and. MONOG. 474- Sirelitzb. 475. Achyranthcs. 405 
Leaves rounded at the bafc and tip, radical: fpadix ereft, 
radical: fpathes 2-rowed, many-flowered; upper-lip 
of the neftary undivided. 
Caribbees. Plum. gen. <^o, ic. Bihai. 
Leaves acute at the bafe and tip, radical : fpadix ereft, 
radical : fpathes 2-rowed, many-flowered : upper-hp 
of the ne£lary 3-cleft. , , 
America. Sfwart^. obf ?. P* P ' 
Scape ere£l ; fpathes reddidi ; cotols fafFron. 
Leaves narrowed at the bafe, pointed at the tip, radical : 
fpadix erea, flexuous, radical: fpathes 2-rowed, ma- 
ny-flowered ; upper-lip of the ncdary 3-toothed. 
Guiana. lacq ^or/. l. /. 4 ^ > 49' 
' Leaves rounded at the bafe, pointed at the tip, quite 
rous, growing on the Hem : fpadix furnilhed with a 
ftcm : nedlary lanceolate. 
Jamaica, Curt. hot. mag. t. 502. Andre'ws hot. repf t. 124. 
Root-Ua-ves petioled; thofe of the flem alternate, feflile. 
Leaves rounded at the bafe, quite glabrous, growing on the 
ftem: fpadix furnilhed with a Hem, flexuous, hairy •- 
fpathes 2-rowed, many-flowered: ne£tary lanceolate. 
South America; S/c»i and ilrawr glabrous: rora/ 2-petalled. 
■^74. STRELITZIA. Spathe general and partial: 
calyx o\ foro/ 3-petaUed : neSary m- 
clofmg the parts of fruftification : capfule 3-cel- 
led ; itie cells nnany-feeded. 
Leaves with parallel ribs. 
The Cape. Curt. hot. mag. t. i iq* '20, Ait. Ketu, I. r, 2. 
all radical, oblong, very entire : ueAtirjh\\ie. 
Leaves ribbed and reticulate with veins. 
■The Cape, Ueliconia alba, Bihai. Liun.fuppht^J. 
475 - ACHYRANTHES. Calyx 5-leaved: carol o: 
Jligma bifid : feeds folitary. 
Leaves roundilh-ovate, pointed : calyxes refle£l:ed, prefled 
clofe to the fpike. 
Sicily. The Cape. Bocc.fu.t.C). Pluk.php. 260./. 2. 
Leaves obovate, rather acute, tapering to the bafe; calyxes 
reflefted, prefled clofe to the fpike. 
Jamaica, Miller Jig. i. \ \ .f,2. Pluk. aim. t, 10, J. 4" 
lappacea. 
