385 



MARANTA sebrina. 



Stripe- leaved Maranta. 



MONANDBIA MONOQYNIA* 



Nat* ord* Canmje* Jussieu gen* 62. 



Cavhum* fir&um prod* 307 ; inobu 

 MARANTA* Anthera simplex, filamento adnata. Stylus pctajiforauj 

 Stigma subtrigbnum. §em* 1* Roscoe in linn. tram. 8. 389, 



M* xebrina, folifs a supine prulnatis vfttato-discoloribua, 



Maranta zebrina. Curtis s magax* 192Q, Sweet hort* sub* Ion din, 1. 



(Herba perennis : radix tuberosaj* FoL radicalia 9 quadrifaria 9 Jasciat* 

 fata; exteriora (primordialia) interioribus duplo breviora, pettoUs 2 aphgUit 

 mffultag petioji l~2y>edales, erecti, canaUcufafi, basi eauitantes* apice 

 qudm bast Splo angustiores, la& mrides, margine pallidiares ; lamina majorum 

 petiofa articulo $A~unciaH* cylindraceo* tnridi'purpureo sejuneta* 2£ pedei 

 fanga 9 medio 8 undas lata, pww&m erecta 9 convolutiva 9 denutm horizorUalu 

 paululum reflexa, elliptical undulata, obtusa % margine basin versils auricula- 

 tarn crispatufa$ supra velutina f atro+viridis* m&cutis parallel** obUqui trans* 

 versis tequidistantibas mttfib paUidioribus aUernis trans medium interruptis ad 

 fiostam et marginem confluenfibus vittata, venis tenuissimis simplicibus approxi^ 

 matis pallidislineata ; infrfc sericea^ purpurea*, unkdor, ad marginem purim 

 dilutior. SeapuB cylindraceus* l<&cis % ad basin digtti crassitudtne 9 &f amfUs 

 pptiolorum qpnt/llomm quibus pautfr longhr* Spica composite* ferminp^s 

 pvata* compdcta* ovi anatini magnitudine; bracteae communed numero inde* 

 jinka* d&tsissimS itnbrktita, equitantes : extiroa nt<xxma f suborbicufafa, f>oH 

 qngustata v* cuneffqrmis, undique sub lentept$he brevtconfertS oh it a f coriaeea* 

 penis val<$ approximate $ b#H ad marginem rafliantibus trajectftf interfere* 

 pvata v. elUptica, purpurascentes f venis paratteHs bngUuclinaUhus ad apkm 

 prapipud &*/& puoescentem confluentibus lineata* sensim angusfiores et pal* 

 lidiores. Jlores in 2Jasciculos %%JUyros (qui antici sunt etpostid quoad axim 

 pommunprnJ sejungentes; proprfe te?6a* lineari-fanceofata* pd&& ^ 

 pureas unica interior liberar-Z- exterior es 9 quarum % margin? alter? cum to 

 practea? Jhris proximi con/erruminato, septulum Jlores inyfch* tipo run* efi 

 formafur* Pen&nthium superum 9 undaleg exteriu* (bracte 3 wm germne 

 fonnatat?) ad basin S+partttum* ladniis obtusis KneariJanceolat%s t 0wakbtts f 

 impubibus* marginibus qpproximatfs et par&m inpuryts fifbum smujanhbus* 

 interioris longitudinej interim tubo grudlU loci*** sutr duplo lonpore. 

 sursilm (antKesi peractA) sensim angustato* » hneis 2 elevatts hmutu 

 fib inti baHferf ad apkem a»ria3aruf* tabpUt (qutbus ovpositcej to». 

 dentibus notatq: limbic duplex* astivatione convolutwS ± r exienpr S*p**t. 

 flu* ladniis lineari^nceolatis* pbtnsU t paulb vregidartbtts, 2 latetaltims. 

 fdter4 f quoad arm partial?* injlorescentta (Jmaculorum ) * posttc<U nw 

 terior 3-partitus> lacinus pauJd supra sertem exteriorum connate, J fate* 

 ralibus* Uomfis* posticis, a<f basfn margtms artterxoru ultrh labeUt pautd 

 productis* qufrn qtteriores quibus alternant breviprtbus / mtcB (tobtfhj 



