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IX. LARDIZABALE^. 



Lardizabala. 

 Flower-bud (mag.). 



ifolbccllia lati/ulid. 



Lardizabala. 

 Diagram g . 



LarJitabala. 

 Expanded flower (mag.). 



Lardizabala. Lardizabala biternata. 



Pistil. Fruit. 



Lardizabala. 

 Diagram 9. 



Lardizabala. 

 Transverse section of ovary. 



Lardizabala. 

 Seed, entire and cut transversely (mag.). 



Transverse section 

 of carpel. 



the petals ; filaments cylindric, monadelphous or rarely free (Akebia, Holbcellia) ; 

 anthers extrorse, apiculate, very rarely muticous (Akebia). Ov ABIES rudimentary, 

 2-3 or more, fleshy. FLOWERS ? , a little larger, calyx and corolla as in the $ . 

 STAMENS 6 ; anthers imperfect or 0. OVARIES 3, rarely 6-9 (Akebia}, distinct, sessile, 

 1-celled ; styles short or obsolete ; stigmas terminal, papillose, peltate, obtuse or 

 conical; ovules many, rarely few (Boquila), inserted all over the wall in separate 

 alveolae, or 2 -seriate along the ventral suture (Decaisnea), anatropous or campylo- 

 tropous. Ripe CARPELS baccate, indehiscent or dehiscent (Decaisnea). SEEDS 

 buried in the pulp, testa thin. EMBRYO usually minute, at the base of a copious 

 fleshy-horny albumen ; cotyledons flat. 



