MUSACEAE. 



MUSA Linn. 



Musa paradisiaca Linn. Spec, plant. Ed. I. 1043. 

 Surinam: Splitgerber 530 H. L. B. 905, 88 — 120. 

 Cultivated in several varieties. 



Vernacular name: „Bana", „Bacove" or „Bakoeba". 

 All tropical countries. 



RAVENALA Adans. 



Ravenala guyanensis (L. C. Rich.) Benth. in Genera pi. III. 657. 

 Urania guyanensis L C. Rich, in Nova Acta Acad. nat. cur. XV. suppl. 



21 t. 6—8. 

 Phenakospermum guyanense Endl. v. Miquel Stirp. Surin. Select, p. 212 

 tab. 62 and 63. 

 Paramaribo: Wullschlagel 1138 ex Petersen Flora Bras. III. 3. p. 6; 



Splitgerber H. L. B. 905, 88—127. 

 Vernacular name : „Bosch-Banaan". 

 Northern Brazil ; French Guyana. 



HELICONIA Linn. 



Heliconia Bihai Linn. Mant. II. p 211. 

 Litanie River: Versteeg 408 (fl. Dec.) 

 Paramaribo: Splitgerber 59 H. L. B. 905, 88—117 ( fl - Nov.) 

 Upper Coppename River, near Raleigh-falls: Boon 1015 (fl. Aug.) 

 Surinam: Focke 122; Wullschlagel 521 ex Petersen I.e. 17. 

 Vernacular name: »Palaloe" (Splitgerber.) 

 All tropical America. 



Heliconia acuminata L. C. Rich, in Nova Acta Acad. nat. cur. XV. 

 suppl. t. 11. 

 Upper Surinam River, near Bergendal: Focke 368 (fl. Sept.) 

 Lower Saramacca River, near Mindrinetti: Pulle 42 (fl. Nov.) 

 Upper Coppename River: Boon 1182 (fl. Sept.) 

 Common in forests. 

 Venezuela, Northern Brazil, French Guyana. 



