DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES OF MUSA 271 



drooping. Bracts of male flowers ovate-lanceolate, obtuse. 

 Male flowers, about six, in two rows under each bract. 

 Perianth five-lobed at apex, lobes lanceolate-linear, revo- 

 lute, the two outer mucronate-appendiculate near apex ; 

 free petal very much shorter. Fruit about 3 in. long. 

 Seeds numerous, irregularly lens-shaped, about J in. in 

 diameter. Sarawak. Related to the previous species. 



32. M. salaccensis Zolling. Allied to M. rosacea. 

 Leaves green on both sides, 2 ft. long. Inflorescence 

 drooping, 1 ft. long. Flowers greenish. Bracts pale lilac, 

 upper 2-3 in. long. Fruit full of brown seeds, 3 in. long. 

 Mountains of Java and Sumatra. 



33. M. coccinea Andr. Trunk 4-5 ft. long, 2-3 in. in 

 diameter, suckering. Leaves 2-3 ft. long. Inflorescence 

 erect, about 1 ft. long. Bracts of a brilliant scarlet, tipped 

 with yellow, the lower J ft. long. Flowers yellow, 1 in. or 

 more long. Free petal nearly as long as perianth. Fruit 

 oblong, three-angled, 2 in. long. Seeds very small, rarely 

 produced in cultivation. Southern China and Cochin 

 China. Yields a fibre of poor quality. This species is very 

 ornamental. 



34. M. rosea (Herb. Hort. Bot. Calcut.). Habit of 

 M. coccinea. Leaves 1 ft. long, J ft. broad. Bracts pale 

 red, lower f ft. long. Free petal as long as the perianth. 



35. M. rubra Wall. Habit of M. coccinea. Leaves 

 l|-2 ft. long, 6-9 in. broad at middle. Bracts bright red, 

 lower 1 ft. long. Free petal half as long as the perianth. 

 Fruits dry, 1 -2 in. long. Rangoon, Pegu. 



36. M. angcorensis Gagnep. (Bull. Soc. bot. de France, liv. 

 412, 1907). Plant 4-5 ft. high. Leaves narrowed to both 

 ends, 1^-2 ft. long. Inflorescence erect, stalk pubescent. 

 Bracts pale red, each enclosing about three flowers. 

 Perianth four-toothed, 1 J in. long ; free petal oval, obtuse, 

 one-fourth as long as perianth. Angcor, Cambodia, Indo- 

 China. 



37. M. sanguinea Hook. f. Trunk 3-5 ft. high. Leaves 

 2-3 ft. long. Inflorescence erect or, when mature, droop- 

 ing. Bracts blood-red, lower \ ft. long. Perianth bright 



