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STRELITZIA parvifolia; ß. juncea. 
Rush-leaved Strelitzia. 
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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Musz (MusacEm). Jussieu gen. 61. 
STRELITZIA. Spatha universalis terminalis, monophylla, canalicu- 
lata, acuminata, patenti-declinans, basin florum involvens. artiales lan- 
ceolate, floribus breviores. Perianthium nullum. Cor. irregularis: pet. 3, 
lanceolata, acuta: inferius naviculare; superiora obtusè carinata. Necta- 
rium triphyllum. — Foliola 2 inferiora petalis paulò breviora, è latá basi subu- 
lata, margine undulata, complicata, includentia genitalia, versüs apicem 
postice aucta appendice crasso, formå dimidia sagitte. Foliolum inferius 
reve, ovatum, compressum, carinatum. Fil 5, filiformia, receptaculo in- 
sidentia: 3 altero foliolo nectarii, 2 cum stylo altero foliolo inclusa. Anthi 
lineares, erecta, filamentis feré longiores, incluse. Germ. inferum, ob- 
longum, obtusè 3-gonum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine staminum: stig. 3, 
subulata, petalis altiora, erecta, initio florescentie conglutinata, Caps. sub- 
coriacea, oblonga, obtusa, obsolet? trigona, 3-locularis, 3-valvis: sem. nu- 
ınerosa, conceptaculo centrali duplici ordine adherentia. Solander in schreb. 
gen. pl. 3. 796. 
S. parvifolia, scapo longitudine petioli vicesies longioris folio lineari-lanceo- 
lato. Dryander in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 56. 
Strelitzia Regine ; y. parvifolia. Smith in Rees's eyclop. in loco. 
(B) juncea; petiolia sepids aphyllis. . 
In the last edition of the Hortus Kewensis we find six 
species of this splendid genus, characterized by the late 
excellent Mr. Dryander with his usual ingenuity and pre- 
cision. They are all natives of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Our plant will appear at once to differ from parvifolia, 
by the footstalks being without any leaf at all; yet they 
are said to be now and then furnished with one like that 
of parvifolia, even while cultivated in the collections of this 
country; where however the plant is very rare and scarcely 
ever seen in blossom. We have not separated it from parvi- 
Jolia, not being aware of any difference beyond what we 
have stated. 
The drawing was made in Sir Abraham Hume's hot- 
house at Wormleybury, in September last. The footstalks, 
we understand, were about three feet high, all without any 
leaf; the flower-stalk shorter than these. 
