what, in this family of plants, Linn us calls the netlary, ° 
The two fuperior fegments of the corolla are nearly linear, 
_ and.are firmly attached abave half way along the. back of the 
ne€tary ; the lower one is like the upper, but more deeply 
. grooved, embracing the edges of the neétary, from which it 
feparates nearly to the bafe. The Neétary confffts chiefly of 
one boat-fhaped fharp-pointed fegment, the edges of which 
are folded together, eftclofing the ftamens and ftyle, and 
_ opening only a little way below the point to allow of the exit 
of the anthers and fligma: within this is likewife included, 
guite concealed from tke eye, the fecond fegment of the 
neftary, which is very finall, fpatulate, fomewhat concave, 
and is attached at its back«o the Jower part of the inferior 
fegment of the corolla; this fmal] part is common to the genus 
-and alfo to Strelitzia, and is fuppofed by JWss1zu to be the 
rudiment of a fixth flamen. The Stamens are five. The 
Filaments, which are the length of the ne@ary, are inferted at 
its extreme bafe, and are curved at their lower end. The 
Anthers are formed in a fingular manner: the filament is ex- 
panded into a membrane at the upper part, and the edges being 
_ doubled in, contain within this fold a white pollen of a large 
fize. The Germen is obtufely three-cornered, contains three 
cells, and one feed in each cell. The Style is the length of 
the ftamens. The Stigma fmall, downy, and hooked, 
_ Our plant appears to be the fame as that defcribed by 
Swartz, but perhaps differs from the Heliconia Pfittacorum ° 
of the Supplementum Plantarum. Could it be fatisfa€torily 
determined that the two fpecies are diftin@, this name, by 
right of priority, belongs to the other, and our’s ought to have 
a new one; but from the many errors in the work of the 
‘younger Linngus, we are led to miftruft his defcription : 
until, therefore, the whole genus fhall be better underftood, 
we think it right to retain the name, as adopted by Swartz, 
rather than to run the rifk of increafing the confufion by 
changing it. . | : Eee 
_. Our drawing was made from a plant which flowered in 
Auguft 1809, amidft a great variety of beautiful and rare 
exotics, in the fuperb colle@ion of E. D. Wooprorp, Efq. 
at Vauxhall *. S : PIS eee 
_ It is increafed by offsets from the roots, and requires a 
treatment fimilar to the Strelitzia.—S. 
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9 Tt flowered ikewife atthe fame time at Janes Rosixsaw's, Ely. atStockwelle 
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