Mus] — OXLIX. SCITAMINEE. (J. G. Baker.) 263 
M. CORNICULATA, (Rumph.) Kurz in Journ. Agric. Hort. Soc. Ind. n.s. v. 
166, t. 2-8; flower larger than in any other form, only 2-3 rarely 4 whorls of 
flowers produced, fruit as large as in paridisiaca. 
M. texritis, Née in Cav. Ann. Ciénc. Nat. iv. 123; leaves firmer in texture 
in sapientum, yielding a useful fibre, bracts polished, seeds very small and 
scarcely at all angled.— Native of the Philippines, cult, in India. 
, M. ARAKANENSIS, Ripley in Proc. Agric. Hort. Soc. Ind. x. 51; a fibre- 
Yielding form from Arrakan. 
M. ZEBRINA, Flore des Serres, t. 1061-2 and M. virTATA, Bot. Mag. t. 3402, 
ate handsome forms with variegated leaves. Other forms are mentioned by Kurz in 
Journ. Agric. Hort. Beng. n.s. v. (1878), 112-168; and Sagot in Journ. Soc. 
Nat, Horticult. France, 1887, 238, 285. 
Aa Stoloniferous. Stem slender, cylindric. Bracts few-fid., bright 
coloured. Fruit not edible. 
5. M. rosacea, Jacg. Fragm. t. 139, fig. 4; Hort. Schoen. t. 445; 
stoloniferous, leaves petioled, flower-spike drooping or erect, bracts ovate 
ac or pale red, lower usually 3-fld., calyx yellowish-white S-toothed, 
as long as the calyx, fruit oblong-trigonous pulpy. Bot. Reg. t. mE 
E Bot. Cab. t. 615. M. ornata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 19; Fl. Ind. i. 666; 
d Gibs. Bomb, Fl. 972, 
EASTERN HIMALAYA and the Concan.—Drstris. Java. . ; 
fem cylindric, slender, 3-5 ft. Leaves linear-oblong, firmer in texture than in 
ak *apientum. Spike about 4 ft., drooping in the cultivated form ; bracts oblong, 
wéi ft., crowded; male fl. 5-6 in a cluster. Calyx about lin. Fruit and seeds 
DW typical sapientum., 
6. M. Sanguinea, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. £975; stoloniferous, 
ĉaves petioled, Spike erect or finally drooping, bracts ovate-lanosoiato 
^ad red, lower usually 3-fd., rachis pubescent, calyx bright yellow 
ed, peta i -trigonous pulpy. 
Asta, fetal as long as the calyx, fruit oblong-trig D 
Stem 4-5 f ver 1 i ; petiole 1 ft. or 
79 ft. y slender. Leaves 2 ft., thin, bright green; p oi 
in. i bike H ft. ; bracts, crowded, imbricate, 3-6 in, Calyx 13 "ubi nig ack, 
t thet i yellowish green, variegated with red. Seeds irregularly cubical, , 
" IMPERFECTLY KNOWN SPECIES ALLIED TO M. SANGUINEA. sided 
bright o AMICA, Cat. Hort, Bull. 1871, 6; leaves about 1 ft. very unequal-side 
git Breen.— Assam. NM 
inflore AURANTIACA, Mann, mss., from Assam. I cannot by dried specimen of 
“scence distinguish this from M. sanguinea. ` fruit 
hairy DASYCARPA, Kurz in Journ. Agric. Hort. Soc. Ind. xiv. 301 (s.p.); fru 
iry.— Assam, 
lager Mawar, Wendi. mss.; differs from M. sangwinea in the shorter stem and 
Ves. — Assam, 
Java Cut Xoscoros, Lour. Fl. Coch. 645 (M. coccinea, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 47), 
> vama, Cochin China, —Cultivated in India. . 3. bracts 
à j (ELUTINA, Wendl. and Drude in Regel Gartenfl. xxiv. 65, t. 823, 
Y pubescent externally, male fl. 6-9 in a cluster.—Assam, Mann. 
24. LO WIA, Scortechini. 
Stemless h . Flowers in à 
» herbaceous. Stem dichotomously branched. d 
luster from the base of the petiole, pedicelled, with a large persistent 
