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A NEW MUSA FROM UGANDA. 
By A. B. Renpuez, D.Sc., F.R.S., & S. Greves, B.Sc. 
(PLATE 506.) 
Tuts interesting new banana was found by Dr. A. G. Bagshawe, 
after whom it has. been named, at Foweira and other places in 
+ ft. in circumference six inches above. the es, 
which are oblong with a narrow red edging and red midrib, are 
4 ft. long and 2 ft. 5 in. in greatest width; t e 
short very deeply grooved stalk. The drooping inflorescence is 
2% ft. long, with dull red bracts; the lower withered bracts exceed 
45 em. in " length, those subtending the flowers = 26 to 27 cm 
long. The flowers are about 5-5 em. long, with a white So aaech. 
the longer limb 3:7 em. long and ‘8 em. broad enveloping the base 
of the shorter, 1:5 em. long and 1:1 cm. wide; filaments 2-5 cm. 
long, anthers 2 cm. long; style about 2 om. .. ovary 1° 2 to 1:4 cm. 
long. The fruit is described by Dr. Bagshawe as “ light orange, 
with a little darker pulp, 44 to 5 in. long, 6 in. in cireumference 
near the distal end, tapering to the proximal end, triangular; eon- 
tains thirty black ne seeds”; the drawing has been made 
from a dried specim The seeds: ar e 3- to 5-sided by ig Sd 
sion, 1:2 cm Se re 1:3 cm. broad, hollowed at the hilum 
broadening upw : a 
Musa Bagsha wei s nov. Planta 15-18-pedalis, foliis o 
longis, margine et costa satire rubro-tinetis, petiolo brevi; oe 
scentia pendente 23-pedale ; bracteis late oblongis, abrupte acumi- 
natis, venis numerosis lineatis, orn 26-27 cm. long., 15 cm. 
lat.; floribus albis, 17-19 in quaque bractea, biseriatis ; ae 
bilabiato, parte exteriore ineattiohionga: apice trilobato, par 
teriore late ellipsoidea plus quam duplo breviore sed latiore, apiee 
aris taminibus 5 a antheris linearibus perigonium 
30, atris, niten 
Hab. ae ie at 3500 ft. alt.; in flower and fruit, 
April 25, 1907. 
The species cage nearly allied to M. Laurentii De Wild. 
(Mission E. ppp pec t, p. 871, t. exxx.) from Stanleyville, Congo, 
but differs in its br acuminate and in the number of 
the stamens, M. Laurentii having (according to the figure) a 
smaller sixth stamen; judging from the figure of M. — 
the fruit of that species contains salsa seeds than is the case 
M. Bagshawet. 
EXPLANATION OF PratE 506. 
Fig. 1. Bract with one series of flowers, two-thirds nat. size. 2. Portion of 
ea showing veining, nat. size. 3. Flower, nat. size. 4. . size. 
Seeds viewed from the side, from r above and lout below respectively, 
sik. size. pene gs 
Journat or Borany.—Vot. 48. [Juny, 1910.] O° 
