1*7-2 cm. long, 1*5-1 *7 cm. broad, ovate, apiculate, suboordate, 

 at the base. Fertile stamens 4; filaments 2*5 cm. long, 

 terete, bent inwards above ; anthers 7 mm. long, linear. 

 Staminodes 5 mm. long, setaceous, sometimes deeply 2-lobed. 

 Ovary on a long gynophore 1*5 cm. long, silky pubescent; 

 style 5 mm. long, stigma capitate. Fruit 12*5 cm. long, 

 2*5 cm. broad, with a double margin along one edge, oblanceo- 

 late, tipped with the persistent style, and narrowed at the 

 base. Seeds 1*9 cm. long, oblong, flattened, dark brown. 



Plate 79. — Fig. 1, surface view of flower to show staminodes, the limb of 

 the petals removed ; Fig. 2, pistil, showing long gynophore ; Fig. 3, stamen ; 

 Figs. 4, 5, front and side views of calyx ; Fig. 6, fruit. 



F.P.S.A., 1922 



