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are oftener near the top divided into three short branches, 
each with one flower. The bractese are oblong, pointed, 
concave, entire, thick, whitish, and situated at the basis of 
each peduncle. 
" Calyx or flower cup it has none, but in its place the 
flower is surrounded with a spathaceous germ, of a thick 
leathery substance, green, but reddish on the side which 
has faced the sun ; before this germ bursts, it is of a round 
form, and its size is of a small pea. It bursts commonly, 
so that one side is higher than the other, and the segments 
are pointed. 
"The corolla consists always of seven petals, which are 
oval, obtuse, concave, erect, white, have small veins, and 
are of an unequal size, the largest scarcely four lines long; 
they very soon fade and drop off, almost as soon as the 
germ bursts. 
66 The filaments are from fifteen to thirty, and are placed 
on the flat end side of the receptacle ; they are much shorter 
than the petals, and gradually decrease in length towards 
the sides. 
" The anthersc are large, oval, longitudinally divided 
into two, or as if each was made up of two oblong antherae. 
u The germina are from three to six, placed above the 
receptacle, turbinated or of the shape of an inverted fig. 
flat on the inside and somewhat higher than the stamina^ 
they have no styles, but terminate in a stigma which is 
divided into two or three small lobes." 
The fruit was not seen by Dr. Solander in a ripe state, 
but in the immature condition is described as constituted 
of germs of a thick, fleshy substance, becoming unilocular 
seed vessels, and containing the rudiments of seeds, as in 
the generic account. 
Captain Wallis stated that the trees are of various sizes 
according to the soil they grow upon and their situation. 
Those near the sea and in rocky ground were scrubby, the 
bark sticking close to the wood, and having a dirty look ; 
