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Helicodiceros bihai, Linn. (H. caribae, Lam.). Balisier. Wild Plantain. Becoming 10-15 ft. tall, banana-like: lvs. oval or oblong-oval, long-petioled, transversely ribbed, the blades 3-5 ft. long: blossom-sheaths very large; scarlet and black, the fls. red or orange. W. Indies and south. B.R. 374. L.B.C. 3:252.—A most striking plant, often seen in glasshouse collections. It is naturalized in the Old World tropics, and is the parent of many horticultural forms, of which the next two are almost surely examples.

Heliconia bihai, Linn. (H. caribae, Lam.). Balisier. Wild Plantain. Becoming 10-15 ft. tall, banana-like: lvs. oval or oblong-oval, long-petioled, transversely ribbed, the blades 3-5 ft. long: blossom-sheaths very large; scarlet and black, the fls. red or orange. W. Indies and south. B.R. 374. L.B.C. 3:252.—A most striking plant, often seen in glasshouse collections. It is naturalized in the Old World tropics, and is the parent of many horticultural forms, of which the next two are almost surely examples.

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