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there are buds of the blossom and foliage of the next season. These 

 buds are also well worthy of a more extended microscopical study. 



Petiole. — Brandis very accurately describes it as " ^ inch, 

 hairy, often villous or woolly;" not unoften it is slightly twisted on 

 its axis. 



FLOWERS. — White ; fragrant ; hermaphrodite ; silky white, 

 jointed on the pedicel ; in axillary, close small fascicles or condensed 

 cymes. The flowers are seldom, hardly ever, more than three at a 

 time in each axil. Pedicels pointed, very short ; \ inch. 



Bracts. — Clarke says (in Hooker's Flora of British India, vol. ii, 

 pp. 741,742) that the bracts are entirely absent. Brandis, on the 

 other hand, says that "the pedicels are bracteate " {op. cit.). Brandis 

 further remarks that the peduncles and pedicels are usually woolly. 



Estivation. — "Twisted " say Wight and Arnott (Prodromus, 

 p. 325) ; valvate says Clarke. This is notably so in the corolla. 



CALYX. — Tubular ; calyx tube woolly ; minutely 5 — 10 toothed ; 

 " turbinate " says Brandis. Adnate to ovary ; green ; accrescent. 

 The green colour of the calyx remains to the last, even in mature 

 fruit. 



COROLLA. — Very showy ; greenish when unexpanded on the 

 dorsal surface. Varying in colour when fully expanded from pale- 

 white to cream- white, with an occasional dash of light crimson or pink. 



Petals. — Strap-shaped or linear oblong ; reflexed ; deciduous ; 

 varying- in number from 5 or 6 to 10 ; this has given rise to the 

 species described as A. hexapetalum and A. decapetalum, Wight and 

 Arnott observe that the number of petals corresponds to the number 

 of the segments of the calyx. " Blunt, tawny-velvetty," says Kurz. 



ANDRCECIUM :— 



Stamens. — Deciduous ; exserted ; varying in length from | to 

 1| inch, woolly without (Brandis). Twice as many as the 

 petals ; thrice says Hooker, and four times as much say 

 Wight and Arnott, as also Kurz (op. cit.). 



Filaments.— Distinct but short ; " with long stiff hairs at base " 

 (Brandis); " densely hirsute " says Kurz. 



Anthers. — Very long ; basifixed (Brandis) ; Wight and Arnott 

 say " they are introrse, 2-celled, often sterile " (Prodromas, 

 p. 325). 



