BY F. M. BAILEY, F.L.S. 19 



FEEYCINETIA EXCELSA, F. v. M. 

 Specimens of the male inflorescence of this species were 

 obtained. The outer bracts are nearly as long as the leaves, 

 which they resemble except for then* broad coloured sheathing 

 bases, which surround the base of the inflorescence. The other 

 bracts are collected into three bundles and are, except for their 

 green tips, of a deep red colour, and form a star of three rays 

 several inches in diameter, bearing in its centre the spike of 

 stamens, the filaments of which are short, and bear pale-coloured 

 2-celled obtuse anthers. 







