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Sb. Plan of the top of the flower, 

 (a) Calyx-rim. 

 (6) Thickness of calyx-tube. 



(c) Staminal ring. 



(d) Ovary. 



(e) Base of style. 



(Ourimbah State Forest, New South Wales, W. A. W. de Beuzeville.) 



Sc. Bipe fruit, illustrating capsular disc. 



(a) Calyx-tube. 



(6) Line indicating calyx-rim. 



(61) Line indicating the inner edge of calyx. 



(c) Raised staminal ring. 



(d) Capsular disc. 



(e) Valves of the capsule. 



(Kuranda, Xorth Queensland, Bliss Edwards.) 



8d. Ripe fruit, illustrating the capsular disc, which is more domed than in Sc. 

 (a) Calyx-tube. 

 (6) Calyx-rim. 

 (61) Line indicating inner edge of calyx-tube. 



(c) Capsular disc. 



(d) Valves of the capsule. 



(Wyong, New South Wales, J. L. Boorman.) 



E. resinifera Sm. Floral disc annular, carnose, dark purple-brown, projecting a little beyond the 

 staminal ring. Capsular disc annular, truncate, the inner portion more or less sloping towards the valvey ; 

 staminal ring sometimes absorbed by the disc. 



9a. Blustrating the floral disc. (Enlarged.) 



(a) Calyx-tube. 



(b) Calyx-rim. 

 (61) Thickness. 



(c) Raised staminal ring. 



(d) Floral disc. 



(e) Ovary and portion of style. 



9b. Longitudinal section of flower, illustrating the floral disc. . 



(a) Calvx-tube. 



(6) Thickness of calyx-tube. 



(c) Top of calvx-tube. 



(d) Staminal rin". 



(e) Floral disc. 

 (J) Top of ovary. 



(</) Ovules attached to placenta. 

 (It) Placental column. 



(Tintenbar, New South Wales, W. Baeuerlen.) 



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