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-PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
STRELITZIA 
Spathe, Cal. 0. Cor. 3-petala. Neéfar. 3-phyllun, 
genitalia involvens. Peri. 3-loculare, polyfper- 
mum. 
1. Srreurrzza.. TAB, 2. 
Heliconia Bihai. F. Mill. ic. tab. 5,6. 
Canna-leav’d Strelitzia. 
Nat. of the Cape of Good Hope. 
_ Antrod. 1773, by Sir Jofeph Banks, Bart. 
et 
~ integerrima, margine inferne undulato crifpo, gla- 
.. berrima, fubtus glaucefcentia, coriacea, pedalia, 
FI. April and May. 7 5.8. 
~Descr. Folia omnia radicalia, petiolata, oblonga, | 
® 
. 
Regina. 
_ perfiftentia. Petjoli fubcompreffi, tripedales et ul= = 
tra, craffitie pollicis, vaginantes, erecti, glabri. 
 Scapus longitudine et crafiitie petiolorum, ere&tus, 
: teres, tectus vaginis alternis, remotis, acuminatis, 
2 + viridibus margine purpuraftente. Spatha univer- 
_ falis {pithamza, extus viridis, margine purpuraf- 
— ens; fpathe partiales albide. Petala lutea, qua- 
driuncialia. Neétarium cxruleum. os 
Oss. Diferentia {pecifica Heliconie albe in Linn. 
:  fuppl. 157. hujus eft plantz, fed nomen triviale ad 
oP iam pertinet {peciem Africanam, in hortis Euro-. 
= Pxis nondum obviam. 
ACHYRANTHES. Gen. pe. 288, 
Cal. s-phyllus, Cor. o. Stigma 2-fidum. Semina 
folitaria. 
1. A. caule fruticofo erecto, calycibus reflexis fpicae ad- apera. 
Preflis, Sy/?, veget. 246, 
_ a Amaran- 
