318 SCITAMINE (Wright). [ Strelitzia. 
slender, 4-6 ft. long ; 5 peduncle as long as the leaves ; spathe 6 in 
long, green edged with red ; sepals bright orange, lanceolate, about 
in. long, ? in. ile: ; petals blue, blade of the 2 lower 2 in. long, 
with rounded pase ‘auricles, upper boomy ovate, 4 in. long, 
mucronate ; stam about 3 in. long; style-arms 14 in. long, 
protruding eee the petals. Bauer, | "Strelite tt. 10-11 ; Lemaire 
in Ill. Hort. x. (1863), Misc. 26; Baker in Ann. Bot. ‘Vii. 201 ; 
K. Schum. in Engl. cgi Musac. 33. 8. Scab Saar Dryand. 
in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, ii. 55. 8. Principis, Andr. ex Spreng. 
Syst. i. 833. S. Regine, var. ae Te Smith i in Rees, Cyclop. 
Var. juncea pe in Bot. Reg. t. 516); blade = bs very small or none. 
Reichb. slg a = Age Er seme in Ann. Bot. vit Leer yee gee: 
Pylanzenr. Mus 33. S.j Link, Enu a Beek 150; Andr. 
Spreng. Syst. i 3, 8. inpumifelia, var. jaan, E, Meyer in Deane, Zwei PA. 
Documente, 130, 
Sour AFrica: without sre Villet! Var. B, ! 
Coast Reaion: Var. tenhage Div. ; at ite oy by the Zwartkops 
River, Burchell, 4438/ 3! limestone hill or kopje near the mouth of the Zwartkops 
River, under 500 ft., Drég 
3. 8. augusta (Thunb. Nov. Gen. Pl. 113); stem simple up to 
18 ft. high, as thick as a man’s arm (Thunberg) ; leaves oblong or 
ovate, obtuse, deltoid or rounded at the base, glabrous, shining 
een, 3-4 ft. long, 14-2 ft. wide; petiole 5-6 ft. long ng ; pedune nele 
shorter than the petiole ; ; Spathe claret-coloured, 8-12 in. long; 
sepals lanceolate, white, 5-6 in. long; petals white, 2 lower with 
lades 3 in. long and small rounded auricles, basal part 1} in. ~— 
tapering upwards ; 5 upper petal ovate, 1 in. long ; filaments 1} 
long ; anthers 3 in. long; style-arms 14-2 in. long. FT. Cap. a 
Schult. 216 ; Bier Strelitzia, tt. 1-4; Drége, Zrnei “PA. Doc. 125, 
156 ; Bot. Mag. tt. 4167-8 ; Lemaire in Ill. Hort. x. (1863), Mise. 
24; ’ Baker in Ann. Bot. vii. 202; K. Schum. in Engl. gs 
Musae, 33; Burtt-Davy in yee Agric. Journ. v. 418, 422 
S. Bae Kerner, Hort. Semperv. t. 589. S. leet D. Dietr. 
Syn. Pl. i, 850. Heliconia alba, Linn. f. Suppl. 1 
Coast Recion : George Div. ; Outeniqua Mountains, Thunberg. lee anit 
Bosch ~ a wood, ‘eadioe 500 ft., Drége! Humansdorp Div. ; Gamtoo 
ASTERN ag : Natal ; between Umzimkulu River and Umkomanzi River, 
under 500 ft., Drége ; near Darba an, Cooper, 1225 ! 
Boer name ‘‘ Witte Pisa 
wide s springing pete an bbe base tapering in the upper part and 
