SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. 98, NO. 7, PL. 6 



Mouth of leaf-sheath and base of petiole, the leaf-sheath opened and flattened, 

 Showing the antihgule as a large fibrous expansion of the sheath beyond the 

 attachment of the petiole. Also the light-colored vitta at the back of the petiole 

 is distinctly shown. (Natural size.) 



ANTILIGULE of Rooseveltia 



