valvate tips. Ovary ovoid, two-celled, stigma sessile trifid, 
ovule parietal. Drupe small, flattened on one side, about 
a third of an inch long; stigma subbasilar ; mesocarp thin, 
fibrous; endocarp crustaceous. Seeds ovoid, ascending, 
raphe loosely reticulate; albumen deeply ruminate ; 
embryo subbasilar.—J. D. H. 
Figs. 1 and 2, Peltate scales from under-surface of leaf; 3, portion of 
branch of spadix with male and fem. flowers; 4, male fl.; 5, the same laid 
open; 6, stamen; 7, portion of branch of spadix and fem. fl.; 8, young male 
fl.; 9, portion of branch of spadix and fem. fi.; 10, ovary and staminodes :— 
all greatly enlarged. 
