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94 or 4 coalescing into 1; stigma capitate, 4-lobed; ovules 2 in each cell. Cocci 1–4, distinct, spreading, 2-valved, 1-seeded; endocarp cartilaginous or horny, separating. Seeds usually solitary; testa crustaceous, shining; albumen fleshy; embryo straight or slightly curved.

1. M. ternata, ''Forst. Char. Gen.'' 56.—A much-branched perfectly glabrous small tree 12–20 ft. high. Leaves opposite, 3-foliolate; leaflets 2–4 in. long, linear-obovate or elliptic-oblong or oblong-ovate, acute or obtuse, entire, finely pellucid-dotted. Flowers ⅓ in. diam., greenish, often unisexual, in axillary trichotomous panicles usually longer than the petioles; pedicels short. Petals ovate-oblong, longer than the stamens, concave. Ovary glabrous; style short, stout. Cocci 4, coriaceous, spreading, strongly wrinkled and punctate. Seed black and shining, attached by a slender funicle, often protruding from the half-open valves.—''A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 293; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 582; Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 603; Raoul, Choix, 48; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 43; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 40; Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 66; Students' Fl.'' 86. Entoganum lævigatum, ''Gærtn. Fruct.'' i. 331, t. 68.

2. M. simplex, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 583.—A glabrous shrub 6–12 ft. high, with slender twiggy branches. Leaves alternate or fascicled, rarely opposite, in young plants 3-foliolate, in mature 1-foliolate; petiole flattened or narrowly winged; leaflets small, jointed on the top of the petiole, ½–¾ in. long, rhomboid-obovate or rounded, obtuse, doubly crenate, pellucid-dotted. Flowers often unisexual, small, greenish-white; peduncles usually several together, axillary, longer than the petioles, 1- or 3-flowered. Stamens longer than the petals in the male flowers, shorter in the females. Ovary hirsute; style very short in the male flowers, longer in the females; stigma obscurely 4-lobed. Fruit as in M. ternata, but smaller.—''Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 585; Raoul, Choix, 48; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 43; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 40; Kirk, Forest''