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INDEX 



Banana or sweet plantain, 25. 

 Bananas, 25. 



— and Plantains contrasted, 24. 

 — , cultivated varieties, 32, 42. 

 -at Kew, 12, 52. 



at Sion House, 53. 



— , cultivation, 43. 



— , — in England, 51. 



— , diseases, 53. 



— , dye and tan from, 60. 



— , economic uses, 56. 



— , fibre of, 61. 



— , fleshy-fruited, 3. 



— , giant, 3. 



— , red-bracteated, 29. 



— , swollen-stemmed, 12. 



— . true, 29. 



— in Australasia, 44. 



British Guiana, 27, 40, 50, 



54, 72, 79, 83. 



British Honduras, 48. 



New Guinea, 45. 



Canary Islands, 67. 



Central America, 57. 



Ceylon, 34, 45. 



Fiji, 45, 53, 58. 



Guatemala, 70. 



India, 32, 60. 



Indian Archipelago, 35. 



Jamaica, 42, 47, 69, 74, 82, 



84. 



Java, 36, 37. 



Mauritius and Madagascar, i 



38. 



New Caledonia, 22, 59. 



Nicaragua, 50. 



Peru, 40. 



■ Philippine Islands, 35, 61. 



Polynesia, 37, 45. 



Queensland, 53. 



St. Helena, 47. 



Singapore, H7. 



South-East Africa, 56. 



Surinam, 78, 82, 85. 



Tahiti, 18. 58. 



Bananas in Trinidad, 42, 48, 55, 



74, 76, 85. 

 Tropical Africa, 37, 46, 58, 



59, 76. 



United States, 83. 



Venezuela, 41, 50. 



West Indies, 42, 47, 57. 



— , meal from, 76. 

 — , ornamental, 3. 

 — . preserved, 71. 

 — , trade in, 67 

 — , wine from, 66. 

 Masa acuminata, 17. 



— aurantiaca, 32. 



— Banksii, 18. 



— Basjoo, 20. 



— Buchanani, 13. 



— Cavendishii, 16, 27, 68. 



— cliffortiana, 29. 



— coccinea, 30. 



— corniculata, 18. 



— discolor, 20. 



— dubia, 28. 



— Ensete, 9, 12, 59, 65. 



— Fehi, 18, 19, 61. 



— Fitzalani, 19. 



— flava, 21. 



— glauca, 17. 



— Hillii, 18. 



— Hookeri, 28. 



— , Key to the Sub-genera and 

 species of, 10. 



— lasiocarpa, 15. 



— livingstoniana, 13. 



— maculata, 29. 



— malaccensis, 21. 



— Mannii, 30. 



— Martini, 21 . 



— nana, 16. 



— nepalensis, 15. 



— proboscidea, 13. 



— pruinosa, 28. 



— rosacea, 29. 



— rosea, 30. 



— rubra, 30. 



