4 MELICYTUS RAMIFLORUS. 
suddenly narrowed to a sharp point at the apex; margins cut into small obtuse | 
teeth. Male and female flowers on different trees, arranged in small fascicles 
in the axils of the leaves or on the naked branchlets. Flower-stalks rarely 
exceeding din. in length, each with two minute bracts. Flowers: calyx-teeth, 
five, minute; petals, five; male, anthers five, sessile, obtuse; female, 
stigma five- to six-lobed. Fruit: a one-celled berry; violet-coloured, Hin. 
diameter; seeds angular, black. 
The flowers are produced from November to January. 
EXPLANATION OF Pate III. 
Melicytus ramiflorus, Forst. Female specimen in the flowering stage, 
natural size. 1. Female flower, enlarged. 2. Male flower, enlarged. 3. Fruit, 
natural size. 4. Fruit enlarged to show the bracteoles on the peduncle. 
