MONIMIACE^. 331 



in female go, free sessile crowded on the torus ; style of variable 

 form; ovule 1 {oi Pemnus). Drupes co, free inserted on a slii,^htly 

 concave or convex receptacle, often stipitate. Seed pendulous (of 

 Ilortonia). — Small trees or shrubs evergreen ; leaves opposite ; flowers 

 axillary cymose or racemose {Amtralia, Oceania). See p. 292. 



6. Mollinedia R. & Pav. — Flowers monoecious or dioecious ; recep- 

 tacle of variable form, more or less concave ; perigonium sacciform, 

 externally naked or with a few bracts ; apex more or less deeply 

 lobed ; lobes usually 4, 5, more rarely 6, imbricated, finally spread- 

 ing ; perigonium more rarely deeply 4-fid, split down the sinuses. 

 Scales 0, or more rarely few (staminodes ?) in throat of receptacle. 

 Stamens 4-40, inserted in co vertical rows inside receptacle from 

 mouth to base, all fertile, or 1, 2 external scale-like ; filaments very 

 short or almost wanting, erect ; anthers selliform ; cells 2, linear 

 lateral dehiscing longitudinally ; lines of dehiscence finally con- 

 fluent. Perigonium of female flower circumcissile, coming off close 

 to base of sac. Carpels co, free, included, inserted on persistent 

 finally cupuliform base of receptacle; ovary 1 -celled ; ovule 1 (of 

 Iledycarya) : style of variable Ibrm stigmatiferous towards apex 

 caducous. Fruit of Hedycarya. — Trees or shrubs ; leaves opposite or 

 more rarely verticillate ; flowers usually cymose ; cymes terminal or 

 axillary, 2-pluriparous or more rarely 1 -parous, often few-flowered, 

 very rarely 2-1 -flowered {Trojncal and subtropical America, Australia, 

 Indian Archipelago, Madagascar). See p. 293. 



7. Monimia Dur.-Tn. — Flowers dioecious; receptacle of male 

 sacciform ovoid, bearing on its contracted throat a very small 

 4-6-merous, finally 4-6-partite perianth. Stamens co, inserted within 

 the sac ; filaments free inflexed, finally erect, witli 2 lateral stipitate 

 glands at base ; anthers basifixed dehiscing by 2 lateral introrse 

 or extrorse clefts. Perigonium of female flower not cleft, finally 

 becoming thick and fleshy around the fruit. Ovaries few (4-G), or 



CO, free sessile in pilose bottom of receptacle ; ovule 1 {o^ ^follinedia) ; 

 style slender terminal, apex stigmatose exserted from narrow mouth 

 of receptacle. Drupes cr, 1 -seeded, finally freed by tearing of recep- 

 tacle. Seeds of Mollinedia. — Shrubs, covered with a usually stellate 

 pubescence; leaves opposite ; flowers axillary cymose {Islands S.IJ. 

 of Africa). See p. 299. 



