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between the ovary and perigone, deciduous ; filaments entirely 

 connate into a broad tube, somewhat enlarged towards the 

 base, often dehiscing vertically on one side, firm, pale, longitud- 

 inally about 13— 14-nerved (therefore the filaments are probably 

 about 13—14 in original number ; nerves not close, simple or 

 sometimes forked at the top in the antheral region and 

 disappear at that place) ; anther broadly belt-like, enlarged 

 below, adnate to the whole outer face of the connate connective, at 

 first smooth in surface and entirely covered with a very thin cellu- 

 lar -(composed of one layer) colourless semi-diaphanous brittle 

 membrane, which then soon break, white, soft, porous, extrorse ; 

 pores, which are the theca full of pollen, minute, numerous, 

 closely scattered, vertically fusiform-elliptical elliptical or ova 

 in form ; pollen light yellow, soon confluent on surface of the 

 anther, spheerical, smooth, fleshy ; connective-tips connate into 

 one and depressed-conical, provided with a close minute orifice 

 at the top, thickish, smooth, firm, pale. Ovary superior 

 solitary, terminal, sessile, large, slightly exserted, oval or ovoid 

 or broad-ellipsoid, smooth but longitudinally obscure -striate, 

 pale-ros3^ or rosy, rather thickly walled, 1-celled, with parietal 

 placentas ; placentas about 9-13, very protruded from the wall 

 towards centre, lamelliform and septiform, thick, fleshy, con- 

 tracted at the base, thinner towards the apical margin, very 

 densely and numerousely ovuliferous on the both surfaces and 

 margin, white ; style crowned at the top of ovary and sub- 

 articulated to it, erect, short, very thick, somewhat contracted 

 under the stigma and shorter that it, subconical, pale but often 

 rosy at the base ; stigma pale-fulvo-brownish, semisphaerico- 

 conical, umbonate at the top, the umbo with an obscure cross 

 groove on one side ; face minutely subgranulato-rugulose. 

 Ovules minute, obovoid-ellipsoid, with a short or long funicule, 

 cellular-rugose on surface, anatropous. Fruit baccate, indehis- 

 cent (?), slightly larger than the ovary, often longitudinally 

 sulcato-striate on surface. Seeds minute, very numerous, 

 obovato-ellipsoid, reticulated on surface, with a hard testa. 



Parasitic, small, erect, solitary, apartly or approximately or 

 aggregately placed, glabrous. Yolva solitary, very rarely few- 



