145 



MAEANTACEAE : MARANTA. 



14C 



FoMA rad.calia pnene metrnlia, longe petioLita petiulu vagiuato 

 vnginu sensim attennata artici>lnm ,ion allingonto; arti.ulus brn i.s>im..s 

 V2 em. vix superans, glaLer, longitndinnliter slriatus; Dervi secuudurii 

 laminae snbpaialleli. Rhachii>is inteniodia spicanim 1 mm. feie lou^a v. 

 bievioni iiodis sese .irete snperpositis, inCum longEora: bracteue iu siLco" 

 flaveseeutes stiiis el maeulis l.n.nneis ad costam medium praosortim Pub 

 apice densiorilRis et ni:.jonbus percursae, mm. lou-a,^ et lafae; pro- 

 pbylla byaliiia, coucava, ovata, acumiuata nervis niauifeste striaiis, hirsuta 

 puDctis nirioribi.s bniuueis couspersa, 5 mm. longa. 3 miu. lata. Ski-ala 

 miuata, IV2 mm. ioiiga, 1 mm. lata, hyalina uervis obsolefis. mai-ulU 

 bnumeis eloiigatis stiiiformibus ad medium. Ovarium usque 2 cm. longiim, 

 brnniieo-sdiatum (in siet-o]. 



Habitat prope Rio de Janeiro: Glaziou «. USS2. 



ly. MARANTA Linn. 



Maranta Linn. Gen. j)!. 1737. p. 331. n. S26 ; Pers. Syst. 50; 

 Juss. Gen. pi. 03; St. Bil. Fam. nat. I. 156; R Br. Proth: 

 I. 307; Bromjn. Emun. genr. M; Emll Gen. pf- I. :226 ; 

 KcJce. Prodr. man. II. -'>.?, (pwad sectionis Eimaranfae partem A ; 

 Benth. in Benlh. et Hook. Gen. pi III. 04}/ crcl. Marnnto- 

 pskh Kche.; EkJd. Marant. 70; Petersen in Emjl h. Praufl, 



Naiiirl. Pjlnnzenf. IL 6. 41. 



Flokks liGrmaphroditi irrcgularcs. Sei'al.v 3 libera 

 aequalia v. suLaequalia. Couollae tubus clnngatus busi 

 saepe gibbus v. subgeuiculatus lobis plq. obtusis. Sta- 

 MINODIA externa 2 pb:[. obovata et emarginata, subiu- 

 aequalia staminodiis ceteris luulto iiiajora, stamiuoJium 

 callosiim latum v. latissimum apice nuuiiuuquitin bi- 

 parfitum crista loiigiiudiiiiili'v. ccristatuui; staiiiiiiodium 

 cucullatuin appondicc latiusoula deflexa rotundata. Sta- 

 MiNis fertilis ajjpendix jietaloidoa antlienic monotlioeao 

 non aduata. Stylus crassus, incurvus apice oblique 

 bilobus. OvARUiiM e carpellis 3 forinatunij abortu uui- 

 loculare, uniovulatuiu glaiidulis septalibus 3 crassis. 

 Fructus subcarnosus v. coriaceus incumplet<? 3-vaIvi9. 

 Semina vertice truueata, lougitudlualiter rugosu arillo 

 vario ; chalazae processus (caualis perispcrailcus) rectus, 

 simplex v. Lreviter bicruris. 



Heubae per ennes caul escentes, ramosae, f^aepe f^pec- 

 taUles, rarius liumlles, foliis ad nodes solifar'm honw- 

 tropis (in M. Ruiziana tanium anafropis) peMaiiSy 

 petiolis vaginatis laminis ex lanceolato late ovatis. Ix- 

 FLORESCENTIA in cauh folioso paniculala saepe ej'usa 

 plq. pauciflora bradeis opposlio'distichis , pershfenfihus, 

 floruni paria 2—4 /oventibus; projd'ijlla lAcarinatn ; 



speci 



Florks 



gemiul peilicello com muni jyedicellisfiue specialibus u 

 alfero sessili. 



Species 10 Ameiicae tropicae inculae una alterave inler 

 dum in orbem veterem infrodnnta. 



