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ILLUSTRATION No. 16. 



(A) Dark brown spatho just splitting open and showing the female flowers which 



it contains. 



(B) Female inflorescence free from the spathe. 



(C) A past year's female inflorescence showing the comparatively long lateral 



branches less crowded on the top of the main axis than in the case of tho 

 male inflorescence, "j 



(See paras. 6 & 8, pages 11 <fe 12.) 



