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MUSACEtE. 



[Endogens. 



most brilliant blue colour, yields an essential oil. The juice of the finiit and the Ij-mph 

 of the stem of Musa are slightly astringent and diaphoretic. The juice of the fruit of 

 Urania is used for dyeing. — Agdli. 



GENERA 



I, — Hdiconece. Seeds ^oWiavy. 11. — Vramcp. Seeds 



Fruit a capsule bursting through j in each cell. Fi-uit berried, or, 



the partitions. if capsular, bursting through the 



„,..,. cells. 



Ilehconia, Ltnn. 



Bihai, Plum. Musa. Tourmf. 



numerous Strelitzia, Banks. 



? Heliconia, Gaertn. 

 Ravenala, Adans. 

 Urania, Schreb. 



Numbers. Gen. 4. Sp. 20. 



lAlmcecB. 

 Position. — Zingiberacese. — Musace^. — Marantacese. 

 Palmacece? 



