

POLYGAMIA MONOECIA. 



MUSA. 



Scitarniaeae. Lin. — Musiie, Juss, — Musaceae, De Cand. 



P 



a) 



radi- 



siaca 



M. spadice nutantc, floribus masculis 



pcrsistcntibus^ spathis oblongis acutis^ 



fructu cylindraceo trigono. WilUL Sp, 



PL 4. p. 893. Hort. Kciv. 5. p. 424. 



JubL 930. 



% 



M. spadice nutantej fructu triquetro. 



Br. 363. 



M* caudice viridi. SI. 2,p, 141. 

 Plantain Tree. Hughes. 182.* Lojtg. 2, 

 p: 782, Miller, 

 sapientum. M. spadice nutante, floribus masculis 



* The Wild Plautain Tree, of which Hughes ^latos, " that 

 lIioi!^-h it blossoms it never bears imy fruit," is Dol specifically 

 distinct from this. 



