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VII. THE INFLORESCENCE, and VIII, THE FRUIT-(« ™\M). 



DECIDUOUS STAMINIFEROUS RING. 



a. —Continuous. 



b. — Discontinuous (Eudesmieae.) 



Bentham (B. Fl. Ill, 185) speaks of " Stamens numerous, in several series " 

 . . . . Mueller " Stamens inserted close to the edge of the calyx tube in several 

 rows " (Eucalyptographia). 



The staminal ring is an annular membrane to which are attached the stamens 

 in more than one row. It is persistent in the majority of species, but deciduous in a few. 

 In those cases in which it is deciduous, the ring may be pulled off (or drops off) with the 

 stamens attached. Probably in most species (in which it passes as persistent) it is 

 deciduous at an early date. In a number of cases it is semi-deciduous, that is to say, 

 while its presence is obvious, it is not always deciduous. 



These " staminiferous rims or rings " are called also " annular rim " and 

 " deciduous rim." (I have occasionally used the term " halo ring.") 



Following are the species in which they have been observed: — • 



E. Dawsoni, figs, la, lb, Plate 175 (shows well the stamens attached; the ring 

 may be likened to a collar in this species). 



As a rule, one notices this deciduous ring better in the fruit, for example — ■ 

 E. affinis, Figs, 3d, 5, 6, 7, Plate 57. 

 E. Behriana, Fig. 6d, Plate 48. 

 E. Beyeri, Fig. 3c, Plate 199. 

 E. bicolor, Fig. 5d, Plate 49. 

 E. Bosistoana, Figs. 26, 4/, Plate 49. 

 E. Caleyi, Fig. 13/, Plate 56. 

 E. crebra, Fig. 9, Plate 53. 

 E. diversicolor, Figs. 11 and 12, Plate 86. 

 E. diversifolia, Part XXXIII, p. 86. 

 E. eremophila, Figs. Id and 10, Plate 149. 

 E. grossa, Fig. la, Plate 72. 

 E. Guilfoylei, Figs. 3a, 36 and 4, Plate 87. 

 E. hemiphloia, Figs. 4 and 5, Plate 50. 

 E. leucoxylon, Fig. 8, Plate 56. 

 E. melliodora, Figs, lc, 86, Plate 61. 

 E. panicidata, Figs. 14, 15, Plate 57, and Id, Plate 196. 

 E. patens, Fig. 4, Plate 88. 



E. polyanthemos, Figs, lc, 10c, lOd, Plate 58 and 36, Plate 59. 

 E. pruinosa, Fig. la, Plate 54 (so labelled, but it is really E. Shirleyi). 

 E. Shirleyi, see E. pruinosa. 

 E. sideroxylon, Fig. 12, Plate 55. 

 E. Websteriana, Fig. 46, Plate 143. 

 See also the Eudesmiese, under the caption " Bundling or Tuftiness of the 

 Stamens." at p. 37. 



