EXPLANATION PLATE 5 



Scyhalium jamaicense 



1. Male inflorescence covered with imbricate })racts, natural 



size, 



2. Transverse section of male spadix, showing male flowers 



interspersed wdth scales, natural size. 



3. Portion of receptacle, with tw^o male flower-buds and 



scales X 4. 



4. Bud of male flower with one lobe of the perianth removed 



X 8. 



5. Male flower with an the i- dehisced x 8 (after Hooker fil. 



in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxii. t. 11). 



6. Female inflorescence, bracts covering peduncle but de- 



ciduous from spadix, natural size. 



7. Longitudinal section of female spadix, showing the sub- 



peltate imbricate bracts, and the female flowers inter- 

 spersed with scales, natural size. 



8. Portion of receptacle, with female flower and scales x 8. 



9. Portion of receptacle with fruit and scales X 8 (after 



Hooker fil. loc. cit.). 



