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STRELITSIA^ ^ 
S, (augusta,) foliis simpliciter nervosis» Prod. 
P- 45, 
Heliconia alba* Linn, Suppl, p» 157. Syst, 
' Veg. XIV^ p, 245v 
Crescit in hunaidis tJmbrosis sylvis inHout- 
niqvas in regionibus Pisang rivier* 
Floret Odilobri, Novembri» 
Europa3is incolis : Witte Pisang, 
Caulis simiolex, vaginatus, craffitie brachii et 
ultra, altitudine circiter 18 pedum^ 
Folia i)^ti^^^ta , ereda, vaginantia, laCo ova* 
ta, obtusa, tenuia, tenuissime et simplici- 
ter nervosa , gtabra , integra, pedalia et 
ultra. 
P e t.i o 1 i teretes, striati. 
Flores intra Spatham plures, circiter duode- 
cim, eredti, florentes primum in basi, con- 
tiuuata sensim flurescentia ad apicem, seffi- 
les intra spathos partiales. 
Corolla tripetala: Petala duo superiora 
approximata ; inferius remotum, infranec- 
tarium situm ; ovato - ianceolata, acumina- 
ta, concava , integerrima, consimilia et ee- 
qvalia, digitalia. 
Nectarium diphyllum, inler petala situm: fo- 
lium s u p e r i u s minimum, concavum, al- 
terum amplexans; apice obtusum , carina- 
tum, crassiusculum , emarginatum , ungvi* 
culare: inferius petalis paulo brevius, 
genitalia includens. Carina dorsalissul- 
cata sulcis qvatuor, a medio ad apicem ha- 
statum :alis interne et superne margini- 
bus elevatis, intra qvas stamina et pistillum^ 
Filamenta 5, filiformia, alba, longitudin^ 
dimidia hastee* 
Flora cap* V* 
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