200 CXLIX. SCITAMINEX. (J. G. Baker.) 
18. Aust, Spike or panicle terminating a tall leafy stem ; filament 
long, connective shorter than the anther or longer and dilated. 
19. RuvNcaxTHUs. Spike terminating a leafy stem ; filament long, 
connective not dilated. 
Tribe II. Maranteve. Calyx of free sepals, rarely loosely cohering. 
Stamen 1; anther l-celled, laterally adnate to a lobe of the perianth ; 
staminodes petaloid, connate into a 5-6-lobed inner perianth, of which 1 or 
2 lobes are lateral, 1 (the lip) anticous; of the 2 or 3 dorsal one or two are 
hooded and another bears the anther. Ovary 1-3-celled, cells 1-ovuled; 
style excentric incurved or involute. Embryo curved. 
20. CLINOGYNE. Stem leafy with terminal panicled: scattered flowers; 
panicle with convolute deciduous sheaths at the forks; bracts deciduous. 
21. Purynium. Stem with one broad leaf, and a lateral head or spike 
of flowers, or spike radical ; bracts and bracteoles persistent. 
Tribe III. Cannese. Sepals free. Stamen 1; anther 1-celled, 
adnate to lateral petaloid filament; staminodes 4. Ovary 3-celled, ce 
many-ovuled; style flattened; stigma terminal. Embryo straight. 
22. Canna. 
Tribe IV. Museee. Sepals free or connate in a split spathe. Stamens 
5, free; anthers linear, 2-celled ; staminode 1 or 0. Style central; stigma 
2-3-fid. Embryo short. ' 
23. Musa. Stem subarboreous, stout, simple; flowers in a stout 
terminal spike; calyx tube short. 
24. Low, Stem slender, dichotomously branched; flowers clustered 
&t the base of a petiole; calyx tube very long. 
l MANTISIA, Sins. 
Rhizome short, creeping; leafy stem short. Scape short, sheathed 
below. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, caudate. Panicle laxly-fld. ; bracts 2 
the forks membranous, coloured. Calyx short, campanulate, obtusely 
lobed. Corolla-tube slender, lobes subequal, ovate; dorsal erect, concave 
Lateral staminodes at or below the middle of the exserted incurved la- 
ment, slender, spathulate ; lip deflexed, 2-fid ; filament long, curved ; anther 
cells linear-oblong, broadly winged. Ovary l-celled; ovules 3, parieta i 
style filiform, placed iu a groove of the filament; stigma turbinate. 
Cupsule globose, dehiscing at the apex. Seeds many, minute, oblong-— 
Species the following. 
1. M. saltatoria, Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 1320, staminodes linear 
subulate. Horan. Prodr. 19. Globba saltatoria, Rose. Seitam. t. 112. 9: 
purpurea, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 615. G. radicalis, Roxb, in Asiat. Res. x1. 395; 
Corom. Pl. t. 230. G. subulata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 2; Fl. Ind. i. 81. 
CHITTAGONG, Roxburgh, Lister. i 
Rootstock perennial. Stems annual, 1-2 ft. Leaves 4-6 in. ; sheath 1-2 in. ; brace 
leaves sheathing, oblong. Panicle lax, 3-6 in.; branches simple, usually short ar 
ascending ; flowers few, crowded towards the tips of the branches; bracts ovate, Kai: 
l-iin., lower flowerless. Calyx campanulate, lilac, } in.; lobes suborbicular. Coro 
tube twice as long as the calyx; segments ovate, lilae,} in., central rather Kë 
and clasping the filament. Staminodes j in.; lip yellow, cuneate, deeply et, 
wings of anther suborbicular. Capsule purple, the size of a small cherry. 
