238 ACCOUNT OF THE ULE-TR.EE 



Flowers axillary to the leaves, the female solitary 

 and sessile, the male on a very short pedicle, two 

 or more, seldom three together, alternate with 

 the female flowers at the lower part of the 

 branches ; at the top are male flowers only, gene- 

 rally solitary. 



Calyx both of the male and female flowers im- 

 bricated, with hemispherical straw-colored mem- 

 branaceous scales; at the time of fecundation, those 

 of the male usually lengthen out and split to let 

 out the stamens, and those of the female extend 

 in proportion to the growth of the germ. The 

 small pedicle that supports the male flowers, and 

 which scarcely exceeds the length of two lines, is 

 like the calyx, covered with minute scales. 



Stamens white, and though the outer ones arc 

 gradually longer, and all of them appear to become 

 more extended at the time of fecundation, yet 

 they scarcely exceed the length of the last scales 

 of the calyx. Anthers roundish, and of a deep 

 yellow color. 



Fruit : from five to twenty oval drupes obsoletely 

 triangular, somewhat larger than a pea, fixed with 



