156 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



the flowers are dioecious ; the males have a tetramerous calyx and 



Antiaris ioxkaria. 



Fig. 121. Long. sect, of female Kg. 119. Floriferous branch. Kg. 120. Portion of male 



fi°'«"'r (*)• inflorescence (f). 



four stamens superposed to its divisions ; the females have a free 



