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Musa uranoscopos, Lour. (M. coccinea, Andr.). Stoloniferous: st. 4-5 ft. high, 2-3 in. diam.: lvs. oblong, 2-3 ft. long, 6-9 in. wide; petiole long and slender: spike erect, dense, about 1 ft. long; bracts brilliant scarlet, tipped with yellow, the lower 6 in. long; calyx yellow. 1 in. or more long; free petal nearly as long as the calyx: fr. oblong, 3-angled, not edible; seeds very small, rarely produced in cult. S. China. Botanists Repository 47. Redoute, Liliaceae, 307, 308. B.M. 1559. L.B.C. 5:475. F.S. 7:722,723. Martius, Flora Brasil. 3:1.—Intro. into cult. in 1791 and now widely distributed. Very showy. May be grown in 10-in. pots for winter decorations of tropical houses.
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Musa uranoscopos, Lour. (M. coccinea, Andr.). Stoloniferous: st. 4-5 ft. high, 2-3 in. diam.: lvs. oblong, 2-3 ft. long, 6-9 in. wide; petiole long and slender: spike erect, dense, about 1 ft. long; bracts brilliant scarlet, tipped with yellow, the lower 6 in. long; calyx yellow. 1 in. or more long; free petal nearly as long as the calyx: fr. oblong, 3-angled, not edible; seeds very small, rarely produced in cult. S. China. Botanists Repository 47. Redoute, Liliaceae, 307, 308. B.M. 1559. L.B.C. 5:475. F.S. 7:722,723. Martius, Flora Brasil. 3:1.—Intro. into cult. in 1791 and now widely distributed. Very showy. May be grown in 10-in. pots for winter decorations of tropical houses.
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