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IX. LARDIZABALE^. 



Lardizahdla. 

 Flower-bud (mag.). 



SolboeUia latifoha: 



Lardizahala. 

 Diagram ^ . 



Lardizahala. 

 Expanded flower (mag.)- 



Lar^zahala. 

 Pistil. 



Lavdizabala hiternata. 

 I'mit, 



(S) 



Lardizahala. 

 Diagram 9* 



Lardizahala, 

 Transverse section of ovary. 



Lardizahala, 

 Seed, entire and cut transversely (mag.)- 



Decaisnea. 



Transverse section 



of carpel. 



the petals ; filaments cylindric, monadelplious or rarely free {Akebia, Holbcellia) ; 

 anthers extrorse, apiculate, very rarely muticous [Akebia). Ovaeibs rudimentary, 

 2-3 or more, fleshy. Flowees ? , a little larger, calyx and corolla as in the $ . 

 Stambns 6 ; anthers imperfect or 0. Ovaeibs 3, rarely 6-9 {Ahebia), distinct, sessile, 

 1-celled ; styles short or obsolete ; stigmas terminal, papillose, peltate, obtuse or 

 conical; ovules many, rarely few {Boquila), inserted all over the wall in separate 

 alveolae, or 2-seriate along the ventral' suture (Decaisnea), anatropous or campylo- 

 tropous. Eipe caepbls baccate, indehiscent or dehiscent (Decaisnea). Sbeds 

 buried in the pulp, testa thin. Embeto usually minute, at the base of a copious 

 fleshy-horny albumen ; cotyledons flat. 



