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tary in the bracts; stamens 6-10, central; filaments short ; 
anthers didymous, equally 4-locellate; pistillode 0; styles 
connate; fruit indehiscent ............cc0.0cesc00s Endospermum. 
Calyx in male flower ae to the base, closed in bud, or, if 
3-5-lobed or -toothed, open in bud :— 
{Calyx of male flower dead in bud, usually membranous, 
oblong, ovoid or globose, splitting valvately to the ba: 
into 3-5 concave sepals, the sepals of female flowers some- 
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§Styles distinct, usually long, entire, 2-fid, multifid 
Rf 
or papillose-fimbriate ; erect herbs or trees, or erect, 
rarely climbing shrubs; fruit capsular, rarely dru- 
sh 
tyles undivided, spreading, foe short ; 
flowers usually diwcious; disk of 3 hypogynous 
es Claoxylon 
se 
iss filiform, long, laciniate or fimbriate; 
cecious, males minute, ebracteate, 
satis at base of male spikes or in separate 
spikes, usually with a large bract ; 
cal 
Anther-cells oblong-parallel or tater interally 
attached to the connective; trees or shrubs 
Anther-cells 2; stamens man 
Leaves — flowers neh large, dicecious ; 
males in lax, lateral racemes, one to each bract, 
females wolitnes; on a long peduncle or race- 
mose; anther-cells ee, fruit a 
disk never present 
Leaves alternate or opposite; flowers es or 
minute, monecious or dicecious, in axillary or 
terminal, simple or panicled spikes or racemes ; 
de 
otu 
—— o-A-nerllalns ie cells agus spe 
y or few; disk 0; trees shrubs ; 
ea feih at csamiak im 
Styles very long, 2-fid; flowers monecious or 
