VARIOUS FOOD-PLANTS 99 
Fic. 107, IIl.—Banana. 4, tip of flower cluster, showing the large purplish 
bracts which protect the mostly yellowish flowers till they are fully 
developed. 8, a cluster of flowers behind a bract. C, a single flower 
(Petersen.) 
D 
Fia. 107, I1].— Banana, fruit of different varieties, showing range of size 
and form. A, Giant Pisang. B, Small Pisang. C, Silver Banana. 
E, Dwarf Banana. (Pechuel-Losch.)—The 
D, Copper Banana. ; 
varieties long in cultivation have become mostly seedless through 
propagation by shoots. 
