260 OXLIX, SCITAMINER. (J. G. Baker.) [ Phrynium. 
Peau, Carey, Wallich, R. Scott. The Concan, Law. . 
Rootstock wide-creeping, perennial, not tuberous. Leaf oblong, 6-10 by 2-3 in.; 
petiole slender, longer than the blade. Spike 1-2 in. ; bracts not L in., ovate, greru 
several-fld. Corolla-segments white, linear-oblong, much shorter than the cylind c 
tube. Larger staminal lobes obovate, as long as the corolla-segments. Seeds We 
dull brown, triquetrous on the inner face.—An allied plant, with subequal crow a 
lanceolate bracts 11-2 in., collected by Griffith and Helfer iu Tenasserim, !5 
doubt a distinct species, but all the specimens are very incomplete. P. sumatranum, 
Miquel, appears to be specifically distinct from P. spicatum. 
6. P. Griffithii, Baker; spike radical long-peduncled, bracts M 
farious with tips rounded recurved, corolla-segments unequal, upper, ene 
oblong, lateral reflexed. P. spicatum, Griff. Notul. iii. 418, non Row). 
MALacca, in wet jungles at Ching, Griffith. 
Leafy stem many-leaved ; petiole 3-4 ft.; blade oblong, 2 ft. Peduncle 1 &. 
Calya-segments linear, white, shorter than the tube. Ovary 3-celled. 
7. P. zeylanicum, Benth. i» Gen. Plant. iii. 653; spike shortly. 
peduncled radical, main bracts ovate imbricate, corolla-segments sho 
than the tube, fruit l-seeded. Trimen Cat. Ceyl. Pl. 92. Maranta spica 
Thw. Enum, 320, excl. syn. Roxb. 
CEYLON ; in the central province, rare; Thwaites. . der 
Habit exactly of P. spicatum. Leaves oblong, caudate, } ft.; petiole slender, 
twice as long as the blade. . Spike 1} in.; main bracts few, green, not l m. 
Fruit small, smooth, oblong, crowned by the small green linear sepals. 
8. P. Cadellianum, King mss.; spike shortly peduncled radical, 
main bracts ovate-lanceolate, fruit 1-seeded. 
ANDAMAN ISLDS., King’s Collector. . 4 in 
Rootstock short-creeping, perennial, slender. Leaf oblong, 9-10 in. by 3- osely 
base deltoid; petiole slender, 2-2} ft. Spike 14 in.; bracts 1-13 in., few, e 
imbricate, thin, glabrous. Flower not seen. Fruit oblong, smooth, 4 iN., crow 
with the short sepals. 
22. CANNA, Linn. 
Rootstock perennial. Stem simple, leafy. Leaves large, oblong, acu’ 
Flowers a lax terminal simple or branched raceme; bracts small, ovate 
Sepals 3, small, oblong, or lanceolate. Corolla-tube cylindric, St 
3, lanceolate, equal. Staminal tube cylindric; segments petaloid, pag 
with the 1-celled anther adnate to the margin of one of the smaller Re 
Ovary 3-celled ; cells many-ovuled; style adnate at the base to the rien . 
tube, free above; stigma capitate. Fruit globose, echinate, inden sep 
Seeds large, globose; embryo straight.—Species 20-30 tropical Ameri 
and the following :— 
C. indica, Lin». var. C. orntentatis, Rose. Scit. Pl. t. 12; corolla-tab? 
much shorter than the segments, petaloid staminal segments of the 9" 
row 3 oblanceolate emarginate bright red, lip reflexed emarginate at e 
truncate apex. Horan. Prodr. 16. C. indica, Linn. Sp. Plant. 1,7 gl , 
Rozb. in Aviat. Res. xi. 322; Fl. Ind. i. 1; Wall. Cat. 6621; DO% © 
Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 687; Thw. Enum. 320. C. chinensis, Willd. En 
Berol. i. 2?—Rheede Hort. Malab. xi. t. 48; Rumph. Hort. Ambow. Y: 
71, fig. 2. 
Throughout INDIA from the HrwArAYAs to Cyron and MALACCA.—D!57 
Malay isles, Ze, 
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