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Baker . — A Synopsis of tke 
pressed and irregularly angled, tubercled, 4-5 lines diam. Of 
the latter we have careful sketches made on the spot by Sir 
J. D. Hooker and it has been widely distributed as Musa 
No. 5 of Hooker, and Thomson’s Indian plants. Pierre, in 
Sagot’s monograph, describes in detail three forms from Cochin 
China. M. zebrina , Flore des Serres, t. 1061-2, is, apparently, 
a dwarf form of this subspecies, with leaves copiously blotched 
with black. 
Dr. King distinguishes four wild seminiferous forms in 
Sikkim as follows, viz. : — 
1. pruinosa (Reling of the Lepchas). Stem 10-25 ft* long. 
Leaves very glaucous beneath, bracts deep violet purple, 
glaucous outside, red inside, persistent, subtending the fruit ; 
fruit about 5 in. long by ij in. diam., permanently angled, 
seeds £ in. diam., pulp very scanty. Altitude 1500-3500 
feet. 
2. dubia (Luxon of the Lepchas). Stem shorter, leaves not 
glaucous beneath, bracts deep lurid purple not glaucous 
outside, purplish-red inside, lower bracts deciduous ; fruit 3-4 
in. long, 1-1 J- in. diam. with 5-6 prominent ribs, seeds J-J in. 
diam., pulp more copious. Altitude 1500-5500 feet. 
3. Hookeri ( Tiang-moo-foo-goon of the Lepchas). Stem 
10-14 ft. long, tinged with red, leaves bright green on both 
sides, tinged with purple when young, bracts purple on both 
sides, glaucous outside, lower deciduous; fruits 5-6 in. long 
2 in. diam., prominently angled; seeds 4-5 in. diam., pulp 
scanty. Common between 4500 and 5500 feet. 
4. Thomsoni (. Kergel of the Lepchas). Stem green, 12-15 
ft. long, leaves glaucous only when young, conspicuously 
cuspidated at the apex, bracts ovate, outside with vertical 
streaks of yellow and purplish-brown, yellow inside; fruit 2 J in. 
long, f- in. diam. faintly ribbed ; seeds few, black, soft, -J in. 
diam. surrounded by copious sweet pulp. Does not rise above 
1500 feet. 
Dr. King thinks the two latter forms as likely to be distinct 
specifically from sapientum. His Hookeri is probably M. sikki- 
mensis , Kurz. 
Subsp. 4. M. Troglodytarum, Linn. Sp. Plant. 1478; 
M. Uranoscopos, Rumph. Amboin. V, 137, t. 61, fig. 2. Fruits 
