PLATE CXXIV. 



hp:liconia 



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PSITTACORUM 



Parrot 'hilled Heliconia 



CLASS 



V 



ORDER 



I 



PE]SITANDRIA MONOGYNIJ. Five Ch 



On(^ PointaL 



GENERIC CHARACTEPw 



Calyx, Spathae communes partialefque alternae, 



diftin6tae, perfiftentes. 

 Perianthium nullum. 

 Corolla. Petala tria, oblonga, canaliculata, 



ercfta, acuta, aequalia, 



Nectarium diphyllum^ foliolo altero pelalis 



fuba^quali^ altero breviflimo, canaliculato^ 



xmcinato, oppofito. 



Stamina. Filamenta quinque, lincaria. An- 

 tlicrae ereftae, longae. 



PisTiLLUM. Germeninferum, triquctrum. Sty- 

 lus ftamlnibus fere brevier. Stigma Ion- 

 gum, gracile, curvatum, capitulo terminali. 



Pericarpium. Capfula oblonga, truncata^ tri- 

 / quetra, trilocularis, trivalvis. 



Semina folitaria, oblonga. 



Calyx. Sheaths common and partial alternate, 



diftind, remaining. 

 Cup none. 



Blossom. Petals three, oJblong, channelled, 

 upright, pointed, equal. 

 Honey cup two leaved; one leaflet nearly tliC 

 length of the petals 3 the otFier very fliort, 

 channelled, hooked and oppofite to die 

 larger. 



Chives, Five threads, linear. Tips upright 

 and long. 



PoixTAL. Seed -bud beneath, thrcc-fided. Shaft 

 fcarcely fliorter than the chives. Summit 

 long, flender, curved, and terminating In 

 a fmall head. 



Seed-vessel. Capfule oblong, appearing cut 

 off at the end, thrce-fided, three cells, 

 three valves. 



Seeds folitary, oblong. 



IIclJ 



SPECrPIC CHARACTER. 



iconia. Foliis glaberrimis, Innceolatis; in- 

 florefcentia glaberrima; fpadice terminali 

 flexuofo; fpathismultifioris, margujibus re- 

 volutisj ne^ario lanccolato, concave, intc- 







gro.' 



v 



Heliconia with very fmooth, lance-fiiapcd leaves; 

 the inflorcfcence quite fmooth; Hera termi- 

 nating In a zig-zag form 5 flieaths contain- 

 ing many flowers and rolletf back 5 honey- 



r 



cup lance-fhaped, concave, and entire. 



1. 



REPEKEXCE TO THE PLATE. 



3. 

 4. 



licr Jiuiw\UK TU THE PLATE. 



TheBloflom, with the three petals detached from the upper part of the Honey cup, which is 

 _ Ihewn in front wltli the finaller leaf hidofed within the larger. 



; Uiives, With the lower part of the Honey-cup, to fliew their infertion at its bafe, and 

 the fmaller leaf of the Honev-rnn m U-b r,!.,,^^ 



the fmaller leaf of the Honey-cup in its place 

 Ihe fmaller leaf of the Honey-cup, magnified. 



« 4i l^ }-,^^^ Summit, the Summit detached raamificd. 

 5. Tlie Seed-bud, natural fize. 



The Seed-bud cut tranfverfely, magnified. 



6. 



The 



a of the Well 



Inrlli in-inric „-o £ ft . ""-;^- "i uic t-uminent oi aoutn America, as well as moii oi uic »i-» 



ThoamEvts Ff^^^^ •'" P^'"^' ^'■""\^^^ '^^''^ «f St. Vincents, in the year 1797, bf 



loifture and heat, as well as mucn 

 ^^s^^^L't^Zrt'!}^ _"«''»--• 'h^X -e '= ^ f-n but for a few hours In tl.a. fta.e, I. 



drawing was taken, 

 root room 



Ihis plant n quires a confiderable degree of nioifture and heat, as well as 



SSlhl/ •« r°^'' throwing up a number of fuckers from the joints, which are formed at a 

 defcrfS thU ntnt' T '^' PJ'"V 1'h« yo«"g-'- Linn^us in his Sup. Plait, of i;8I, p. 158, ha. 

 mire foi hf,& ft' °"' ^P'"^^*^ ''^^^' ''"^ '^'ff^''^"* in feme few points; which appear to anfc 

 S^Obf 08 tulTk .1 ^^{:?"^Parts, than from any real difference in the plant itfelf. Suartz in 

 Sc ye we hftltf ^ t!. u^'' ^''"*' '^^^*^'^ Linnaeus, we prefume, denominates flower ftem le3^r^, 

 T^nildcn^ anlvJirt .i' . i^ *iV^y ^'^'^ ^""^^ defcribed the fame plant; and perfectly agree with 

 ^"g the^^^^^^ ''^'"' '^^' '^'^ "• P^>"^corum of both authors Is the fame, and Lve as little o/tb.s 



