CXXVI. SCITAMINE^. 743 



Var. vittata, Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 5402. Leaves and long fruits 

 striped with white ; bracts bright red inside. Imported from the Island 

 of St. Thomas (W. Africa) and grown as an ornamental plant in gardens, 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 521, & Gard. in Ind. 

 ed. 5, p. 489 ; K. Sebum, in Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, part 45 (19U0) 

 p. 21. 



Several forms or varieties of the subspecies {M. sapientum) are culti- 

 vated in W. India for their fruit. Of these the chief are the following, 

 which, with the vernacular names by which they are known, have been 

 taken from Woodrow's Grard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 486 : — 



Haj-Icel; Mdm-l-ela ; Lal-lcela. Stem very strong, reddish, of medium 

 height ; leaves with red midrib and edges ; fruit very large, subcylindric, 

 red-skinned, of luscious flavor. Grown largely about Bassein, 30 miles 

 N. of Bombay. 



Son-Jcel (var. Cliampa, Hort.). Stem very tall, weak ; leaves thin, 

 large ; fruit small, subcylindric, yellow, thin-skinned, of excellent flavor. 

 Considered to be the best of the plantains gro\\u in the Bombay 

 Presidency. 



Gossavi. Stem of medium height ; fruit of medium size, yellow, thin- 

 skinned, of superior flavor. 



Botatti. Stem tall, stout ; fi'uit 3-gonous, thick-skinned, yellow, of 

 sweet flavor. 



Lokandi. Stem 10 ft. high, reddish, stout ; leaves thick, large ; fruit 

 long, subcylindric, yellow, with moderately thick skin, and of superior 

 flavor. 



The following plants not belonging to any of the foregoing genera 

 are grown as useful or ornamental plants : — 



Heliconia angustifoUa, Hook. Bot. Mag. (1849) t. 4475. A native of 

 Brazil, grown as an ornamental plant in gardens ; leaves with long 

 petioles gracefully arching ; flowers white with greenish tips ; bracts 

 scarlet, lanceolate, acuminate. K. Sehum. in Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, 

 part 45 (1900) p. 39. Heliconia bicohr, Benth. in Mauud, Bot. v. 3, 

 t. 101 ; Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 490. 



Heliconia metallica. Planch. & Linden, in Bot. Mag. (1862) t. 5315. 

 A native of New Granada. Leaves elegantly drooping and recurved, 

 broadly lanceolate, the underside, midrib, margins and curving veins of 

 a dark bronzy red ; flowers scarlet. Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 490. 

 Heliconia vinosa, Bull, Cat. (1871) p. 5. 



Heliconia Bihai, Linn. Mantiss. v. 2, p. 211. A native of the West 

 Indies, introduced by Nimmo in 1833. It i-eaches about 12 ft. high, 

 with ovate-lauceolate leaves on long petioles and red or orange bracts 

 enclosing the flowers. Yv^oodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 490. Heliconia 

 buccinata, Boxb. Hort. Beug. (1814) p. 19 ; Grab. Cat. p. 213 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Suppl. p. 89 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 521. 



