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lower leaves. There was very little evidence of a constant 
or annual floral periodicity in the trees examined. It is 
interesting to note that though, this endemic species is monoe¬ 
cious, only the male flowers have been previously described. 
The sex, female flowers, and fruits are here described from 
material I obtained in the forest in 1901. 
Male inflorescence consists of a sessile or subsessile cluster 
of 1-9 flowers in the axil of leaves or on old twigs. The 
male flowers never terminate a young shoot and usually 
occupy the part below the female flower or flowers ; they 
are rarely mixed with female flowers in the same cluster. 
Each flower is subtended by a small caducous green bracteole. 
The flowers are yellow, fragrant when fresh and measure 
10 mm. when unopened. (See pi. VI., figs. 3, 4). 
Calyx brown or green, diameter 16 mm.; segments 4, 
acuminate apex, sub-glabrous, 4 mm. long. 
Corolla yellow, tubular, swollen at base, when open mea¬ 
sures 15 mm. long ; segments 4, rotate, with tapering acute 
apex, half of outer surface covered with brown hairs, 5 mm. 
long, 2*5 mm. wide at base. 
Stamens 8 (4 + 4), epipetalous, usually in pairs but fila¬ 
ments not united, inner shorter than outer ; pairs usually 
alternate with corolla segments, though liable to variation ; 
anthers yellow, apiculate, glabrous apex, hairy at back, 
2*5 mm. long ; filaments white, covered with long unicellular 
hairs, 1 mm. long, sometimes absent or very short for inner 
stamen. 
Pistil absent or as a central pubescent apiculate structure. 
The female flowers and fruits have not been previously 
described. Flowers usually solitary terminating young 
shoot, subsessile or on peduncle measuring 8-15 mm. long, 
2 mm. diameter; peduncle greenish, finely pubescent,and 
may or may not bear bracteoles ; yellow, fragrant. (See pi. 
VI., fig. 1). 
Calyx green, outside finely pubescent, 9 mm. total length, 
diameter 4 mm.; segments 4, rarely 3, deeply cut, tapering 
acute apex, thick, 6 mm. long. 
