Fig. 424: A triplex patula var. hastata: a, pistillate inflorescence, x 4; b, habit, 

 showing the spreading branches, the hastate leaves and the spikelike inflorescences, 

 X %; c and d, young staminate flowers, x 12; e, seed, showing curved embryo, x 12; 

 f, single pistillate flower, showing tuberculate bracts, x 8. (From Mason, Fig. 215). 



