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P L A T E XLVII.
M U S A C O C C 1 N E A.
Scarlet-flouDerecl Plantam-free.
C L A S S XXllI. ORDER L
rOLYGAMIA MONOECU. Various difpoiitions. Upon one Plant.
G E N E R I C CHARACTER.
Ilermaphoiliti fem'mci flares.
CALYX. Spatha partialis ovato-oblonga, planoconcava,
magna.
C O R O L L A inasqualis, ringens; petalo conftjtuente
labium luperius, neiftario vero labium
inferius.
Petalum ereftum, ligulatLun, quinquedentatum,
bali antice connivens.
NeBarium monophyllum, naviculare, petalo,
brevius, intra finum petali infertum.
STAMINA. Filamenta lex, fubulata erefta, petalo
dimidio breviora. Antheras abortivae.
PisTiLLUM. Germen infra receptaculum floris,
maximum, longiffimum. Stylus ere6lus,
longitudine petali. Stigma capitatum, fubrotundum.
P E K I C A K P I U M . Bacca camola, corio tedia,
longillìma, pulpa trifariam, abfque diffepimentis.
SEMINA plurima, globofa.
ì:ler77ia^JirQdìiì mafcuìì florcs.
C A L Y X ut in feminjeo.
C O R O L L A ut in feniina:o.
STAMINA. Filamenta ut in feminoso, at longiora,
tenuiora. Antheróe lineares, fulcatos,
ereflae, magnaj.
PisTiLLUM. Germen ut in feminso, ut minus.
Stylus, et ftigma ut in faemineo, at minora.
P E E I C A R P I U M abortit.
S P E C I F I C
Mufa fpadice ereélo; floribus capitatis; fpathis
confertis, coccineis, maximis, apicibus lutei
s.
HcnnajihrodUc flowers, tvhere the female parts
are perfe3,
EMPALEMENT. Partial llieath oblong, egglliaped,
fmoothly-concave, and large.
BLOSSOM unequal and gapingj the petal forming
the upper lip, tlie honey-cup the
under.
Fetal upright, ligulate, five-toothed, and
meeting at the bale in front.
Honey-cup one leaf, ihip-fliaped, fliorter than
the petal, and inclofed within it.
C H I V E S . Threads fix, awl-fhaped, upright, fliorter
by half than the petal. Tips abortive.
P o i N T A L . Seed-bud below the receptacle of
the flower, large and very long. Shaft
upright the length of the petal. Summit
headed, nearly round.
SEED-VESSEL. A flefliy berry, covered with a
tough lkin,very long, the pulp laying three
ways, without partitions.
SEEDS many, round.
Hermaphrodite flotvers, ivhere the male farts
are perfefi.
EMPALEMENT as in the female flower.
BLOSSOM as in the female flower.
C H I V E S . Threads as in the female flower, but
longer, and thinner. Tips linear, channelled,
upright, and large.
P o i N T A L . Seed-bud the fame as in the female,
but fmaller. Shaft and fummit like the
female, but fmaller.
SEED-VESSEL is abortive.
C H A R A C T E R .
Plantain-tree with an upright fruit-flalk; flowers
growing in heads; flieaths crowded together,
fcailet, very large, points yellow.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. The upper lip of the bloflbm, lliewn in front, as cut off clofe to the feed-bud.
2. The fame, fliewing the hinder parts, with the three fmall claws on the border.
3. The honey-cup, which forms the lower lip of the bloflbm.
4. The feed-bud, chives, ftvle, and fummit, of a female hermaphrodite flower.
.5. A feed-bud cut obliquely, to expofe the fituation charafter of the feeds.
6. The chives, feed-bud, fliaft, and fummit, of a male hermaphrodite flower.
THE honour of having introduced this fupremely beautiful plant, pertains to, Thomas Evans Efq. of
Stepney; a gentleman to whofe zeal for the introduaion of new plants our iioves are of late much
beholden; he having received it, amongft many others, about the year 1793 from China, where, as
well as in Cochin-China, Sumatra, Java, &c. it is very commonly found. Our figure.was taken, in
part, from a plant which flowered at James Veres, Efq. Kenflngton Gore, laft December, and partly,
from one in bloflbm about the fame time, at the Hon. Lady Archer's, Ham Common. The Mufa
Coccinea grows to the height of about three, or four feet before it blows, and without queflion, has
no rival but Strelitzea Regina in the hothoufe, where its brilliancy, tends in fome degree, to difpel
the gloom of winter, for at leaft three months. It increafes itfelf by fuckers, which are thrown up in
abimdanee from a vigorous plant; may be taken off at any time, and will arrive at a flowering fize
in twelve months; if planted in rich eartli, and kept growing in pine heat, or on a fl:rong hotbed.
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