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anthers introrse, soraetimes apiculated by connective. Germen 

 almost wholly superior ; cells 2, 3, <x> -ovulate ; styles slender re- 

 curved, persistent. Capsule small turgid, septicidally 2, 3-valved ; 

 valves boat-shaped, gaping- within above. Seeds go , ovoid, laxly 

 pilose outside ; albumen fleshy scanty ; embryo axile cylindrical. — 

 Small trees ; leaves opposite imparipinnate ; leaflets sharply ser- 

 rate ; stipules deciduous ; flowers numerous, ebracteate, in much 

 branching cymiferous racemes (Australia, New Zealand). See p. 378. 



80 ? Spireeopsis Miq. — " Flowers dioecious ; male calyx free, 

 5-6-partite, valvate persistent. Petals 5, 6, subequal to calyx, in- 

 serted outside pitted urceolate subcrenulate annular disk. Stamens 

 10-12, inserted with petals, 2-seriate ; filaments exserted ; anthers 

 subglobose-2-dymous ; connective produced beyond cells. Germen 

 sterile small hirsute. Perianth of female flower same as in male. 

 Stamens 0. Germen ellipsoid, surrounded by disk at base, 2-celled; 

 styles 2, free, patulous, capitellate at stigmatose apex ; ovules few, 

 2-seriately inserted in internal angle of cells, oblong imbricate. 

 Capsule 2-celled ; cells gaping inside ; seeds co , fusiform, mem- 

 branous-winged on both sides, imbricate. — A stellate-tomentose 

 tree, resinous-punctate ; leaves opposite petiolate imparipinnate ; 

 leaflets 2, 3-jugal opposite, elliptical or ovate-oblong, acuminate 

 serrate coriaceous, covered above with stellate hairs, beneath with 

 peltate scales ; flowers in large compound axillary and terminal 

 many-flowered panicles ; males lax ; females denser" (Celebes). 

 See p. 378. 



81 ? Davidsonia F. Muell. — Flowers 4, 5-merous ; sepals thick 

 valvate. Stamens 8-10 ; filaments free short, inserted under narrow 

 ciliate disk ; anthers introrse 2-rimose. Germen free, 2-celled ; 

 styles 2, free, setaceous, apex stigmatose minute. Ovules generally 

 6-8 in each cell, inserted in edge of orbiculate placenta, afterwards 

 descending. " Fruit dry dehiscent ; cells 2, 1-seeded. Seed 

 descending ; cotyledons of exalbuminous embryo straight plano- 

 convex ; radicle very short superior." — A tree (stinging) ; leaves 

 alternate imparipinnate ; stipules herbaceous ; flowers small glo- 

 merate-spicate in large branching racemes axillary to higher leaves 

 (North Eastern Australia). See p. 378. 



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