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to the Old Continent, which we have named Cinnamosma} (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 

 Biospyros. The three sepals are accompanied by several external 

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



Fio. 216. 



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. B:t., Adansonia, vii. 217, 377, t. v. — eacli placenta, one on each side ; they are not 

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



' There are most usually only two ovules on Canella. 



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