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Fia. 189. Barringtonia ai utangula, Qaertn. A. 



:.. CAREYA, Etoxb.; PI. Brit. lad. ii. 510. 



Leaves alternate, not gland-dotted. PL Large, showy, tetramerous. Calyx- 

 tube adnate to ovary and not produced beyond it. Stamens »,iu several 

 circles, united at the base into b thick fleshy ring, the stamens of the exterior 

 and interior circle generally without anthers. Ovar\ l-colleil. ovules numer- 

 ous, attached to axile placentas. Fr. globose, rind thick, -reds numerous, 

 embedded in a fleshy pulp. Embryo large, structure similar to thai of Bar 

 ringtonia, albumen it. Species H, one in North Australia and Queensland. 



