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Genera and Species of Museae . 
queen of George III, who was a princess of Mecklenburg- 
Strelitz. 
Acaulescent. Sepals bright yellow . . . Sp. 1-2. 
Caulescent. Sepals white .... Sp. 3-4. 
1. S. parvifolia, (Dryand. in) Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, II, 56; Bauer, 
Strelitz. tab. 1 1 ; *S. angustifolia , Ait. loc. cit. Acaulescent. 
Petiole slender, reaching a length of 4-6 feet ; blade oblong- 
lanceolate in the type, 8-9 in. long, 3 in. broad at the middle, 
deltoid at the base, bright green, with a narrow scariose brown 
edge, in S. angustifolia lanceolate. Peduncle about as long 
as the leaves, with green sheath-leaves ; branch-bract 5-6 in. 
long, 2-3 in. round at the base, green with a reddish edge. 
Sepals bright orange-yellow, 3-4 in. long. Petals blue ; lower 
with a blade about 2 in. long, with large round basal auricles. 
Stamens about 3 in. long. 
Var. S. juncea, Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. I, 15; S. 
parvifolia , var .juncea, Bot. Reg. t. 516; Reichb. FI. Exot. 
t. 1 8 1. Blade of the leaf abortive. Cape Colony: south- 
western province, Drege ! Villette ! Bure hell, 443873! Intro- 
duced into cultivation about 1796. 
2. S. Reginae, (Banks, in) Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, I, 285, tab. 2. 
Bauer, Strelitz. tab. 6-9; £. regalis, Salisb. Prodr. 145; 
Heliconia Bihai, J. Miller, Ic. tab. 5-6 (1780). Acaulescent. 
Petiole 3-4 feet long; blade in the type oblong-lanceolate, 
1- 1 1 ft. long, 4 in. broad at the middle, cuneate at the base, 
crisped on the margin, especially downwards, bright green 
above, glaucescent beneath. Peduncle as long as the petiole ; 
sheathing leaves green ; branch-bract green with a reddish edge, 
6-8 in. long, 2-3 in. round at the base. Sepals lanceolate, 
bright yellow^ 3-4 in. long. Petals dark blue ; blade of the two 
lower 1 J-2 in. long, with a large round basal auricle ; haft half 
as long as the blade ; upper petal small, broad ovate. Stamens 
as long as the petals ; anthers twice as long as the filaments. 
Style as long as the petals, its branches an inch long. 
Var. S. glauca, L. C. Rich, in Nova Acta, XV, Suppl. 17, 
tab. 2-3. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, glaucous. Peduncle not 
overtopping the leaves. 
Var. S. farinosa, (Dryand. in) Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, II, 55. 
Petiole less than twice as long as the blade, which is oblong, 
