ORDER SPATHIFLORAE
[FAMILY 19.] ARACEAE
Leaves usually net-veined. Flowers in spadices, without bracteoles. Perianth simple or wanting. Fruit indehiscent or bursting irregularly, usually berry-like. Seed-coat fleshy.—Genera 33, species 150. (Plate 12.)
PALMAE.
FLOW. PL. AFR.
Pl. 11.
J. Fleischmann del.
Raphia Laurentii De Wild.
A Inflorescence. B Male flower-buds. C Male flower cut lengthwise. D Stamen. E Female flower.