lanceolate, shortly acuminate, coriaceous, with spines 

 along the margins. Stamens 9-13, monadelphous, with 

 the free portion of the filaments very short; anthers 

 cuspidate. Female spadix solitary, or a few spadices 

 together racemosely arranged, densely beset with numer- 

 ous individual flowers reduced to simple pistils. Ovary 

 cylindric, rounded at the tip ; style depressed and shortly 

 2-furcate towards the tip. Cone oblong or ellipsoid 

 oblong, 6-18 in. long, orange-brown or reddish-yellow, 

 fleshy and fibrous. Drupes connate, nearly cylindric 

 but slightly 5-6-angled, with a pyramidal-convex apex, 

 crowned by the bone-hard 2-spinous style. 



Fig. 1, immature fruits ; 2, style and stigma; 3, section through the ovary; 

 4, sketch of the entire plant : — all enlarged except 4, which is much reduced. 



