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ZIXGIBErvACEAE : COSTUS. 



50 



JJdhUaf in Peruriar silrts (Jrust^ wJI.^ otl Yuriuifufuas prow Mntf- 

 7ias : PoeppHf 9^ :Jlti:J ; Colnmhia : Moritz n. I'-i'iU (Allmia Morit/iiin:* 

 Klotzsch in herb. MnrfJ; in Venezutla prope ror'.o Mlo a<J nianfitirs 

 rivulorum nr Aprili : BUlhcrtj ; atl Mauntc ef Gonjone in Ptnunnn : M. 

 Wiupier ; in Panama proi\ Chirlqui vulijafiTi^ima ad Jiurinm prnpe David : 

 Watjner ; prope Tarrialva in Costa liica : Otrsttd ; ad Jlumen Sa7i Jtutn 

 i'idijatissima : Oersted- 



V. COSTUS Linn. 



CosTUS Linn. Gen. (1737,) SSI. n. 825, Prael ed. Gis. 18S ; 

 Sivarfz, Ohs. lot. S ; Pers. Sij.'if. 50 ; Buiz ei Pavon, FL peruv, 

 I. 2: n>uh. I'l. ind I. 57 ; Poem, ef SchuU. Sysl. I. H. 24; 

 SprciKj. S//sf. I. 7.7. n. IS ; Juss. Gen. pi. OS; Eo.'^coc, Sci/. 

 tab. 77 i^equ.; J'Jndl. Gen. pi. n. IGSS; lloran. Prodr. inon. SO ; 

 Pcnth. in Pen/It. of Hook. Gen. pi III. OiO. — Tsiana Gm. 

 St/si. 0. — Plaxi-mia Gts. Linn. Prael. 205. — Banksea Kon: 

 ap. Pel.-. 0/as-. ITL 75. — ITkllbnia Betz. Ohs. VL J-^. — 



+ 



GissANTHE SaJish. Tranf^. hort. hoc. I. 274. — Jacuaxaa Lesfih. 



Ann. so. nal. sir. 2. XV. 329. 341. 



Flores pei'fecti, ]iionos3-minotrici, ojiig}!!!. Calyx 

 brcviusculus tubulosus v. campannlatus v. infuudibuli- 

 fonnis apicc oLtuse ot lovittT trideutatus , rarius pro- 

 fuudius trifidus laciiiiis nouuuuquaiii subiuacqualibus. 

 Corolla infcrne breviter, rarius loiigo tubulosa, supernc 

 tripartita lobis oblungis v. ovatis v. elougato-ovatis 

 ajnce rotuudatis obtusis y. brevit(.'r acuminatis, siib- 

 acqiialibus. Staminodta latcralia uiilla. Lap.ellum mag- 

 num, petaloidoum , late obovatum v. ROiuiorbicubirc v. 

 suborbiculare , infornc angnstatum, marginc saopc un- 

 dulatum v. crcmdatiiin, nj)icc nonnunquam eniarginatum 

 V. bifidum. Fjlamextum stamiuis fertilis brcvo, pcta- 

 loidcum, in conncctivum abicns; conncctivuin in appon- 

 dicem foliaceam apice rotuudatain v. rarius dentatam 

 longe supra antlieraiii productumj ut authcra folio pc- 

 taloideo media affixa videatur. Stylus filiformis gracilis 

 stigmate iufundibuliformi v. semiluuari v. bilamcllato 

 V. alio modo dilatato , ciliato. Oyarium triloculare, 

 nrultioYulatum , ovulis in lo ulis biseriallbus glandulis 

 septalibus instructum. Capsula oYoidca v. subglobnsa, 

 trivalvis, loculicido dehisccns. Semtna obconica v, sub- 

 globosa, plorumque subaugulosa v. acutangula ct apice 

 rotundato-truncata, intrusa, perispennio copioso et em- 

 bryone recto, crasso, cndospermio tenui cincto. 



Herbae perennes caulescoites j caulibus elatls v. 

 Irevibus v. suhnulUsj eredis v. saephts levifer splraVihus. 

