BANANA TREE. 
POLYGAMJA MONOECIA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Calyx a large many-flowered sheath. 
Corolla an irregular petal divided into two lips. 
Pericarp a long fleshy fruit. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
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Musa Sapientum . M. spadice nutante, floribus masculis ue- 
ciduis. Linn. Spec. Plant. 2 . p. 1477. 
Sheath nodding, n^ale flowers deciduous. 
Musa spadice nutante, fructu breviore ob- 
longo. Brown. Jam. 363. 
Musa caudice maculato, fructu recto ro- 
tundo breviore odorato. Sloan. Jam. 192 . 
Hist. 2 . p. 147. 
Banana Tkee. . Trav. Ehret. 4. pi. 21, 22, 23. Sted. 
Sur. 2 . p. 372, 
This and the plantain tree ( musa par aclhiaca) are 
well known to the inhabitants of the West India 
islands, who cultivate them on an extensive scale 
for the sake of their nourishing fruit. The two 
plants are so connected together, in point of utility 
