PLATE CXXIV.
HELICONIA PSITTACORUM.
Parrot-billed Heliconia.
CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Spathæ communes partialesque alternæ, distinctæ, persistentes.
Perianthium nullum.
Corolla. Petala tria, oblonga, canaliculata, erecta, acuta, æqualia.
Nectarium diphyllum; foliolo altero petalis subæquali; altero brevissimo, canaliculato, uncinato, opposito.
Stamina. Filamenta quinque, linearia. Antheræ erectæ, longæ.