by the upper leaves and quite surrounded by brown bracts, 

 shortly peduncled, 2 cm. long, 2*5 cm. in diameter ; the inner 

 bracts 1*1 cm. long, oblong, obtuse, glabrous, viscid, longer or 

 as long as the inflorescence ; the outer situated on the short 

 peduncle, viscid and reflexed; receptacle 7 mm. long, 8 mm. 

 broad, subglobose. Floral bracts 1 mm. long, lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, subacute, villous at the base. Perianth 2 mm. long, 

 glabrous. Stigma clavate, much thicker than the style. Female 

 inflorescence hidden by the upper leaves, very shortly stalked, 

 2*5 cm. long, 1*7 cm. broad, the short peduncle bearing brown 

 reflexed bracts; receptacle 1*6 cm. long, 3 mm. broad, cylin- 

 drical. Floral bracts 6 mm. long, 1*1 cm. broad, transversely 

 oblong, villous above. Fruiting head 3*5-4 cm. long, 3*5 cm. 

 in diameter; scales 1'5 cm. long, 1*2 cm. broad, suborbicular, 

 slightly narrowed at the base, tomentose without, except near 

 the apex. Fruits 7 mm. long, 6 mm. broad, obovate in outline, 

 flat on one side, convex on the other, honeycombed, with a 

 narrow membranous wing. 



Plate 7. — Fig. 1, male inflorescence ; Fig. 2, longitudinal section of male 

 inflorescence. 



Plate 8. — Fig. 1, young female inflorescence ; Fig. 2, longitudinal section 

 of female inflorescence ; Fig. 3, fruiting head ; Fig. 4, floral bract x 4 ; 

 Fig. 5, fruit x 4. 



F.P.S.A., 1920. 



