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MAEANTACEAE: STROMAKTHE-^CTEXAKTHE. 



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^emiiia, petiolata petiolo vagiiiato, vagina pi. m. praesertim 

 apice et basi marginibusque birsuta urticulum brevem undique 

 dense liirsntum attiiigente. Lamina ovata, breviter acuminata. 



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basi apiceqiie inaeqnilatera, apice et in costae meiliae parte 

 iuferiore pubescens. Inflorescentia simplex v. basi composita. 

 Bracteae distichae, ovatae, obtusae, glabrae, roseae. Flures 

 in axillis bractearum plq. 4 pedicellis gracilibus. Sepala late 

 ovata, acntiuscula marginibus subinflexis. Petala subelliptica 

 V. obovata. Staminodia externa nulla. Staminodinm callosum 

 late et irregnlariter obovatum, apice oblique retusum. Sta- 

 minodium ciicnllatum auricula apice rotundata deflexa. Ap- 

 pendix staminis fertilis apice rotundata. Ovarium jtubescens. 



SlromantUe Scltottiana E'tchl. Marant. 81. 

 Maraufnims Schoffiana KcJce. Prodr. mon. 90. 

 Kerchorea forlhunda Jorissemie, Behj. hort. 1SS2. p. j2o1. 

 (ah. 8. 



Pliuit.i 1^/3 in. aUa. Folia ani.itropa artinilo tire. 5 nuu. longo 

 lamiiiisfjne 10 — IG cm. longis, 5 — 8 cm. latis. P.ractbab circ. 2 cui. 

 longae; podicelhis floiis inferioris bractea minima ncnla intordmu fiilcratafi. 

 RicpALA piirpiiio;!. Pirr.u.A purpnreo-violacen. Rta.minodia alba, Antiikra 

 flava appcndiee alba (teste Joiussk:xnk). 



Habitat ad Scrra dc Tintjud prorinc. Rio de Janeiro : Schott 

 n. 4:705 ; Rio Formigas pror. Goi/nz: Pohl ; prov Matto (jrosso ad Caza 

 de Telha ; Pohl n. 2802; in Brafsilia australi: Sdlo. — Caracas: Gollmct: 



Species milii uon visu, dubia. 



MARANTA (STROMANTHE) HJALMAUSSONI 

 KcKE. Prodr. mon, 1)4. Foliorum laminae ovales. Paniculae 

 pedunculo bracteisqno longe villosi.s. Staniinodia rlno externa 

 reliquis paullo longioia. Ovarium ubique dense villosum, 



Honduras: Hjalmarsson (herb. Holm.). 



Obs. Bescriptio fusior apud Koebnicke (1. c). 



YL CTENANTHE ErcHL. 



Ctenantiie Eichl. Marant. 83; Petersen in Engl u. Prantl, 

 NalM. Pjlanxeuf. II. 6. 43. — Marantae sect. S.AK.wTiiE 

 jir. p. Kcke. Prodr. mon. 58. — Myrosma Benth. pr. p. in 



BcntJi. et Hook. Gen. j)!. HI. G51. 



¥u)\iY^ hermaphroditi , irregulares. Peuigonium 

 sepalis 3 liberis petalisquo 3 iiifcrnc couuatis forniaium. 

 Petala tubo corollae Lrcvissimo amplove inulto longiora. 

 Staminodia externa 2 perparva semper obvia intornis 

 parum longiora; staminodium callosum cucullato multo 

 latins, obtusissimum ; staminodium cucuUatum auricula 

 latiuscula obtusa dcflexa. Staminis appendix ultra an- 

 theram producta, rotuudato-obtusa. Stylus valde in- 

 curvus, apice subtrilobus. Ovarium loculis duobus ab- 

 ortivis uniloculare, uuiovulatum glanduli.s 3 septalibus 

 instructum. FuucTtTS in speciebus perpaucis uotus pa- 

 pyraceus , vertice imperfecto trivalvis. Semina sub- 



Maraat. 



obloiiga, regulariter sulcata et tubcrculata arillo ad basin 

 bifido valde clougato, recurvato denuim clastice n-flcxo 

 itaquo semen omittente, rarissimc arillo brevi ut in 



3fara)ita et Stromanfhe insfructa. 