 Folia splraUa ad V^ — V" di^poslfa, nonnunq^iiam rosu- 

 lafUj inferne vaginntaj vaghiis tuhulosls clausis caulem 

 laxe V. arete ohvolvcntihus et saepe obtegentilfm usque 

 ad hnnhiam continfinfis v. pedolo hrevi ah ea sejnnctis, 

 ultra pefiolum in Hgulam v. oehream pi. m. elongatam 

 saex^e varie vestitam margine ciliatam productis; la- 



mhuw plcrnmque hasin versus ottenuatae ei latitudinem 

 maximam 'infer medium apivcmque praehenteSf apke acu- 

 minatae. lyFLOJiESCKXTH in eaule fdioso terminaJls, 

 rarissime (in specichus uonnuUis haud amcrieanis) scapo 

 hrevi radieali iiiside}u9, hracfeis muUis v. ellum numeram, 

 imhricafis strohiUfonviSj rarius hracfeis florihusque per- 

 paucis eomposifa, rarissimc florihus in a.rilfa foUorum 

 soJifariis. Bractkak spirafes dense v. Inre imhricafae, 

 supremae inferdum raruaCy majores subdivarienfaey it}- 

 fimae plerunKjUv apice folio frottdoso proedifae fratisifum. 

 inter folia frondosa hracf€<isqur facientes. FloliKR 

 pnhhre colorafi lahcllo praescrtim raldc dUaialo specio- 

 sissinio haud raro scmipelluciilo. 



Species ad 30, qnaruin dnac (ertiae partes in America 

 tropica et subtropica proveniunt. 



coxsrKCTUs RPEcrrrvrM amekicanakum. 



.\. IiinoreHcciilia iiiullillnni jil. lu. sticiliitifomiit* 

 n. Rracteiii' siijurmac erecto -paten ies, BlcrJlcs 



L C. roMOROS Rmc. 



F 



b. Bracteae sapremae oelrris siinitog. 



a, llrarl^ao oiUDm npicp snl»f<niarrao, rrfloxao 



2. C. An*:KNTErs Ruiz ol Pav. 

 p. Bracteac apiro non Kulifnliaroa^ nee rcflexac. 

 L IlnirtMe 4!»^nsr iinlirimtae. 



1. Indorescenlia oviita, arnla, 



* Laminae utriinjuo hiifsnlac v. uuprft omnino glalnac. 

 t Flores fiavi, 



^ llracte;ic Uiminaequc finpra glaUrius< 

 tulac . - , 3. C. srjCATrs Sw. 



**^ Bracteac ad l)asia kminoequc utrin'^ue 

 rufo-Jiir>*utao . A. C. viMA>8I^HiMrs Jac<i. 



tt Labelluni aurao- et niUro faseialurn ; la- 

 minae ntrinque hirtaef late obovatM 



5. C. Mai.ortikancr Wcndl. 

 ** Folia glabprriina ; flores nivci v, nivco- 

 pnrpnrei . , . , C, C. ni.ABitATCs Sw, 

 •*• Laminae subtus hir«utac., supra glabra^*, 

 ad eostam niediam hirsutac 



7. C. BCASER Uuiz 6t Par. 



2. Inflorescentia elongato-cvlindrica 



8. C- CTLiKivaicts Jacf. 

 IL Bructeae laxc imbricalae. 



1. Bracteae ovatac. 



* Spicac ellipso (Icae v. olwvalac. 

 f Rpif-ac vix 1 dra. longae. 



^ Floret piirpnrci, spica eirr, V» flni. 



9. C- priiuMs Rose. 

 ^"^ Floreft albi, magni. 



m laminae apice et margtue put>e- 



rulae, subtua virides 



10. C. KivKus G. F. W- Mey, 



•• Laminae glaberriniac, iuferiore^ sub- 



tus purpurasccutcs 



IL C, Pi-scoLOU Ko^^c, 



tt Bpica magna, lerc !'/« dm- longa 



12, C LAxr? O, G: rofcrson. 



** 8pii-a valde elongata, lanceolate 



13- C- r.AEVifl Ruiz et Pav. 



2. Brarfeac lanreolat.-x** . U. C, LANCKOLATrs O, G- Petersen. 

 B. Inflorescrntia panoifloraj non strobilifomiiR. 



a. Canlis brovi<* v. snl>plnngata«; laminae snpra glaberrimac, 

 a. Lftlwllum orbiculare, aurantiacnm 



16- C- iGSBUS N. E. BaowK. 



