166 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



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



Antiaris toxicaria. 



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



flower (•«). inflorescence (-«). 



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



