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NATVBAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



are the same in the Cashews (fig. 321-324), which have also a 

 double imbricate perianth in their polygamous flowers, and a uni- 



Mangifera indica. 



Fig. 319. Hermaphrodite 

 flower (^). 



Fig. 318. Portion of 

 inflorescence. 



Fig. 320. Longitudinal section 

 of flower. 



carpellary ovary with simple style. But the stamens, completely 

 united at the base in a ring of but slight thickness, are double in 



Anaca^dium ooeidentale. 



u 



Fig. 322. Hermaphrodite flower 

 without the perianth (f). 



Kg. 321. Male flower (^). 



Fig. 323. Longitudinal section 

 of hermaphrodite flower. 



number to the petals. Only one of them, or two or three, more 

 developed than the others, are provided with a well-shaped anther 



