Nat. Herb., Vol. 14. 



Plate 64. 



Inflorescence of the Coconut Palm, with Staminate and Pistillate Flowers. 



a. Four staminate flowers; 6, base and tip of a branch of an inflorescence, with staminate flowers: 

 e, part of a spathe inclosing the inflorescence, with numerous buds of staminate flowers and 

 one pistillate bud; d. bases of two branches, each bearing a very young coconut, (a—d, Natural 

 tize. 



