330 CXXXIV. SCITAMINEH (BAKER). [ Musa. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, 2000 ft., 
Buchanan, 470! 
3. M. ventricosa, Welw. Apont. Phyto-Geogr. 545, 578. Whole 
plant 8-10 ft. high. Stem much swollen, 4 ft. diam. at the base. 
Leaves oblanceolate-oblong, bright green, 4-5 ft. long; midrib pale 
red; petiole very short and stout. Panicle drooping, nearly as long as 
the leaves; petiole very short and stout; sterile bracts lanceolate, 
1-1} ft. long; flower bracts oblong, 8-12 in. long; 3-44 in. broad. 
Flowers densely clustered, 2 in. long. Calyx 3-lobed, longer than the 
ovary. Petal ovate, entire, } in. long. Fruit like that of M. Ensete. 
Seeds as large as those of M. Ensete, dull black, with a broad hollow at 
the hilum.—Ridley in: Journ. Bot. 1887, 134; Baker in Annals Bot. 
vii. 206; Kew Bulletin, 1894,.241. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in rocky places near rivulets, 
Welwitsch, 6447 ! . ; . ; : 
M. africana, Bull Cat. 1871, 6, is probably this species in a young state. 
4. M. livingstoniana, Kirk in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 128. Stem 
conical, twice the height of a man, 2-3 ft. diam. Leaves narrowly 
oblong, crowded, as long as the trunk, with a short broad-clasping 
deeply channelled petiole. Fruit many-seeded, 4 in. long. Seeds 
globose, angled by pressure in the lower half, } in. diam., dull brown, 
tubercled, with a depressed hilum surrounded by prominent edges.— 
Baker in Annals Bot. vii. 207 ; Kew Bulletin, 1894, 241. 
Mozamb, Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Gorongozo, Kirk! British Central 
Africa: Nyasaland; Maravi country, and near Lake Shirwa, Kirk ! 
Is in cultivation at Kew from seeds sent by Buchanan and Mahon. The sap of 
the leaves is bright red. 
There is in the Kew Museum a necklace of similar seeds, brought by Barter from 
Sierra Leone, 
5. M. proboscidea, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. t. 1777. Trunk swollen at 
the base, reaching 4-5 times the height of a man. Leaves narrowly 
oblong, very large, 4-5 times as long as broad, narrowed from the 
middle to the base; petiole short, deeply channelled. Panicle drooping, 
very long; bracts broadly ovate, obtuse, about four times the length o 
the flowers ; flowers in close rows of about a dozen. Calyx as long as 
the cylindrical ovary. Petal orbicular, small, with a linear centr 
cusp. Seeds turbinate, black, glossy, 4 in. long and broad, with only a 
small hollow at the bottom.—Baker in Annals Bot. vii. 207; Kew 
Bulletin, 1894, 241. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Hills of Ukami, Kirk ! 
6. M. sapientum, Linn. Sp. Plant. ed. 2,1477. Stem cylindrical, 
reaching a length of 20-25 ft., 4-6 in. diam., stoloniferous at the 
base. Leaves oblong, bright green, 5-8 ft. long; petiole 1-1} ft. long. 
Panicle drooping, often 4—5 ft. long; male flowers deciduous ; bracts 
oblong-lanceolate, dull violet, more or less glaucous outside ; flowers 
