‘Heliconi ——— — —— oo 
a—continued. |  Heliconia—continued. 
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Fig. 205. HELICODICEROS CRINITUS, showing Habit and Young Unopened Spathe. 
H. Bihai (Bihai).* fl. red or orange-colour. July and August. 
l, on long petioles, Juke ———— of which are slighty 
curved towards the edges, h. 12ft. West I 1786. Ah 
some and graceful foliage plant. See Fig. 207. (B. R. 374.) 
H. brevispatha (short-spathed). fl, white; spike short, of not 
more than four or five orange-red spathes, of which the inferior 
one is flowerless ; the rest are much smaller and gradually shorter 
upwards, Summer. J. oblong, rather obtuse at the base, much 
acuminated at the apex, quite glabrous; petioles short. h. 3ft. 
- South America, 1861. A very singular plant. (B.M. 5416.) 
H. humilis (humble). f. whitish-green, sessile; spathes five to 
seven, broadly boat-shaped, many-flowered, scarlet. /. oblong, 
acute at both ends; petioles long, exceeding the scape. Guiana, 
1867, (B. M. 5613.) 
H, metallica (metallic). Z elegantly drooping and recurv 
broadly lanceolate; central rib, margins, and curving veins Be * 
dark bronzy-red, which is also the colour of the under surface ; 
tioles distichous, bronzy-red. New Grenada, 1862. (B. M. 
15.) 
psittacorum (parrot-beaked).* A. orange, in clusters upon 
— peduncles, within a lanceolate Spatha t August. /, smooth, 
shining, alternate, lanceolate-elliptic, acuminate, many-nerved > 
peers. membranous, sheathing the stem. Stem polished, 
straight, round; upper part naked; lower part clothed with 
: leaves. È. — —— ft). Jamaica, 1797. A beautiful 
Fic. 206. HELICONIA BICOLOR, showing Habit and cones E T o) ; 
separate Inflorescence. H. triumphans (triumphant).* & oblong-acute, dark green, picked 
, ‘ j out with narrow blackish stripes — from the midrib to the 
H. bicolor (two-coloured). f. white, — with greenish ; Pae © Gintant intervals. Introduced to Europe from Sumatra, 
Ovaries and spathes scarlet, l, long-stalked, gracefully arching. in 1883 (but probably of New World origin). (G. C. n. s., xix., 
Brazil, Fig. 206. (R. G. 172.) | Be 565.) 
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