EXPLANATION OF PLATE 5 



Scybalium jamaicense 



1. Male inflorescence covered with imbricate bracts, natural 



size. 



2. Transverse section of male spadix, showing male flowers 



interspersed with scales, Jiatural size. 



.'5. Portion of receptacle, with two malr flower-buds :ind 

 scales X 4. 



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

 X 8. 



0. Male flower with anther dehisced x 'S (after Hooker fil. 

 in Trans. Linn. 8oc. xxii. t. 11). 



<). Female inflorescence, bracts covering peduncle l>ut de- 

 ciduous from spadix, natural size. 



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



peltate imbricate bracts, and the female flowers int<^r- 

 spersed with scales, natural size. 



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



9. Portion of receptacle with fruit and scales X 8 (aft<^r 



Hooker fil. loc. cit.). 



