740 CXXVI. SCITAMINE^. 



Staminal-column 5-lobed, the 2 outer lobes larger, one orbicular, con- 

 cave ; filament adnate to the smaller segment ; anther small. Ovary 

 hairy ; stigma funnel-shaped, hooked. Emit size of a gooseberry, tur- 

 binate, 3-gonous, 3-vaIved. Seeds erect, subglobose ; testa spongy; 

 embryo curved. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 258 ; Grrah. Cat. p. 212 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 271; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 26:3; K. Sebum, in Engler, Pflanzen- 

 reich, v. 4, part 48 (1902) p. 53 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1049. 



KoNKAN : in shady jungles, Balzell ^ Gihson.— J)\%ivxR. India (Bengal, Chota 

 Nngpur, Travancore, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Malaya. 



11. MUSA, Linn. 



Tree-like herbs with thick stems composed of convolute leaf-sheaths. 

 Leaves very large, oblong. Plowei^s in subterminal stout spikes, the 

 lower female, the upper male ; bracts large, spathaceous, ovate or 

 orbicular. Calyx tubular, spathaceous, slit down one side to the base, 

 3-5-lobed. Corolla a single convex membranous petal as long as the 

 calyx and opposite its slit, embracing the base of the stamens and style. 

 Stamens 5 perfect (6th rudimentai-y or 0) ; filaments erect, stout, 

 filiform ; anthers linear, erect, 2-celled. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules many, 

 superposed ; style filiform from a thickened base ; stigma subglobose, 

 6-lobed. Pruit large, oblong or fusiform, obtusely 3-5-angled, fleshy, 

 indehiscent. Seeds embedded in pulp, subglobose or angled by pressure; 

 in cultivated forms often obsolete. — Disteib. Species about 40, tropical. 



Stoloniferous, 3-5 ft. high ; root perennial ; bracts few-flowered.. 1. M. rosacea. 

 Not stoloniferous, 10-12 ft. high, dying after flowering ; bracts 



many-flowered 2. M, superba. 



1. Musa rosacea, Jacq, Ilort. Schoenb. v. 4 (1804) p. 22, t. 445. 

 Stem slender, cylindric, 3-5 ft. high, 3-4 in. in diam. ; root perennial, 

 stoloniferous. Leaves linear-oblong, firm in texture, petiolate. Flowers 

 in drooping or erect spikes reaching 6 in. long ; bracts few-flowered, 

 ovate, lilac or reddish, about 6 in. long, oblong. Calyx about 1 in. long, 

 yellowish-white, 5-toothed. Petal as long as the calyx. Fruit liuear- 

 oblong, slightly incurved, obscurely 4-5-angled, of the size of a man's 

 finger, firm, not edible. Seeds many, black, tuberculate. ¥1. B. I. v. 6, 

 p. 263 ; Bot. Eeg. t. 706 ; K. Schum. in Engler, Pflanzenreicb, v. 4, 

 part 45 (1900) p. 24. Musa ornata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 1 9 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 272; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1050 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. v. 5, p. 290. 



Grows in almost inacrrssible places on the sides of precipitous crags in the Konkan 

 hills. — DisTKiB. India (Eastern Ilinuilaya, Chota Nagpur, Chittagong, W. Peninsula); 

 Java. 



2. Musa superba, Roxh. Ilort. Beng. (1814) p. 19. Whole plant 

 10-12 ft. high ; trunk not stoloniferous, 7-8 ft. in circumference at the 

 base, narrowed to 3 ft. below the leaves. Leaves 5-10 by 2-3 ft., 

 oblong, narrowed to the base ; free petioles short. Flowers in 2 dense 

 rows of 10-15 each, arranged in spikes which are at first globose, 1 ft. 

 in diam., finally drooping and ^ the length of the trunk ; bracts orbi- 

 cular, reaching 1 ft. long and broad, dull claret-brown. Calyx l-\h in. 

 long ; lobes 3, linear, loosely cohering. Petal | in. long, pale, almost 

 pellucid, the apex 3-lobed, the 2 side lobes rounded, the midlobe long, 



