MUSACEvE. 579 



Cultivated at the Mauritius. Fl. large, purple yellow-white, and fr. 

 nearly the whole year. 



3. superba, Roxb. (/. ind. I, p. 667 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 489 ; Corom. 3, 

 ^. 223; — Spreng. o.c. p.S'6'i.) %. Dindygul. Fl. large, pale-coloured, 

 R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



4. nepalensis. Wall. {Roxh.fi. ind.; ed. Carey, 2, p. 492 ; — Spreng. syst. 

 e. p. p. 109, under M. glauca. — Schult. 8. p. 1295.) %. Smaller 

 Mountains of Nepal, in dense shady forests. Fl. large, yellowish. 

 Has been cultivated for years in the garden here, without flowering. 

 The Nepalese eat the fruit, though it contains little else than hard 

 seeds. {Wall.) 



5. glauca, Roxb. {fl. ind. 1, p. 669 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 490 ; — Spreng. syst. 

 1, p. 833.) 2/. Pegu. Fl. like those of No. 1, May; fr. Oct. and 

 Nov. 



6. textilis, Nees.— {Schult. 8, p. 1297 i—Boxb. H. B. p. 19.— Musa 

 seminifera, var. 1. Lour.) Manilla Hemp. %. Philippines. Has been 

 cultivated for many years in the garden here, without flowering. The 

 leaves yield a most valuable flax, from which some of the finest mus- 

 lins are prepared. 



7. cocmea, Andr. {B. Repos. 1. t. 47 i—B. M. 38, t. 1559 ;— Red. 

 HI. t. •307-8 \— Spreng. syst. 1, p. 833;— Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 665; 

 ed. Carey, 2, p. 487.) % China. Fl. large, scarlet, yellow-tipped, and 

 fr. nearly the whole year. {Roxb.) 



8. rubra. Wall, (not Hortul.) % In H. C. G. — Banks of the Irawaddi. } 

 d.chinensis, Swt. (M. Cavendishii, Pazt. Bot. Mag. 3, 51.) % China. 



In H. C. G. 

 Ravenala, Adans. {Endl. Nov. gen. I, p. 228.) Traveller's tree. 



l.madagascariensis, Sonner. {voy. 2, p. 223, t. 124-126; — Poir. enc. 

 meth. 6, p. 80. — Jacq. hort. schUnbr. 1, t. 93. — Schult. 8, p. 1299. — 

 Urania speciosa, Willd. ; — Spreng. syst. 2, p. 115. ; — Roxb. fi. ind. 2, 

 p. 114. — U. IMadagascariensis, Raiischel.) b Madagascar. Fl. large, 

 white, inodorous, Sept. and Oct. ; fr. May, June and July. While in 

 blossom the spathes are all completely filled with clear gelatinous 

 matter. 



Heliconia Bihai, Swz. % W. Indies. — H. caribea, Lam. % W. In- 

 dies. — H. Ballia. Rich. %. Maranhao. — H. humilis, Jacq. % Carac- 

 cas. — H. psittacorum, ViiWdi. % W.Indies. — H. Swartziana, Rom. 

 and Sch. (H. psittacorum, jS. B. M. 14, t. 502.) % Jamaica.—//. 

 hirsuta, Rom. and Sch. % S. America. — H. pulverulenta, Lindl. ; B. 

 Reg. 19, t. 1648. S. America. — Strelitzia augusta, Thunb. %. C. G. 

 H.— 6\ regince. Ait. % C. G. H.— S. humilis, Lk. %. C. G. H.— S. 

 farinosa. Ait. % C. G. H. — Musa maculata, Jacq. %. Mauritius. — M. 

 Berteroniana, Colla. % Moluccas. — M. Balbisiana, CoUa. %. Amboyna. 

 — M. acuminata, Colla. 2/.. Amboyna. 



