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  <dc:title>Drawing of flower</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Drawing of flower - 3 pencil sketchs of flower,  leaves on stem and flower from distance. At the top left hand corner is written in pencil " Gewen or Crewen Dyak"  On the left hand side is a sketch of the leaves on a stem and on the right hand side is a sketch of the open flower. Underneath is drawn the flower on a long stem and underneath is written "!whether flower belongs to this tree". Below this is written in pencil " white flower with 2 bract, calyx valvate, 5 sepals. Corolla imbricate twisted? stamens in five flat bundles opp petals - all fertile? anthers of 3/4/5 female globes discharging pollen by pores. style purple? stigma capitate - ovary 5 celled with central placenta, each 2 seeded- surroundedby elogate conical warts? terminated in stillate hairs in Sterculiaceae ?". There is a gap and then more writing in pencil "leaves alternate, no stipules, 9 in long, thick leathery? with strong et diag ? with a eulumarginal? ? at the end. bark rather rough, stem cylindrical ? slightly butressed at base. Exudes a thick resinous turpentine sap - mix? with Dammia for caulking?".
Notes: 18.5 x 13.5 cm.
Subject: Flowering plants
Place: Borneo</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1854-1861</dc:date>
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