240 



NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



290-299) has regular hermaplirodite flowers, and the receptacle is 

 like a small sphere at the to]) of the peduncle. The calyx consists 



Monodora Mj/ristica, 



Fig. 298. 

 Longitudinal section of flower. 



Fig. 299. 

 Longitudinal section of frnit (\). 



of three sepals valvate in the bud. The corolla is gamopetalous, its 

 six petals being united near the base into a short broad tube/ and 



' This tube, usually passed over in descrip- and then the petals rise in the opposite direc- 

 tions unnoticed, is first rcflexcd on the peduncle, tion. 



