258 CXLIX. SCITAMINEE. (J. Q. Baker.) [ Clinogyne. 
1-3-seeded. Seeds subglobose, aril lacerate; embryo curved.—Species 
7-8; tropics of Old World. 
1. C. dichotoma, Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 276; leaves broadly 
rounded at the base, branches of panicle few short, staminal tube elongate, 
fruit 2-3-lobed 2-3-seeded. Benth. in Gen. Plant. ii. 651. Phrynium 
dichotomum, Rob. in Asiat. Res. xi. 324; Hort. Beng. 1; Fl. Ind. i. 2; 
Horan. Prodr. 11, in part. Maranta dichotoma, Wall. Cat. 6614. M. 
ramosissima, Wall. Cat. 6615; Pl. Asiat. Rar. t. 286; Grah. Cat. Pl. Bomb. 
212. Donax Arundinastrum, Lour. Fl. Coch. 15. Thalia cannzeformis, 
Willd. Sp. Plant. i. 16.—Rumph. Amboin. iv. 22, t. 7. 
EASTERN BENGAL and the MALAY PENINsULA.—DisTRIB. Malay islds. 
Shrub 15 ft.; stem short, woody ; branches slender. Upper leaves orate 
oblong, 3-6 in. by 14-2 in. Branches of panicle at most 8-4 in.; outer brac 
lanceolate, 1j in. Flowers white, 1 in. Sepals lanceolate. Petals oblanceolate 
spreading in the upper half. Staminal tube as long as the largest lobes; Hp 
flat. Fruit 4 in, diam. 
2. C. grandis, Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii. 651; leaves broadly rounded 
at the base, branches of the panicle many and moderately long, stam, 
tube elongated, fruit globose smooth 1-seeded. Maranta grandis, Miq. © 
Ind. Bat. Suppl. 616. Phrynium dichotomum, Korn. in Mem. Mose. 3 
t. 89; Horan. Prodr. 11, in part, not Roxb. 
TENASSERIM, MALACCA, PERAK, SINGAPORE, and the ANDAMAN ISLDS.— 
DisTRIB. Malay islds. f the 
Habit of C. dichotoma. Upper leaves }-1 ft. by 3-6 in. Branches 2. 
panicle sometimes 6-9 in.; outer bracts 1j in. Flowers as in C. dichotoma. rw 
glossy, 3-3 in. diam. 
3. C. virgata, Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii. 651; leaves slightly roundel 
at the base, branches of the panicle many and long, staminal tube erp 
fruit 2-3-lobed 2—3-seeded, Maranta virgata, Wall. Cat. 6616; Wigh ü 
t. 2015; Tw. Enum. 320. Phrynium virgatum, Roxb. in Asiat. ives. 
824; Hort. Beng.1; Fl. Ind. i. A 
The DECCAN PENINSULA and CEYLON. » qo 1 ft. of 
Stems 6-8 ft. Upper leaves 4-6 by 1-11 in. ; lower 1-1} ft. Panicle Ae 
more; branches very slender, flexuose; outer bracts about 1 in. Flowers W89 
inodorous, much smaller than in C. dichotoma. Fruit the size of a large pe 
21. PER YNIUM, Willd. 
Rootstock creeping. Leaves large, oblong, radical; petiole, ep 
sheathing. Spike compound, produced from the side of the peto d 
- direct from the rootstock; main bracts 2-o.fld. Sepals 3, M 
Corolla-tube cylindric; segments 3, linear-oblong, subequal, spre# s 
Staminal tube longer than the corolla-tube; segments unequal, pe 
one bearing the l.celled anther on its margin. Ovary 3-celled ; 
l-ovuled, rarely 2 cells empty; style adnate in the lower part 
staminal tube; free portion hooked; stigma capitate. Fruit by; 
indehiscent or finally dehiscent. Seeds 1-3 erect; aril short, fles 
embryo curved.—Species 20; tropics of Old World. 
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1. P. capitatum, Willd. Sp. Plant. i. 17; spike globose from th 
