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imbedded in r(>sinous pulp. — Trees or shrubs often climbing ; 

 tlowere k'rmiiud or suboppositilblious on a gemmiferous twig 

 (//''. and E. of Tropical Africa, Madagascar), See p. 239. 



IV. EUPOMATIE^. 



29. Eupomatia R. Br. — Flowers hermaphrodite. Perianth (). 

 Stamens cr., perigynous, and carpels oc, in a spiral within the con- 

 cavity of the turbinate receptacle. Outer stamens fertile ; anthers 

 2-celled extrorse, dehiscing longitudinally ; connective acuminate 

 above the cells ; inner sterile petaloid, glandular or not glandular, 

 imbricated ; all connate at base, finally deciduous together. Car- 

 pels immersed in the torus, free except the very base ; ovary 

 cc -ovulate, the back produced into a horizontal areola ; style short, 

 rather prominent internally, apex stigmatiferous capitate. Fruit 

 baccate within the urceolate turbinate receptacle, marginate above ; 

 berries or, included 1-cc-seeded. Seeds {(A ^\^ AnonacecB) ; albumen 

 slightly ruminated. — Shrubs ; stem erect or chiefly subterranean ; 

 leaves alternate glabrous ; flowers solitary terminal or 1 , 2, axillary, 

 superposed, accompanied by a leaf bud [Australia). See p. 242. 



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