Canna L. — Ravenala Adns. 141 



natae; intemi labium soperius tripartitum ; laciniae inaequa- 

 les, laterales lanceolatae, apice plus minusve emarginato-in- 

 cisulae, meclia longitudine limbi extcrni, apice bificla aut 

 emarginata aut inteora tlente laterali minuto; labium inferius 

 rcflexum convolutum, linea meclia albescenti notatmn, apice 

 emarginatum; filamentum revolutum, ima cum stylo spathu- 

 lato flavum; capsulae trlgono-subgiobosae, 4 — 9-spermae. — 

 Nomen sundense: 8. ku/uieng, i. e. lutea. 



MUSACEAE AGRDH. 



87. RAVEiNALA MADAGASCARIENSIS Ad^s. 



Char. Geu. cf. Endl. Gen. 1650. Msn. Gen. 390. Comm. 392. 

 Char. Spec. cf. Sonner. Voyage II. 223. t. 124—126 (trnsl. germ. H. 

 p. 175.) Schlt. VII. 76,1299 et liSS. Encll. 1. c. Hsskl. Decad. 55. 



D e s c r p 1. 1. c. addencla: Arbor 34—40 ped. altus et ultra ; 

 folia 6 — lOped. longa, 2,0 — 3,5ped. lata; pedunculi communis 

 rami utrinc[ue cjuincjue; spatliae alternae, ovato-Lmceolatae, a 

 latere compressae, concavae naviculares, gelatina hyalina ple- 

 nae multiflorae, horizontaliter patentes, 1,0—1,5 ped. longae, 

 crassissimae, coriaceae, virides glauco-pruinosae ; partiales acl 

 singulum florem 1 — 2 horizontales, lanceolatae, acuminatae, 

 subcarinatae, planiusculae, flavescentes, Hneis rubris notatae, 

 8 — 10 poll. longae ; perigonii foliola extcrna lanceolata, acu- 

 minata, flavescentia, erecta, glaberrima, integerrima, 5 — 7 poll. 

 longa, anticum latius canaliculatum, extus obtuse carinatum, basi 

 poUice fere latius ; lateraha angustiora, basi 0,5 poU. lata, ad 

 maro-ines interiores sibi adnexos invohita et se invicem fo- 

 ventia indecjue fohohim unicum, antico similhmum referentia; 

 interna lateraha lateribus externis consimiha, dein autem inter 

 se secedentia, basi 0,8 — 1,0 poh. kta, supra basin pauho 

 curvata, clein erecta ; posticum minus 3,5 — 4,0 poU. longum, 

 lanceolato-hneare erectum, canahculatum, 0,3 — 0,4pon. latum; 

 perigonium hcj[uore dulci plenum; filamenta 5 — 7 poU. longa, 

 basi dilatata 0,2 poU. crassa, complanata, dein attenuata, in 

 connectivum fihforme acutiusculum ; antherarum locuh 3,0 — 

 3,5 poU. longi hneares; poUcn albidum grauulo^um, granula 



