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CCXIX. CHLOEANTHACE^. 



Sarcandra chloranOwides. 

 Transverse section of fruit. 



Chloranthvs. 

 Young fruit. 



Cklorantlms. 

 Kipe fruit. 



Chloranthus. 

 Embryo (mag.). 



■ side. Flowers small, terminal, or rarely axillary, each sunk in an avicular bract, 

 or rarely naked. Perianth 0. Stamens in the $ inserted on a common axis and 

 forming a spike, sometimes scattered and bracteate, sometimes close, imbricate and 

 ebracteate 5 ^Zamew^s short; anther-cells marginal on the connective, dehiscence 

 longitudinal. Stamens in the 5 1-3, imited with the dorsal face of the ovary, the 

 2 lateral with 1-celled anthers, the intermediate one with a 2-celled anther; cells 



