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NATURAL HISTORY OP PLANTS. 



are the same in the Cashews (fig. 321-324), which have also a 

 double imbricate perianth in their polygamous flowers, and a uni- 



3Ia)igifera Indiva. 



Fig. 319. Hermaplirodite 

 flower (i). 



Fig. 318. Portion of 

 inflorescence. 



Fig. 320. Longitudinal section 

 of flower. 



carpellary ovary with simple style. But the stamens, completely 

 united at the base in a ring of but slight thickness, are double in 



Anacffrdimn occideuiale. 



Fig. ^22. Hermaplivoilite flower 

 without the perinntli CJ). 



Fig. 321. Male flower (f). 



Fig. 323. Longitudinal section 

 of hermaplirodite flower. 



number to the petals. Only one of them, or two or three, more 

 developed than the others, are provided with a well-shaped anther 



