The following important Natural Order having been omitted 

 in Dr. Harvey's MS. of the Second Edition of the ' Genera 

 of South African Plants,' and the omission having been over- 

 looked by me when passing this work through the press, I 

 have to request that tlie following matter be inserted in the 

 places indicated. — J. D. Hooker. 



At p. 1. of introductory matter, under Class II. MoNOCO- 

 TTLEDONES, Cohort II. Amomales, insert : 



Order 121 bis. Musacece {p. 356) ; 

 and in the character of the Cohort, for " Stamens 1-2," put 

 " Stamens 1-5." 



Insert at p. S50 : 



Order CXXI. his, MUSACE^. 



Flowers bisexual. Perianth with a superior, irregular, G- 

 parted limb ; segments coloured, one of the outer larger often 

 keeled, two inner lateral ones usually small, the innermost 

 (lip) very small. Stamens 5, or G, with that opposite the hp 

 all but suppressed, one or more perfect, inserted at the base 

 or middle of the perianth-segments ; anther or anthers linear, 

 2-celled, introrse, opening by slits, often with a membranous 

 crest ; pollen powdery. Ovary inferior, 3-celled ; sty e sim])le ; 

 stic^ma usually 3-lobed ; ovules 1 or more in each cell. Iruit 

 a Swelled, loculicidally 3-valved capsule, or succulent and m- 

 dehiscent, few- or many-seeded. Seeds often with a hairy or 

 fleshy aril ; testa coriaceous, crustaceous, or hard and bony ; 

 albumen fleshy or mealy; embryo small, straight.— Herbs, 

 often gi^rantic, with siuiple entire leaves whose petioles dilate 

 into long sheaths; limb convolute. Flowers on axillary or 

 radical scapes, usually large, spiked or racemose, surrounded 

 by spathaceous bracts. To this Order belongs the Banana 

 and Plantain {Mma) and the Traveller' s-tree of Madagascar 

 {Bavcnnla). 