IIeubae caulcsccnies nonnunquam coma foVmum. 

 copiosa spccfah'dcs, FOLIIS 2 v. plurilus a<J uamJos con- 

 ferfis V. tantum in ramo florigero fdiis frondosis 1 v. 

 2 praeter rndkaUa pracditae. Folia onHiropa petiolis 

 huge vag'mafh lammisque pracscrthn has! ajdreque valde 

 maequUatcm. MEsorUYLLA o^f basin ranwrum 1, ra- 

 rius 2 — 5 adsuni. Ixfloukscentjae icrminaks soli- 

 tanae v. pJures, simpliccs v. rariiis compc^sUac, dor.'ii- 

 rcnfralcs bradeis pcrgamaids viridibus dense imlriaUiSj 

 rarlus rcmoCinsculvi pcrsistaidbus florum paria 2 — 4 

 /orrnf/bifs. Flojie^ stthscisiles, parvi, parum crscrti. 



Species !i lira^ib'ae Jncolae. 



CONSPFXTUS SPKClKltrM. 



A. Hpicac ill inflorpRcoiilianj brcvcni IatiKi«iiiiam«|UP ioonlinalo 

 (leusc couf^cMae. JlracU'ar gljil>crrin),'i« 



1, Ct. (ii.AiiUA Kichl. 



B. SpicM toHtftrliie v. paucac, iaflurcscculiaoi cutujiUAitAm vix fumuilcs, 



ovaUc V, cloiiijalo-ovaU'ic v. Kub(llip(ic4te. 



a. CanletOMltes cauHbtu pIuriruIiatiK. 



a. Lamina supm Tiridis ... 2. Ct. dvopa FichL 

 p. Lamina supra lalco-vhidi- cl Balural* viridi-varirg:i(a 



3. Ct, Lt'UTiKUfiiAKA Eichl. 



b. Caiiloiwrntrfl ranlibun pliirifnliatin v. folio fijngiila v. 

 dnobiiH tnntun) Rub inflnrrwceDlia inNtrnrLic 



4. Ct. uicTOfiA FArh\. 



c Folio frondoAo Kingub) Laatiim v. diiobup* Ktib inflorrncrtitia iiiNiniclAO. 

 a. I^niinac KUpra rt sublim viriiles. 



I. I^iuiua cloiigaloovala . &. Ct. LrBi'iiKATiiiASA Eiebl, 

 IL Lamiua ad infloreiicculiaiu laU v. latiKsioM ovalo- 



elJiiitica fi. Ct. MvEU.nni O. O. Pet^rnao. 



p. Laminae supra ad ncrvoP albldar, snblup pnrpnr.in- 

 centea 7, Ct. Kimmkhiava Efflil, 



C. Spicae lincares. BraH<^ae minufl donw v. vix imbricatae, 



a, Rpicae late liacares. Laminae elnnpato-eUiptirae t. 

 Uuoeolato ovatae, ginbrae ... 8. Ct. CAKUroinicii O. G. Petersen 



b. flpicae anguste lineareK bracteis parvis. I^amina*^ lancco- 



latac, eubtiu pul>etfccut«fi ... 9. Ct. lakckolata 0. O. Petersen. 



1. CTENANTHB GLA!tK.\ Kirnb. Vaginan foliorum 

 margine hirsutae, ceteruin glabrae longe infra articulum de 

 sinetites, superne attenuatae. Laminae oblongae v, elongato- 

 obovatae basi acutae apice acumiiiatae, glabrae. Ramus flori- 

 get basi vaginis aphyllis longis margine hirsutis cinrfHs, 

 glaber. Sjiicae breves, dense coiige!»tae influrescentiam com- 

 pcsitam latam et brevissimam folio frondoso snffultam for- 

 manLes, bracteis late ovatis conduplicatis, obtusiusculis, mar- 

 gine membranareis, cum pedunculis glabris. Flores gemini, 

 brevissime pedicdlati pedicellis glabris altcro fere ovarium 

 aeqiiante, altero duiilo v, triple breviore. Sepala ovatodanceo- 

 lata, coDcava obtusa v. obtusinscnla, glabra. Ovarium glabrum, 

 apice margine membranaceo cinctum. 



Ctenanfhc fflaJjra Eicld. Marant. S3, 

 3fara}ita glabra Kcke. Prodr. mon. 63. 



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