- PLATE XLVII. 
MUSA COCCINE,A 
Scarlet flowered Plantain- tree. 
CLASS ASITL. ORDER 7 
POLYGAMIA MONOECIA. Various difpofitions, Upon one Plant, 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Hermaphroditi feminei flores. Hermaphrodite <i — the Semale pars 
Catyx. Spatha partialis ovato-oblonga, plano- EMPALEMENT. Partial teak @ oblong, =. 
concava, magna. aped, {moothly-concave, and large. 
CoroLta inzqualis, ringens; petalo conftitu- Bossom unequal and gaping; the petal form 
- ente labium faperit ius, nectario vero labium ing the upper lip, the honey-cup the 
inferius. under, 
Petalum ereétum, risen quinqueden- Petal upright, ligulate, five-toothed, and 
tatum, | bafi antice conniv: meeting at the bafe in front. 
eeecolare: petalo, Honey-cup one | leaf, thip-fhaped, fhorter than 
brevius, intra finum petali infertum. the petal, and inclofed within it. 
Sramina. Filamenta fex, fubulata ereéta, pe- Curves. Threads fix, awl-thaped, upright, fhort- 
talo dimidio breviora. Anthera: abortive. er by half than the petal. Tips abortive. 
PistitLum. Germen infra receptaculum floris, Pornrat. Seed-bud below the receptacle of : 
" maximum, longiffimum. Stylus ereQus, the flower, large and very long. Shaft | 
Se longitudine petali. Stigma capitatum, fub- upright the length of the petal. 
rotundum, headed, nearly ro 
 Pericarrium. Bacca carnofa, corio teéta, SEED-vEssEL. A fle ethy b erry, covered with a 
ote, pulpa trifariam, abfque diffe. tough {fkin, very ae the pulp laying three | 
ways, without part Z 
ig Sarkia: globofa. SEEDs many, round. 4 
; ’ 4 
i. Hermaphroditi mafculi flores. Hermaphrodite flowers, where the male parts ; 
| : ; 4 
Catyx ut in feminzo. EmpPaLEMeEnr as in the female flower. 4 
Corotta ut in feminzo. Bossom as in the female flower. : a 
Stamina. Filamenta ut in feminzo, at lon- Cuives. Threads as in the female flower, but | 
. ag — Antherze lineares, fulcate, longer, and thinner. ge linear, chan- — a 
magne. nelled, upright, and Jar; 2 
Pcaces. Germen ut in apne hy ut minus. gece er, Seed-bud the Cad as in the female, os 
: Sa et Slice ut in femineo, at mi- ut fmaller. Shaft and fummit like the 4 
— anil. but fmalle 
a : Pentcanriow abortit. SEED-VESSEL is abortive. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 4 
Mula sence ereéto; floribus Capitatis; {pathis Plantain-tree with an upright frnit-flalk; flowers | 
ae confertis, coccineis » Maximis, apicibus lu- growing in heads; theaths crowded together, 4 
* teis, : fcarlet, very large, points yellow. ms 3 | 
3 — ie sae 
rsbilonsectuecciecten TO THE PLATE. < | 
1. The upper lip a the bloffom, fhewn in front, as cut off clofe to the feed-bud. - | 
2. The fame, thew ing the hinder parts, wie the three {mall claws on the border. : , 
3. The honey-cup, which forms the lower lip of the bloffom ae 
4. The feed-bud, chives, ftyle, and fummit, of a female hermaphrodite flower. = : : 
5. A feed-bud cut obliquely, to expofe the fituation chara@ter of the feeds. mee 
aa 6. The chives, feed- bud, fhaft, and fummit, of a male hermaphrodite flower. o 
sae honour of having introduced "ys fupremely beautiful plant, pertains to, Thomas Evans Bit : 
3a gentleman to whofe zea 1 for the introdu@ion of new plants our ftoves are of er ie i 
ell ax § 3 he having received it, amongft many others, about = year 1792 from China, where, Bees 
as in Cochin-China, Sumatra, Java, &c. it is very commo nd, Our figure was ta partlys 
: ant which es Vere’s, Efq. Kenfington Gore, laft December, and pe Mala ie 
_ ‘rom one in bloffom about the fame time, at the Hon. Lady Archer's, Ham Common. 
dea! ogrtatig “9d to the height of about three, or four feet before it blows, and without 
tzea Regina in the hothoufe, where its brilliancy, tends in fome degree, t0 
he gloom of winter, for at leaft ~ months. It increafes itfelf by ee — are thie “a 
paargs from a cB orig 
