarely few ; ovules 2, height of 

 insertion variable ; follicles clavately stipitate, dehiscing by an in- 

 ternal cleft. Seeds 1, 2, glabrous exarillate. — Trees ; flowers axillary 

 solitary or cymose {Asia, tropical America). See p. 200. 



11. Disepalum Hook. f. — Flowers of Unona, 2-merous. Sepals 2, 

 large. Petals 4, narrowly linear-spathulate incurved towards the 

 apex, standing apart, connected by a hyj)ogynous ring. Stamens 

 and carpels a>, inserted on subconcave apex of the broad torus; 



