UBTICACE^. 



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single stamen or carpel. The stamen (figs. 547-549), resembling 

 that of the Nettles, is accompanied on the outer side by a gamo- 



Forskohlea tenacissima. 



Fig. 547. 

 Inflorescence (^). 



Fig. 548. 

 Long. sect, of inflorescence. 



sepalous sort of bract, obtusely tridentate at the apex, and perhaps 

 representing a triphyllous perianth, cleft right down on the inside. 

 There is no rudimentary gynseceum. In the female flower 



Forskohlea tenacissima. 



Fig. 550. 

 Female flower {\). 



Fig. 549. 



Male flower (f ). 



Fig. 551. 

 Long. sect, of female flower. 



(figs. 550, 551) there is a perianth (?) analogous to that of the 

 male ; and inside this a uniovulate ovary, like that of the Nettles, 

 tapering info a long slender style, covered with hairs. 1 The fruit is 



1887.— Wedd., Monogr., 532, t. 19, B ; Prodr., 

 235 54 . — Forskalea J., Gen., 403. — G^ETN., 

 Fruet., i. 332, t. 68. — Lamk., Diet., ii. 521 ; III., 

 t. 388.— Caiclbeja Foese., Fl. Mg.-Arab., 82. 

 1 The ovary when young looks just like a little 



oval leaf, folded into a cornet with a very oblique 

 mouth, and tapers to an apex in front, where the 

 style is to he ; while the ovule takes origin behind 

 at the bottom of the gaping orifice. 



