breviores ac in Visco alh&y eaeterBm cdi>9*mil*ft; Jnfiiores 

 albumine adbuc kxo suM^cnooso ioclnsi, adultorum radi^ 

 cula eeraiglobosa ex albnraiflia vcrtice exserta. In qiiibiw^ 

 dam rerdos aptcem teiac ceilalaris albae fragmenta arete ftd^ 

 bacrtibanl, uom ovalwrftca ateriliom radimenU? — Emhr^o- 

 ne$ compo$iti e duobns versus apiceili pof cotyledannm pa-- 

 giuam posticam conaatis formati^ cmbtyo»© simplici Tomores, 



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cornmuni alljumuie fcrc bcxagouo inclusi, ' 



e. In Visco Fockeano ftire eauelem ovarii strueluram quani 

 in praecedente yidi, sed e miiltis qnae dissecui, uQum tantum 

 embryoncm gcmellum CDUtjuebatj cujns unus altero erat- mnlto 

 minor. 



MVSACEAE. 



HELICONIA. 



1, Heliconia Bihai L. — Vulgaris, (CouL Linnaea Tom* 

 Xrtt p. 66.) 



2. Heliconia acuminata Rich* Musac* p, 26. Tab* X/. 

 X//. (optima). Cawlesceiis, foliis basi loiige vaginantibus 

 modlee peiiolalis ohlougo -l^nceolaiisre acumiaaiissimis ^ basi 

 aieqaali aculis, scapo folia baad superanle apice ralde fle- 

 Xooso^ epatbis diTarlcato-patenlissimis 4 — 7, liueart-laa- 

 ee4»}aUs acatniiiaLis caoaiiculato -complicatis, 



CreMcit baad rara ju Sarinamo (cf* 1/innaea ). c). 



Helic&niae cannoideae Rich- affinis et qaoad flotnuicfc 

 froctus atructuram omiiiuo coograens, sed slatora majorc, 

 foliis majoribus magia ad lanceolalatit fonnam tcodeaiibtts, 

 abrupte acumiaalis-j peliolo inter vagmam et laroioain dw 

 fitmcto longiorf facile discerncuda- Coaf- .cxiwias b. Ri- 

 chard icoaes et analyses 1, c, — Lamiiiae a Richardo 

 W'tripedales^ et 4 — 5 poUices latae vocatae, in raeis 22 

 — 27 c«t. iougae, 8 — 10 latae. 



