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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Class VI. 
718. LOPHrOLA. B. M. Lophiola. 
40S4 aurea B. M. golden-flower. £ A or 
719. ARGOLA'SIA. JiMS. Argolasia. 
4085 plumosa W. woolly ^ lAJ or 
720. ANIGOZAN'THOS. R.Br. Anigozanthos. 
4086 flavida R. Br. 
721. MU'SA. W. 
4087 paradisjaca W. 
4088 sapientum W. 
4089 rosacea IV. 
4090 coccinea W. 
722. URA'NIA. W. 
4091 speciosa W. 
723. BUONAPAR'TEA 
4092juncea Fl.p. 
724. AGA'VE. H.K. 
4093 yuccaefolia Haw. 
4094 americana W. 
4095 Milleri Haw. 
4096 flaccida Haw. 
4097 lurida Jacq. 
4098 angustifolia Haw. 
4099 Karatto Mill. 
4100 viv'ipara W. 
4101 virg'inica 
4102 geminiflora Ker. 
4086 . 
russet-green-fl. ^ \ | 
Plantain-Tree. 
common i CZ] clt 
Banana-tree i □ clt 
rose-colored O or 
scarlet-flowered^ or 
Urania. 
Plantain-leaved i I | or 
F. P. Buonaparte A. 
Rush-leaved ^ I 1 or 
Agave. 
Yucca-leaved Sfc n or 
common Amer.*t or 
Miller's 
flaccid 
Vera Cruz 
narrow-leaved 
Karatto 
viviparous 
Virginian 
pair-flowered 
« [_J or 
*IDor 
* I ! or 
« ESJec 
«t IE or 
«t ^ or 
«t lAJ or 
Hcemodoracete. Sp. 1. 
li my.jl Y N. Amer. 1811. 
Hcemodoracece. Sp. 1. 
li ... W C. G. H. 1787. 
Hcemodoracece. Sp. 1 — 2. 
my.s N. HoU. 1803. 
Musacece. Sp. 4 — 5. 
20 o.d Pk India 1690. 
20 mr.o Pk W. Indies 1729. 
20 f.my Pu Mauritius 1805. 
20 mr.d S China 1792. 
Musacece. Sp. 1. 
20 ... R Madagasc. ... 
Bromeliacece. Sp. 1 — 2. 
1| ... B Peru 1800. 
Bromeliacece. Sp. 10. 
6 ... Y.w 1819. 
20 au.o Y S. Amer. 1640. 
6 ... G 1768. 
6 ... G S. Amer. 1790. 
8 jn.jl G Vera Cruz 1731. 
6 ... G 1790. 
5 ... G S. Amer. 1768. 
15 au.o G S. Amer. 1731. 
3 s P.G N. Amer. 1765. 
10 ... B America 1810. 
D p.l Bot. mag. 1596 
D s.l.p 
R s.p Bot. mag. 1151 
Sks.p Tr. eh.3.t.l8.20 
Sks.p Tr. eh.4. t. 21. 23 
Sk s.p Bot. reg. 706 
Sk s.p Bot. mag. 1559 
Sk p.l Jac. sch. 1. t. 93 
C s.l Fl. per. 3. t, 262 
Sk r.m 
Sk r.m Bot. rep. 438 
Sk r.m 
Sk r.m 
Sk s.p Bot. mag. 1522 
Sk r.m 
Sk r.m 
Sk s.p Com., prffil. 1. 15 
Sk r.m Bot. mag. 1157 
Sk r.m Jo. ofsc.No.o.t.l 
4090 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
718. LopMola. From xocpa,, a crest, on account of the little crest of the petals. It is a very rare North 
American plant, and thrives best in pots set in splicers of water. 
719. Argolasia. From cc^yog, white, and Xa.fftog, wool, on account of its calyx, which is wliite and velvety on 
the outside. It requires the same culture as the last. 
720. Anigozanthus. Named by Labillardiere, from ccvia-x.^, to raise up, and avS-uj, a flower. Its flowers are 
raised upon very long conspicuous scapes. Curious New Holland plants, with yellow or green flowers. 
721. Musa. So named by Plumier, in memory of Antonius Musa, the brother of Euphorbus, and the 
the freednian of Augustus. Such is the sense in which Linnsus admits the word. But the Arabic name for 
the plant, mauz, is a much more likely derivation. This splendid genus consists of species which have 
perennial, roundish, solid, watery bulbs, with biennial, and sometimes longer enduring stems. The stems are 
straight, erect, varying from five to twenty-five feet in height, simple, thick, round, smooth, fungous, watery, 
and laraellated. The leaves are oblong, entire, from three to ten feet in length, and under two feet in width. 
The flowers are in large terminating racemes, without a calyx or perianthium, generally whitish : the fertile 
flowers occupying the lower, and the barren the upper, part of the raceme. The former are succeeded by 
oblong, angular, fleshy berries, sweet, eatable, and containing many black seeds. They are natives of the old 
world, and for the most part cultivated there : none appear to be natives of America. 
M. paradisiaca rises with a soft herbaceous stalk fifteen or twenty feet high, with leaves often more than 
six feet long, and near two feet broad. When the plant is full grown, the spike of flowers appears from the 
centre of the leaves ; it is near four feet in length, and nods on one side. The fruit which succeeds the fertile 
flowers on the lower part of the spike is eight or nine inches long, and above an inch in diameter, a little in- 
curved, with three angles ; at first green, but when ripe of a pale yellow color. The skin is tough, and 
within is a soft pulp of a luscious sweet flavor. The spikes of fruit are often, so large as to weigh upwards of 
forty pounds. Gerarde, and other old authors, name it Adam's apple, from a notion that it was the forbidden 
fruit of Eden ; whilst others supposed it to be the grapes brought out of the promised land by the spies of 
Moses. It is certainly one of the most useful fruits in the world, and seems to have migrated with mankind 
into all the climates in which it may be cultivated. The fruit is so much esteemed by all Europeans v;ho 
settle in America, that the first thing they do in establishing a plantation is to begin with a Plantain walk; 
enlarging it as their family increases. Some or other of the trees are bearing most part of the year ; and 
their fruit is often the v/hole food on which a family subsists. When used instead of bread, it is roasted or 
boiled when just full grown : it is also eaten boiled with salt-meat or fish, and when ripe it is made into tarts, 
sliced and fried with butter, or dried and preserved as a sweetmeat. A Icrmented liquor is made from them, 
and in some places a cloth from the fibres of the trunk ; the leaves make excellent mats, or serve for stuffing 
mattrasses. Long {Jam. 788.) says, this fruit and the banana are among the greatest blessings bestowed by 
Providence upon the inhabitants of hot climates. Three dozen plantains are sufficient to serve one man for 
a week instead of bread, and will support him much better. 
M. sapientum is by some considered a variety of the plantain, from "which it differs in having its stalks 
marked with dark purple stripes and spots. The fruit is shorter and rounder, with a softer pulp, of a more 
luscious taste. An excellent marmalade, and a drink like the best Southnam cider, are made from it. There 
are many varieties both of the plantain and banana. 
M. rosacea and coccinea, are very omamenial plants, on account of the color of the flowers, but scarcely to 
be distinguished from M. paradisiaca. The culture of all the species is easy in lofty houses, with abundance 
