70 The u Fruiting Male ” of Phoenix dactylifera L. 
flowers is not confined to the stamens and pistil; a correlated 
change in the form of the perianth segments also occurs. This is 
shown in Fig. 4. Here the segment opposite the single developed 
stamen retains the character of the male flower, the remaining two 
segments having a form approximating to that characteristic of the 
female flower. 
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