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hiscing longitudinally. The gjnseceum, inserted in the bottom of 

 the receptacle, consists of a shortly stipitate ovary surmounted by an 

 incurved style, truncate or slightly dilated at its stigmatiferous 

 apex. Along the vexillary edge of the ovary is a vertical placenta 

 whose two lips each support an indefinite number of descending 



Toluifera Balsamum {Balsam of Tolu Plant). 





Fig. 198. 

 Flower (-^). 



Fig. 197. 

 Habit (i). 



Fig. 199. 

 Longitudinal section of flower. 



campylotropous ovules with their micropyles looking upwards 

 and outwards. The fruit is a rounded or slightly compressed 

 coriaceous woody or even fleshy moniliform pod, sometimes opening 

 late into two valves. To each dilatation of the pericarp cor- 

 responds a descending exarillate campylotropous seed, containing 

 within its coats an exalbuminous embryo with thick fleshy 

 cotyledons and a superior radicle ; this last may be short and 

 nearly straight, or longer and inflexed. Sophora consists of trees, 

 shrubs, and perennial herbs inhabiting all warm climates. Some 



