by him to plants cultivated in the Calcutta Botanical 
ardens. Suckers of M. rubra were received at Kew from 
Dr. King in 1889, under the name of Musa rosea, which is 
a different species, more like M. coccinea, with shorter 
much broader leaves, and the petal nearly as long as the 
sepals. Dr. King further states that M. rubra has been in 
cultivation in the Royal Gardens, Calcutta, since 1882, but 
its origin is unknown: at Kew it flowered freely in 
f 
Descr.—Stoloniferous, Stem five to seven feet high, 
slender, lower sheaths pale brown, upper green. Leaves 
four to six feet long, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed 
into the petiole, pale green, not glaucous, paler beneath; — 
petiole about one-third the length of the leaf. Spike erect, 
strict, rachis puberulous. Bracts three inches long, broadly 
ovate, cymbiform, bright rose-red, with obtuse golden tips, 
not revolute with age, smooth externally, inwardly trans- 
_ versely barred between the nerves. Male jl. four to six in 
each bract, about one and a half inches long, nearly straight, 
pale yellow ; teeth of calyx short, revolute, golden yellow. 
Petal about half as long as the calyx, broadly ovate, acumi- 
_ nate. Anthers pale, yellow-brown. Fem. fl. about one- 
third shorter than the male. Fruit three inches long, 
: fusiform, trigonous, many-seeded. Seeds about one-sixth 
of an inch in diameter, depressed globose, with a large 
_ circular basal hilum, and polished dark testa.—J. D. H. 
— oe Fig. 1, Male fl.; 2 lobes of calyx: 3 s 
stam Ee: ; 3, petal; 4, anther; 5, rudimentary 
oe prs. istil of imperfect fern, fi"; 6, fem. fl. 7, immature fruit; 8, ripe | 
nat, size, um specimen :—Ali enlarged but 7 and 8, which are of 
