DIPTEROCARPACE. 211 
the former quincuncially imbricated, the latter contorted in præ- 
floration ; the stamens, also slightly perigynous, are free, and each 
formed of a short filament and an elongated anther with narrow 
connective, a little flattened, elongated into a point above the linear 
cells, slightly introrse or almost marginal, dehiscing longitudinally. 
The gynæceum is almost entirely free, superior, formed of a three- 
Dryobalanops aromatica. 

Fig. 212. 

Fie, 213. Fie, 214. 
Long. sect. of flower (#). Long. sect. of fruit. 
celled ovary, complete or incomplete, surmounted by a style the stig- 
matiferous apex of which is slightly dilated, hollowed, and crenate 
upon the edges. In the internal angle of each cell may be observed 
two collateral descending incompletely anatropous ovules, with the 
micropyle looking upwards and outwards. ‘The fruit is a capsule 
opening from the apex into three panels with a triangular summit. 
It is set in a short basilar cupule, supporting upon its edges five 
large elongated wings, obtuse at the apex, nearly equal to each other, 
membranous, rigid or almost coriaceous. In the capsule is found a 
seed, or more rarely two, which often germinate in the interior of 
the pericarp (fig. 214). Each of them encloses under its coats 
P 2 
