166 • NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



the flowers are dioecious ; the males have a tetramerous calyx and 



Autiaris toxicaria. 



Fig. 121. Long. sect, of female Fig. 119. Floriferous branch. Fig. 120. Portion of male 



^oy^^Hi)- "" inflorescence (f). 



four stamens superposed to its divisions ; the females have a free 



