Hermaphrodite flowers, where the male parts are perfect.
Empalement as in the female flower.
Blossom as in the female flower.
Chives. Threads as in the female flower, but longer, and thinner. Tips linear, channelled, upright, and large.
Pointal. Seed-bud the same as in the female, but smaller. Shaft and summit like the female, but smaller.
Seed-vessel is abortive.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Musa spadice erecto; floribus capitatis; spathis confertis, coccineis, maximis, apicibus luteis.
Plantain-tree with an upright fruit-stalk; flowers growing in heads; sheaths crowded together, scarlet, very large, points yellow.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.