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P L A T E CXXIV.
H E L I C O N I A PSITTACORUM.
Parrot-billed Helicojiia.
C L A S S V. ORDER L
PENTANDRI^ MONOGYNIA. Five Chives.
G E N E R I C CHARACTER.
CALTX. Spathae communes partialefque alternEe,
diffinflae, perfiftentes.
Perianthium nullum. ^
COROLLA. Pétala tria, oblonga, canaliculata,
ereéìa, acuta, aequalia.
Nectarium diphyllum; foUolo altero petalis
fubsequali ; altero breviflimo, canaliculato,
uncinato, oppofito.
One Pointai.
STAMINA. Filamerita quinqué, linearía. Antherae
erefta:, longae.
PisTiLLUM. Germen inferum, triquetrum. Stylus
ftaminibus fere brevior. Stigma longum,
gracile, curvatura, capitulo terminali.
P E R I C A E P I U M . Capfula oblonga, truncata,
quetra, trilocularis, trivalvis.
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SEMINA folitaria, oblonga.
S P E C I P I C
Heliconia. Foliis glaberrirais, lanceolatis; inflorefcentia
glaberrima; fpadice terminali
flexuofoi fpathismultilioris, margiiiibus revolutis
; neaario lanceolato, concavo, integro.
CALYX. Sheaths common and partial alternate,
diftinft, remaining.
Cup none.
BLOSSOM. Petals three, oblong, channelled,
upright, pointed, equal.
Honey cup two leaved; one leaflet nearly the
length of the petals; the other very îliort,
channelled, hooked and oppofite to thé
larger.
CHIVES. Five threads, linear. Tips upright
and long.
PoiNTAL. Seed-bud beneath, tliree-fided. Shaft
fcarcely fliorter than the chives. Summit
long, flender, curved, and terminating in
a fraall head.
SEED-VESSEL. Capfule oblong, appearing cut
off at the end, three-fided, three cells,
three valves.
SEEDS folitary, oblong.
C H A R A C T E R .
Helicoiiia with very fmooth, lance-ihapedleaves;
the inflorefcence quite fmooth; ftem terminating
in a zig-zag form; fheaths containing
many flowers and rolled back ; honeycup
lance-ihaped, concave, and entire.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. TheEloffom, with the three petals detached from the upper part of the Honey-cup which is
ihewn in front with the fmaller leaf inclofed within the larger ^
2. The Chives with the lower part of the Honey-cup, to fliew their'infertion at its bafe and
the fmaller leaf of the Honey-cup in its place. '
3. The fmaller leaf of the Honey-cup, magnified.
4. The Shaft and Summit, the Summit detached magnified
5. The Seed-bud, natural fize.
6. The Seed-bud cut tranfverfely, magnified.
Thomas Evans Efq. of Stepney;' in « coll^aionh'firft'^^^^^^^^^ '
drawing was taken. This plant requires a confiderable degree of m o i f t S d T e a t L'tdl a
root room and rich earth, to make it flower in perfedion; as it feldom opens i s b l o f f L s f ^ r i ? T .
fuch treatment, and even with fuch afliilance! they are io be feen Z fe a few W s ^ ,a flat T
propagates from the roots, throwing up a numbe'r of fuckers from the iointl Z i ' h a e formed
confiderable diftance from the plant. The younger Linn^us in his Sup. Plant of 178 h
defcribed this plant under our fpecific title, but different in fome few po ntTwl^-h appear to ar^fr
r various parts, than from any real difference in the ^laTt i tfe^ '^ Swar t / in