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become very ragged. The flower-stalk comes from the rhizome, 

 and is surrounded at base by the leaves. 

 The flowers are with large brightly 

 coloured bracts. 



Kaempferia is a genus of low herbs. 

 There is one perfect stamen and the 

 staminodia, like those of the related 

 genus Canna, are conspicuous. The 

 flowers are large, rose-coloured with yel- 

 low markings. Fls. perfect or unisexual. 

 Rhizome often aromatic. 



Strelitzia has large elliptical leaves 

 on long petioles arranged in two ranks. 

 The flower-stalks push through the 

 sheathing petioles. S. augusta, Th., is a tall banana-like species 

 with a stem 18 or 20 feet high, the petals and sepals are white. 



Fig. 246. — Floral dia- 

 gram of Strelitzia. 



Fig. 247.~Strelitzia Kegince, Banks, a, Cross-section of odd petal. 



S. Regime, Banks, is a low species. The curious flower 

 consists of three bright orange sepals, two standing erect. A 

 small blue petal arches over the entrance to the nectar; the 

 other two join, making a large arrow-shaped lip containing 

 the five stamens on long filaments and the style, within a 



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