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filaments 2-plicate-irLflexed in bud, finally straight and longexserted, 

 anther introrse in bud 2-rimose. Germen rudimentary central, in- 

 serted at summit of stipes between filaments either thinly and rather 

 long or oftener shortly obconical papillose. Calyx of female flowers 

 00 -merous, sepals unequal, sub-free or more or less connate at base, 

 valvate. Germen sessile 3-locular ; style rather thick erect ; branches 

 3, thick erect, unequally incised or sometimes 2-lobed, inwardly 

 densely papillose-stigmatiferous ; ovule solitary in cell. Fniit . . ? — 

 A shrub or tree (?) simply and stellate-tomentose ; leaves alternate 

 petiolate penninerved ; stipules small or deciduous ; flowers at summit 

 of twigs and in the axils of upper leaves loosely racemose ; male 

 capitate ; capitules globose, in branches of lateral or terminal 

 racemes pedunculate ; female flowers solitary or few, rather thicker 

 pedunculate in the same branches, lateral and inferior to the male, 

 or more rarely superior.^ (Borneo ^). 



73. Ramelia H. Bn.' — Flowers monoecious apetalous ; male calyx 

 valvate, 2-3-partite. Stamens 2, 3, alternating with petals ; central 

 filaments free incurved ; anthers introrse ; cells adnate rimose. 

 Female calyx 4-6-partite ; leaves unequal rather thick acute, imbri- 

 cated. Germen longer than calyx; cells 3 (anterior 1), or more 

 rarely 4, 1-ovulate ; style entire obconical at base infundibuliform * 

 above,' 3-4-lobed ; lobes connate at base thickly subpetaloid elon- 

 gate 3-angular, stigmatiferous within and at margin. Capsule 3-4 

 coccous ; cocci descendent ; seeds scantily arillate at micropyle ; 

 albuminous embryo shorter and narrower, — A skrub ; leaves alter- 

 nate falsely verticillate penninerved ; flowers in spikes axillary, lateral 

 and terminal; spikes l-sex\ial; male filiform remotely glomeruli- 

 ferous ; female thicker ; bracts like sepals and 2-glanduliferous at base 

 1-florous; bractlets 2, lateral.^ (Netv Caledonia.^) 



74? Caryodendron ICarst.' — "Flowers dioecious; male-calyx 

 3-4 -partite, valvate. Stamens equal to calyx lobes in number and 

 alternating with them; filaments free, cvolute 4-lobed inserted round 

 rudiment of gynseceum, thick gradually acuminate ; anthers finally 



1 A genus therefore allied to Akhornca and corolla. 



Ramelitt, whence near Cephalocroton (much ' A genus sometimes referred to Alchoriiea 



better reduced to a sect, of this as formerly and hence to Cleidion differing by definite 



known). number ot stamens and fabric of styles. 



- Spec. 1. C. Bcccoriaiia, H. Bn. loc. cU. " Spec. 1. S. codoiiostylis H. Bn. loc. eit. 



^ In Adansotiia,Td. IZi. ' Fl. Columh. 91, t. 45. — M. Akg. Prudr. 



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