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22. Z. Arouma, Kbrn. Stem aruudinaceous, terminated by several rosulate leaves ; 

 leaves ovate-oblong, obliquely pointed, glabrous : midrib eurved at the apex : petiole about 

 as long as the sheath, pubescent at the thiekish base of the knob ; spikes loug, slender, 

 cylindrical, fascicled, uuequal, bursting from a leaf -sheath: bracts elliptical-lanceolate, or 

 ablong-Hnear, bluntish, little louger than their iutemodes, forming a distichous cylinder 

 around the flowers ; corolla reddish : tube thrice as long as the limb : lower lip spathulate. 

 — Jacq. Fragm. t. 73. Rudg. Guian. t. 37. — Maranta, Jacq. M. juncea, Lam. M. pe- 

 tiolata, Rudg. — 6'-10' high ; leaves 1' long, 8"-6" broad, as long as the petiole ; spikes 

 6"-12", bracts about 1" long, lowest louger. — Hab. Triuidad!, Cr., iu the northern hills; 

 [French islands ! ; Guiana !, Brazil !]. 



7. MARANTA, Z. 



Corolla-tube obliquely tubular : limb spreading. Fetaloid staminodia : two exterior 

 (upper lip), two interior (lower lip), as in Catathea. Anther free from the petaloid fila- 

 ment. Ovary 1 -ovulate by abortion : style incurved : stigma " 3-angular." Capsule mem- 

 branaceous -. seed ovoid-oblong, tubercled : embryo curved. — Leaves with a cylindrical knob 

 between the blade and the sheath, alternate ; inflorescence terminal. 



23. M. arundinacea, L. Tuberous, herbaceous, branched ; leaves ovate-oblong, 

 pointed, puberulous ; inflorescence loose, spreading : bracts distantly distichous, deciduous ; 

 corolla white : tube equalling the calyx, clavate, about twice as long as the lobes ; leaflets 

 of the upper lip exserted, exceeding the lateral staminodia, obovate-roundish. — 67. t. 149. 

 2: a leaf. Rose. M on an dr. t. 25. — 4'-5' high ; corolla-tube 6"' long. — Hab. Jamaica!; 

 [Haiti ! and Mexico ! to Brazil !]. 



24. M. indica, Tuss- Tuberous, herbaceous, branched ; leaves oblong, sharply acumi- 

 nate, glabrous (except " along the midrib " and at the petiolar knob) : sheath glabrous ; 

 inflorescence few-flowered : bracts distantly distichous, deciduous ; corolla white : tube equal- 

 ling the calyx, clavate, about twice as long as the lobes ; " leaflets of the upper lip exserted, 

 about as long as one of the inner staminodia." — Titss, Fl. 1. t. 26. Desc. Fl. 8. /. 549. 

 Rose. Monandr. t. 26. — 6' high ; corolla-tube 6'" long, staminodia as long. — Hab. S„ Vin- 

 cent I, Guild., Barbadoes (Rose); Triuidad (Rose); [Mexico to Venezuela!]. 



25. M. gibba, Sm. Devoid of tubers, shrubby, dichotomous; leaves ovate-oblong, 

 pointed, glabrous : sheath glabrous ; inflorescence few-flowered : bracts distantly distichous ; 

 corolla white ; tube twice as long as the calyx and the lobes, incurved-clavate ; " leaflets of 

 the upper lip exserted, unequal, about as long as one of the inner staminodia." — Rose. Mon- 

 andr. t. 29. — Corolla-tube 1" loug, staminodia half as long. — Hab. Antigua !, Wullschl., 

 Barbadoes (Rose.) ; [Mexico to Brazil]. 



26. M. Tonchat, Aubl. Shrubby, 3-2-chotomous, jointed at the nodes: branches 

 subcompressed./wfojtw^; leaves ovate-oblong, pointed, oblique at the base, glabrous : sheath 

 pubescent ; inflorescence loose : bracts distantly distichous ; corolla pale-blue : tube as long 

 as the calyx and the limb, campanulate-tubular. — Rose. Monandr. t. 30. Bot. Mag. t. 

 2398. — M. angustifolia, Sims. — Bracts shorter than in the 3 preceding species, most 6'" long, 

 corolla-tube as long. — Hab. Triuidad, Cr.; [Venezuela, Guiana, Brazil, Peru]. 



8. THALIA, L. 



Corolla rotate. Petaloid stapiinodia: one exterior, large, two interior, as in Cala- 

 thea. Anther free from the petaloid filament. Ovary 1 -ovulate by abortion : style in- 

 curved : stigma long-appendiculate. Achenium utricular : seed ovoid, smooth : embryo 

 curved. — Leaves with a cylindrical knob at the top of the petiole ; inflorescence terminal, 

 branched. 



27. T. geniculata, L. Shrubby, jointed •, leaves large, gradually tapering from the 

 ovate base into the bluntish point, long-petioled ; panicle loose, composed of flexuose, 

 jointed spikes ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, distichous, longer than the internodes, 2-flowered ; 

 corolla blue ; exterior staminodium roundish, exserted. — Rose. Monandr. I. 45.— 4'-6' high ; 

 leaves l'-TJ', bracts 6"'-8'" long ; exterior staminodium 4'" diam., exserted. — Hab. Tri- 

 uidad !, Cr. ; [Cuba ! to Guiana ! and Brazil]. 



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