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of a free filament, and elongated, two-celled, introrse anther, dehis- 
cing by two longitudinal clefts.! Higher, in front of the sepals, the 
sides of the receptacular cone bear five alternipetalous carpels, inde- 
Coriaria myrtifolia. 

Hie. 522, Fie. 521, Fr@. 523. 
Flower, calyx taken away, Female flower (+). Long. sect, of flower. 
pendent of each other, the one-celled ovary tapering above into a 
long, slender, flexuous style, quite covered with stigmatic papillæ. 
In the internal angle of each ovary a parietal placenta is found sup- 
porting one single, anatropous, descending ovule with superior and 
Coriaria myrtifolia. 

Fi, 524. Fie, 525, 
Fruit (5), Long, sect. of fruit. 
inferior micropyle, and with dorsal raphe.* The fruit is formed of five 
carpels, at first drupaceous, then almost completely dry, borne by 
the receptacle become fleshy, and it is furnished at the base with the 
persistent calyx, and the petals become thicker, fleshy, prominent, 
corner-shaped or carinate in the interval of the carpels. In each of 

} The pollen in ©. myrtifolia is “rounded; upon three but slightly prominent angles is an oval 
pore with large round halo.” (H. Mout, in Ann. Se. Nat., sér. 2, iti. 337.) 
2 With double coat, 
VOL. IV. EE 
