HELICO’NIA BICOLOR. 
TWO-COLOURED HELICONIA. 
* ENDOGENZ, . oR MONOCOTYLEDONE &- 
Natural division 
to which 
this plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, MUSACEA, 
i. ae f Artificial divisions PENTANDRIA, 
— — Os. to which Pa! MONOGYNIA, 
: 3 % J | this Plant belongs => oF LINNEUS, 
No. 101. 
a nag. Liconta. Linnzus. ee siege foliola exteriora peg 
lia, valle se petra news osetia lateralia subconformia, approximata, 
genitalia ienplocte tia, post nanum. Stamina es sexto postico 
abs spies ay basi perizoni adnate. Ovanrum Aiterems triloculare. Yura in 
a Pp aa filiformis; stigma 
depressiusculum, obsolete sex- Iobum. isis subdrupacea, tricocea, coccis 
osseis indehiscentibus. Semrna in coccis solitaria, obovato- subglohosa, basi- 
fixa, testa ab endocarpis vix solubili. Embryo orthotropus, ‘eed in axi 
albuminis farinaceo-carnosi, extremitate radiculari-umbilicum a ingente, in- 
fera. Henba: foliis =_ Hee: petiole: basi vaginantibus, soos m radiea- 
lem sx ° . Enpirener: 
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Genera Plantarum, p. ~ 
SPECIES. sl misaete BIcotor, foliis basi angustatis acuminatis nervosis, 
dene heformi ‘colorato, apes lanceolatis coccineis 1-6 flo- 
a 
res, perigo F apicem concretis, 
filamento sterili icenie integro. 
CHARACTER OF THE Genus, Heticonia. Prricon epigynous, the 
exterior leaflets equal, growing together at the base, the two lateral : 
inner ones nearly similar to them, placed near together, embracing 
the genital organs, the upper one very small. Stamens five, the 
sixth upper one being entirely wanting, adnate to the base of the 
perigon. Ovary adherent, three-celled. Ovu.es solitary in each 
cell, ascending from the base of the axis, anatropous. Styx filiform; 
stigma slightly depressed, obscurely six-cleft. Capsuze somewhat 
drupaceous, formed of three bony indehiscent nuts. Seeps solitary in 
each nut, obovate, or globose, attached by the base; the testa scarcely 
separable from the endocarp. Emspryo reece linear, placed 
in the axis of a farinaceous fleshy albumen. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, HeLiconia Bicotor. Root 
tuberous. Leaves numerous; foot-stalks stiff, erect, solid, three feet 
high, with scattered blotches of a fine brownish down, sheathing the 
stem at the base; lamina eighteen to twenty inches long, contracted 
at the base, and terminated in a long point, marked with longitudinal 
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