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ILLUSTRATION No. 15. 



A B C 



(A) Inflorescence showing the dark brown spathe just splitting open and showing the male 



flowers which it contains. 



(B) Male inflorescence free from the brown spathe. 



(C) A past year's male inflorescence showing the comparatively short lateral branches crowded 



near the top of the main axis. 



(See paras. 6 & 1, pages 11 efc 12.) 



