:214 NATURAL HISTORY OP PLANTS. 



filaments 2-plicate-inflexed in bud, finally straight and long exserted, 

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

 serted at summit of stipes between filaments either thinly and rather 

 long or oftener shortly obconical papillose. Calyx of female flowers 

 CO -raerous, 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. Fruit . . ? — 

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

 petiolate penuiuervcd ; 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 shrub ; leaves alter- 

 nate falsely verticillate penninerved ; flowers in spikes axillary, lateral 

 and terminal ; spikes 1 -sexual ; male filiform remotely glomeruli- 

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

 1-florous; bractlets 2, lateral.® [Wew Caledonia.^) 



74 ? Caryodendron Kakst.'' — " Flowers diœcious ; male-calyx 

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

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

 rudiment of gynseceum, thick gradually acuminate ; anthers finally 



' A genus therefore allied to Alchornea and corolla. 



Hmneliu, whence near Cephalocrotmi (much * A genus sometimes referred to Alchornea 



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



known). number oi stamens and fabric of styles. 



2 Spec. 1. C. Seccoriaua, H. Bn. loc. cit. 6 Spec. 1. R. codonostylis H. Bpf. loc. cit. 



^ 1uAdaiisoina,Tà.lZ2. ^ Fl. Columb. 91, t. 4.5.— M. Aua. jProdr. 



^ Representing a thick infundibuliform 765 



