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8. Tricholobus Bl. — Flowers hermaphrodite ; receptacle short 

 conical. Calyx 5-partite val-vate, not growing after anthesis. Petals 

 5, alternisepalous, longer than sepals, imbricated or contorted in 

 aistivation. Stamens 10 (of Connarus) ; 5 oppositipetalous shorter, 

 with sterile anthers or antherless ; filament finally elongated, reflexed 

 at apex. Carpel 1; ovary sessile, tapering into a terminal style, 

 with dilated stigmatiferous apex. Ovules 2, collateral, orthotropous 

 or subanatropous ; micropyle superior. Fruit sessile or stipitate : 

 pericarp glabrous within, finally dehiscing longitudinally by 2 suturi 

 Seed of Connarus, supported on a basilar aril of variable form ; emhr 

 fleshy, thick exalbuminous. — Trees or shrubs ; leaves alternate impaii- 

 pinnate or 1-foliolate [Mlipanthus) ; flowers in axillary or terminal, 

 simple or compound, racemes {India, Indian Archipelago, Malaysia, 

 Cochin- China). See p. 9. 





