202 Baker . — A Synopsis of the 
above a foot long, unequal sided and truncate at the base. 
Peduncle rather longer than the petiole, glaucous. Flowers 
exactly like those of the type. 
Var. S. ovata (Dryand. in) Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, II, 55 ; 
S. Regime, Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 119-120; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 
432. Petiole and leaf-blade shorter than in the type, the 
latter rounded or subcordate at the base. Peduncle overtopping 
the leaves. 
Var. S. humilis, Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. I, 150; S. 
pumila , Hort. A dwarf form, with petiole twice as long as 
the ovate concave blade and scape as long as the petiole. 
Cape Colony ; south-western district, Masson ! Nelson ! Bnr- 
chell, 3670! Drege\ Dr. Gill\ Rocky heights of Uitenhage 
and district of Albany near the Cowie river, Bowie ! S. pro- 
lifera , Rafarin, in Rev. Hort. 1869, 159, fig. 13, is a form with 
two clusters of flowers; S. Lemoinieri, Meillez, in Flore des 
Serres, tab. 2370, a form with flowers more brightly coloured 
than usual and rutilans , Morren, in Ann. Gand, II (1846), tab. 
53, a form with very dark orange-coloured sepals and leaves 
with a bright brown mid-rib and margin. Introduced into 
cultivation in 1773. See Miss North’s drawings, No 365. 
3. S. augusta 1 , Thunb. Nov. Gen. 113; Prodr. 45; Bauer, Strelitz. 
tabs. 1-4; Bot. Mag. t. 4167; Flore des Serres, t. 173-4; 
S. alba , Spreng. Heliconia alba, Linn. fil. Suppl. 157. Cau- 
lescent when developed, with a short cylindrical trunk. Petiole 
reaching a length of 5-6 feet; blade oblong, bright green, 
deltoid or rounded at the base, reaching a length of 3-4 feet 
and a breadth of \\-2 feet. Peduncle much shorter than the 
petiole. Branch-bract coriaceous, glaucous, claret-red, 8-12 
in. long by 3-4 in. round at the base. Sepals lanceolate, 
white, 5-6 in. long. Petals also white, the two lower with the 
blades about 3 in. long with small rounded auricles and hafts 
half as long, dilated gradually towards the base ; back petal 
ovate, an inch long. Stamens as long as the petals ; anthers 
3 in. long, twice as long as the filaments. Style-cusps 1 J-2 in. 
long. Cape Colony, Thunberg, Drege ; Durban, Cooper, 1225; 
Natal (I presume introduced). See Miss North’s drawings, 
1 The name is misprinted angusta by Dietrich and others. 
