EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 

 Plate CLXXVI. Thrinax Wendlandiana. 



1. Portion of a spadix with flowers, natural size. 



2. A flower with its pedicel, enlarged. 



3. A flower, enlarged. 



4. Portion of a spadix with fruit, natural size. 



5. Vertical section of a fruit, enlarged. 



6. A fruit divided transversely, enlarged. 



7. A seed, enlarged. 



8. A leaf, upper surface, much reduced. 



9. A ligule, natural size. 

 10. A rachis, natural size. 



Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are from the type specimen No. 2329 collected by C. Wright and preserved in the Gray I 

 Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are from specimens collected by C. T. Simpson and J. Soar on Madeira Hai 



