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8. Tricholobus Bu.—Flowers hermaphrodite ; receptacle short 
conical. Calyx 5-partite valvate, not growing after anthesis. Petals 
5, alternisepalous, longer than sepals, imbricated or contorted in 
estivation. Stamens 10 (of Connarus) ; 5 oppositipetalous shorter, 
with sterile anthers or antherless ; filament finally elongated, reflexed 
at apex. Carpel 1; ovary sessile, tapering into a terminal style, 
with dilated stigmatiferous apex. Ovules 2, collateral, orthotropous 
or subanatropous ; micropyle superior. Fruit sessile or stipitate : 
pericarp glabrous within, finally dehiscing longitudinally by 2 sutures. 
Seed of Connarus, supported ‘on a basilar aril of variable form ; embryo 
fleshy, thick exalbuminous.—Trees or shrubs ; leaves alternate impari- 
pinnate or 1-foliolate (Alipanthus) ; flowers in axillary or terminal, 
simple or compound, racemes (ludia, Indian Archipelago, Malaysia, 
Cochin-China). See p. 9. 
