SCITAMINER. 309 
5. Costus, sp. 
Panama, Chagres (Fendler, 447). Hb. Kew. 
2. RENEALMIA. 
Renealmia, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 7; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 648. 
With the exception of one species in West Tropical Africa, this genus is confined to 
Tropical America. About fifteen species are known. 
1. Renealmia racemosa, Rosc. ex Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 601. 
Alpinia racemosa, Plum. Pl. Amer. i. t. 20? 
Alpinia spicata, Presl, Relig. Henk. i. p. 109, syn. A. presliana, Steud. ex Horan. Prodr. Monogr. 
Scit. p. 34? 
Soutn Mexico (Henke). 
As understood by Grisebach this species has a wide range. 
2. Renealmia ruiziana, Horan. Prodr. Monogr. Scit. p. 33. 
Amomum racemosum, Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. et Chil. t. i. 
Soura Mexico, Jalapa (Galeotti) —CotomBia to Peru. Hb. Kew. 
3. Renealmia, sp. 
Nicaraeua (Tate, 154, 410). Hb. Kew. 
4, Renealmia, sp. 
PanaMa, Chagres (Fendler, 445). Hb. Kew. 
This is probably the Alpinia strobilifera, Poepp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 26, 
t. 136. Moritz collected the same plant in Maracaybo. 
Tribe II. MARANTEA. 
Marantee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. pp. 688 et 649. 
_ Ten genera are referred to this tribe, and they are generally dispersed in the Tropics, 
except, perhaps, Australia; but the species are not numerous in America. 
3. ISCHNOSIPHON. 
Ischnosiphon, Keernicke in Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mose. xi. p. 346, tt. 10 et 11, et in Bull. 
Soc. ejusd. 1862, i. p. 80; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 649. 
An exclusively Tropical-American genus, of which thirteen species are enumerated. 
1. Ischnosiphon plurispicatus, Kern. in Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mose. 
xi. ex Horan. Prodr. Monogr. Scit. p. 11. - 
Calathea lava, Popp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. t. 180? 
Panama, Chagres (endler, 337).—TrinipaD ; GutaNA; Brazit. Hb. Kew. 
