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STRELITZIA REGINA, CANNA-LEAVED. - 
| STRELITZIA. 
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. Clafs and Order. 
PENTANDRIA MoNOGYNIA: 
Generic Charader. 
| Spatbe. Cul. o. Cor. 3-petala; Neflar. 2-phyllus, genitalia 
involvens; Peric. 3-loculare, polyfpermum. 
A. The Plant, ona fecales B. the natural ize; 
Lately, a Friend of ours, in a voyage to China, touched 
at (he Cape of Good Hope, and'thence tranfmitted; among _ 
other drawings and remarks; a figure of the Strelitzia Regime, ` 
+ copied from the beft fpecimen he could procure. " We have“ 
` feen the Plant at the Royal Garden at Kew, the Phyfic Gar- 
den at Chelfea; and in the ftoves of feveral private Gentle- ۰. 
men, whence, allowing for the imperfections of arr and the ` 
method of cultivating it, we conceive is fafficiently accurate < 
10 conver an idea of the original. ki Fa شود‎ 
`. To the unwearied refearches, expenfive undertakings, and 
- laudable intentions of Str Josera Banks, Bart. the friends 
of the fcience ftand indebted (among a numerotts collec- 
tion) for the Plant which is at prefent held in univerfal efti- 
. mation, and whofe extreme fcarcity adds flrongly to the ob- 
— ligation. ` S 
. It was introduced in 1773, but we do not underftand K 
. has yet produced Seeds fufhciently perfect to furniíh healthy 
flowering Plants. The fpecimen at Chelica, by the fwelling 
of the Spatha, &e. bears a favourable indication of the Seeds 
ripening: ۰ 
G a Whilt 
