PLATE CCCCXXXII. . 
STRELITZIA REGINE. 
The Queen's Strehtzia. 
O.ass Vo” ORDER I. 
 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal. 
¥ ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
SpaTHA universalis, partialesque. Calyx 0, 
Corolla 3-petala. Nectarium 3-phyllum, petalled. 
genitalia involvens, Capsula 3-locularis ; Noctity three-leaved, involving the organs. 
loculis polyspermis. ; | of fructification. Capsule three-celled ; 
, with many seeds. . 
sca a common one, and — spathes. 
Ri 
netalled 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
STRELITzIA, foliis ellipticis basi undulatis | | STRELITZIA, with leaves elliptic undulated at 
parallelo-costatis, the base, and ribbed in a parallel manner, 
Strevitzia Regine, Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. 1190,—Curt. Bot. Mag. tab. 119.—Ait. Hort. Kew. 1, 285. 
tab, 2. : 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
2 1. A miniature figure of the plant. 
| q 2. The two-petal-like nectary. 
Se 3. The upper short petal of the nectary. 
4. The seed-bud, chives and pointal. 
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Ar the request of several of our subscribers, who ‘compliment us in saying fits work contains aie 
all the move showy plants now in cultivation; and who moreover are desirous that it should not jong 
want any of them: we here beg leave to present them with that queen of hot-house plants, the 
superb Strelitzia: although strictly against our rules and plan; a coloured quarto print of it having 
already been given in the Botanical Magazine. 
Of this majestic genus, first established in the Hortus Kewensis, there are now living in the British 
gardens, not fewer than four species, and several varieties ; all natives, we believe, of the Cape of 
Good Hope, and all hot-house plants: viz. Ist, Strelitzia alba (Hortulanorum), which, towering far 
above the rest, and quite erect, attains the kingly height of twenty feet or upwards: it ought to have 
been called $. Regis ;—2nd, 5; Regine, here delineated, of which there are three or four varieties, 
differing only in the undulation of the leaves, and in their length, which (including the petiole) is 
usually from three to five feet ;—3d, A nondescript narrow-leaved species, with very long petioles ; 
this should be called S. Principis ;—and 4th, another nondescript, but smaller sort, whose leaves are 
mere petioles, and scarce ever expand in the slightest manner into lamin : this should be called 
S. yuncea: it is very rare, and we believe at present only in the royal collection at Kew. All the 
Strelitzise are propagated, though slowly, by carefully dividing their perennial roots, which are usually 
planted either in very large pots, or small beds annexed to the tan-bed in hot-houses. Our figure was 
made froma plant at Mesrs. Colvill’s, in the King’s Road, last autumn, but the plant flowers freely at 
various seasons, 
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