Pirysium.] OXLIX. SCITAMINEE. (J. G. Baker.) 259 
side of the petiole rarely terminal, main bracts oblong with an ineurved . 
sarions tip which breaks up into bristles, corolla-segments longer than 
the tube, fruit usually 3-seeded. Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 325, t. 1; Hort. 
Bey.1; Fl. Ind.i.8; Wall. Cat. 6619; Wight Ic. t. 2016; Thw. Enum. 
Di. Phyllodes Placentaria, Lowr. Fl. Cochin, ch. 17. Maranta Placen- 
taria, 4. Dietr, Sp. i. 30.—Rheede Hort. Mal. xi. t. 34. 
EASTERN HIMALAYAS, MALAY PENINSULA, MALABAR, TRAVANCORE, CEYLON. 
IB. Malay islds, . 
Rootstock perennial, tuberous. Leaves oblong, 1-1} ft. by 6-3 in.; petiole 
‘than the blade, that which bears the spike 2-3 ft. or more, Spike sessile. 
rm. diam.; subtended by 2-3 large rigid ovate bracts; inner main bracts 1 
Y 1 in., firm, oblong, several-fid. Sepals large, linear. —Corol/a-segments lincar- 
n A Pre Capsule turbinate, 3-lobed, the size of a gooseberry, smooth, 
? P. parviflorum, oz. Hort. Beng. 1; Fl. Ind. i. 7; spike globose 
ftom the sido of the petiole, bracts lanceolate, corolla-segments white 
VT than the tube, fruit usually l-seeded. Rose. Scit. Pl. t. 345 
ech Cat, 6620; Horan. Prodr. 11, “Maranta parviflora, A. Dietr. Sp. 1. 
TASTERN HIMALAYAS and MALAY PENINSULA, and the CONCAN, 
Sootstock tuberous, 
) perennial. Leaves oblong-cuspidate, 1-1} ft. by 6-8 in, ; 
es onger than the blade, the one that bears the spike 2-24 ft. Spike sessile, 
De diam. ; bracts 1 in., pale green, acute, 2-3-fld. Corolla-tube as lovg as 
With yel segments linear-oblong. Staminal lobes small, orbicular, white tippe 
W, 
Ze E imbricatum, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 1; Fl. Ind. i. 6; spike oblong 
kee? side of the petiole, main bracts oblong obtuse, corolla-segments 
ir tan the tube, fruit usually 3-seeded. Horan. Prodr. 11. Maranta 
ta, A. Dietr. Sp. i. 30. 
Cutrragong, Roxburgh. 
Habit of P. capitai . 1 : oblong, acute, 
i ` wm and parviflorum. Leares 134-2 ft.; oblong, 
ble longer than the blade. Spike MA in, ; main bracts 1-14 in. long, minutely 
at the obtuse tip. Calyx and corolla of P. parviflorum. Staminal lobes 
^ white. Capsule rugose, oblong, the size of a large field bean. i 
Owerless Specimen with similar but terminal spikes avd bracts, much 
es and more slender petiole, collected at Rangoon by McClelland, 
resents a distinct species. 
er lea 
ha ih macrostachyum, Wall. Cat. 6612 A, B; spike long lax 
Iesel side of the petiole, main bracts lanceolate complicate, frui 
Prev, Wallich 
* Tavoy, Gomez. TENASSERIM, Helfer. : i 
ing tek short, with copious slender fibres. Leaves nearly 4 by 3-4 in» thin 
» Caudate ; petiole twice as long as the blade. Spike sessile, 9-12 widow" 
"ul, am ott? Spaced out on tbe rachis, ascending; finally scarious. ls Lp 
uter m th, oblong, crowned with the small green lanceolate f o l is 
Phably A all. Cat. 6612 C, from the ‘Lrogla bills, known in leaf only, 
ifferen Species, 
d 
' SPicatum Roxb. Hort. Beng.1; Fl. Ind. i. 5; spike radical 
"s duneled, main bracts ovate iw bricate, corolla-segments shorter 
g ara ube, fruit usually 3-seeded. Wall. Cat. 6617; Horan. b roar. 
nta caespitosa, A. Dietr. Sp. i. 30. 
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