According to the _Hort. Kew._ it was cultivated in this country by
GERARD, in 1596.


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|There is a departure from the usual format here with |
|STRELITZIA REGINÆ having two illustrations, No 119 and|
|No 120, thus creating a gap in the sequence. |
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STRELITZIA REGINÆ. CANNA-LEAVED STRELITZIA.

_Class and Order._

PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Spathæ. Cal._ 0. _Cor._ 3-petala. _Nectarium_ triphyllum, genitalia
involvens. _Peric._ 3-loculare, polyspermum.

STRELITZIA _Reginæ Ait. Hort. Kew. v. i. p. 285. Tab. 2._

HELICONIA _Bibai J. Mill. ic. tab. 5, 6._