CONSPECI^rS PrECIEiirM 



A. C;mlescont<^ erorlar ranios;ir, v, raiuotiaimM effu^ac. Hcrbac p\q. 

 iiiajores, 



a, Laminnp pro tiencre majors, ovai.io \\ e)ou^iitO'0T;iUii mniT a<ul^ 

 V. sensim amminatae, 



a. Hrail**:io spicarum perpaiicae, reinoldf. A]>i>rnfli\ j>rialoi<t*\a fiU- 



I. Lamiuiie 1—2 dm. loD^ae. 



1. iSepala 15—16 mm. longa 1, M. AErKinxACKA Unn, 



2. ScpalA 10-12 mm, louga 2. M. uirba J. E. Smith, 

 11. hjHiinae 1 — I'/i «Iaj. lougMe 3, M. hiVAntcArA ltMC> 



p. Rracloao Rpirarum iilun^ subimbriiaU^. ApiKMulix 

 ttjuiiiu:> jKiiva, um^uo ad aullji ram filamciilo adaal* 



4. M. rjuvMoinics Ktke. 



h. Lamiiiao pro pemre majon'S, bud ronlalac, iipioeu 



versus UtACf Mihilo aruminaUe . B. M, ooithATA Kt-k*\ 

 C, Laminap pro goncro jianao, laocsMUtM 



d. Laminae ptc» ^rnrrr parvao <— 6, rariiiR 7 rm, lonfrfi**. Ul-r OT»tM»^ 

 nc^uminatao. 

 a. loija liomotiojia. Vajfinar cxpIanaUr. non c^ndtiiiH- 



calac 7, M. mMowA Kckf. 



1^. Folia untilropa. Vii^inae condupUcalM 



8, M. UiirjA\A KckA. 

 ]1. IJr(*viJ*»r oulrM^jt^'s v, MjW.tcanlc* VlanUn^ buuuJrs /yliorum lamfiifai 

 flC'juilatis \\ apicTm vi'i>iu^ Ia^iotil^u^, nlituNlKsiruihi, miImIo rl IitrvH^r 

 Vm brevissiino at nmiiiaiiR. 

 a. I-amiiiao ad immvoh alKo-vlrohrrnf**. Pf:irnin(*flifim cuh 



loflum mcnllatiim (. a^qtiant. Ovaritim ]>i1oMim 



h, Kaminap nd nrrvob ullia^. fltaminodium rallonnm ra* 

 cnllat^ multo longiun. Ovarinm glnlinim 



10. U, McL;co>^tKA K. Morr. 



ii 



}. MAHANTA AKDNDINACKA Linn Canlis ererins, 

 i'aino^U:i rainis di^lanti]JU.s ciiiii fuliis p«lH'Sceiilil)U«. Lttiiiuae 

 oblongo-l:inc('o]alae v. suopiiis ovatafl, ;iruta<*, inarqiiilat^^rae, 

 boiiiuliu])ae Iiiflurcvcc'iitia laxa rainis loagis divaiicatis pu 

 besci'iitibiis. Hracteae lanceolaiai*, ii;i;iclae, convolnUc, exlus 

 piibesccutes, iutus glabrae. Florca rirc. G in axilla bractearum, 

 gemiiii, altero brevissirae pedicelUto v, seshili, nltcio longiiis 

 pedicellato. Sei^ala lanreolaia, acuta, lon^nindinis uibi rorolliie^ 

 striata, viridia, niargine hyalina. Corolla tiib(» olongalo basi 

 dilatato, petalis laiict^olalo ovalis. SUminodia externa late 

 ovata, leviter emarginata. Filaiiiciitum rum staminodio co» 

 cuilato ronualinn, api)('ndice elongafa anfhfrain valdf' snp^^ranlft 

 instructuui- OvariiJin obtuse triqaetruni lat^iihus planis ob- 

 solete pnbe>scentib«s, ang-nlis glabris. 



Tabula nostra XL. Fig. 21 (analyniti}, 



Maranla arumVinace-fi Livn. Sp. pi. /, 2; Rose SciL 

 lab. 2n; Bed. lAIiac. J tab, ^7 ; lioL MaiJ. 2307: Kcke. 

 Proilr. num. 3i ; Ekhl Marant- 77. 



PlaniA elata, Khizoxa Inbrroftum , M)nanioftnm. Fnt.u radiralia 

 longe pctidlatJi, dirticha vaEina arliculnm nwitie 1 cm. lonfcnm non aUin- 

 geutc, iraiilina biditer priiolata vagina aiticulum 3 — 7 mm. longum at- 

 tiDgeuto; Jamiua« 10 — 20 cm, louga^, 3—7 en: latae. Uaacticak viridcA 

 ns4juc 6 cm, longjir, 8 mm. latar; propbi'lla Inrariuata, lincari-laoceolata, 

 pallidf* viridia, 3 <ni. longa, 4 mm, lata, Fi^oklv grmini, alU'ro brc\is,Hime 

 pedHTltalif i>cdiri:JIo 3 — 4 mm, longo ▼, wwflj, flIlCTo Vm^xw^ jifdi<x*Ibito 

 pwlirrllo 1 — I'/i rm. lon^^o, albi, Sr.PALA 15—16 mm, tohga^ 4— fi mm. 

 lAta. CoaoM.A Hrc. 2'/* *m. longa; tubnfi comllar riro, 6 mm, lainw. 

 8TAMixninr« caltonnm latp rmargtnalnni, Atethkra lil^rra, CArsri^A nni- 

 locnlariw, lornli^ h\i%\n oblit4>mti«, nnif"pfrma. 



Var, p. ismcA, Folia glabra. 



