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Heliconia, 
Germen inferam, 3-gonum, oblongum, bad atte- 
nuatum, apice retufiim, album. Stylus ftaiiii- 
nibus brevior, filiformis, triqueter. Stigma 
3-augLilare, perforatum, luteum, obtufum, in- 
flexum. 
Capfula 3-gona, carnofa, 34 ocularis, nigrefcens. 
Semina foiitaria. 
Incolit loca fytvefma fuhuda montium Indiae occi- 
dentalis; vere florens, 
Obs. Differentia & defcriptio fpecifica, quse H, 
Bihai in fuppL Linn. p, /57. attribuuntur, minime 
hujus plantae funt, fed alius annis praeteritis ab 
Equ. T H u N B E R G ad Cap, h. Spei detedse , 
qu^ a Cl. Massonzw hortum KeweiiJ em viva 
transmiffa, im Anglia floruit, et nomine Stre- 
L, I T z I iE Regince nuper infignita fuit, cujus cha- 
racter & icon , in Cl. Aitoni Catalogo planta- 
rum horti Kewenfis , vol.i, p. 283 » tab.a, & voL^. 
p, 508, exftat. 
HELICONIA alha, S. V. 245. 2. 
Obs. Eft altera fpecies Streuitzi^, cujus 
charaCter effentialis ab Heliconice difcrepat. 
Nedfario fftu contrario, 3.phyllo, antice haftato^ 
Stigm, tria. / 
FruUu (Bacca‘i) 3-loculari, polyfpermo. 
HELICONIA pjittacorumy foliis caiilinis 
bafi rotundatis , fpadice terminali liexuo- 
fo, fpathis lanceolatiSj neftario lanceo- 
lato concavo integro. 
Heliconia Bihai, Linn. Gen. piant. Aubl. Guian. 
Palilia. Allamand. 
Descr. Planta 8-pedalis, Cannae fimillima. 
Caulis fimplex, glaber. 
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