. 810 . §CITAMINEA. 
4, MARANTA. 
Marenta, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 5; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 649. 
As limited by Bentham and Hooker, this is an exclusively Tropical-American genus 
of about ten described species. 
1. Maranta arundinacea, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 2; Bot. Mag. t. 2307; 
Horan. Prodr. Monogr. Scit. p. 9; Rose. Scit. t. 25. 
SoutH Mexico, Mirador (Linden, 171), Jalapa 3000 feet (Galeotti, 4981), Teguisixtlan, 
Oaxaca (Andrieua, 83), Sierra San Pedro Nolasco &c. (Jurgensen, 801); PanaMa, near 
the city of Panama (Seemann, 306).— Widely spread in ‘TRopivaL AMERICA and the WEST 
InpiEs, though probably often occurring only as an escape from, or the remains of, 
cultivation. Hb. Kew. 
2. Maranta gibba, Sm. in Rees Cyclop. ex Rosc. Scit. t. 29; Horan. Prodr. 
Monogr. Scit. p. 9; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 605. 
Mexico (ex Grisebach) ; Nicaracua, Chontales (Seemann, 171; Tate, 173).—ANTIGUA 
and BarBapos to Brazit. Hb. Kew. 
3. Maranta indica, Tussac, Fl. Antill. i. t. 26; Desc. Fl. Antill. viii. t. 549 ; 
Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 605. 
Mexico (ex Grisebach).—West InDiIus; VENEZUELA. 
4, Maranta jacquini, Rem. et Schultes, Syst. Pl. i. p. 558; Horan. Prodr. 
Monogr. Scit. p. 9. 
Maranta lutea, Jacq. Ic. Pl. Rar. ii. t. 201. 
Mexico (ex Horaninow).— VENEZUELA to BRazIL. 
[_Phrynium warscewiczii, Klotzsch in Otto and Dietr. Allg. Gart. Zeit. 1855, p. 89, 
from Central America, probably belongs to this genus. | 
5. THALIA. 
Thalia, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 8; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 650. 
A genus of five described species, inhabiting Tropical America and the South-eastern 
States of North America, one recurring in Tropical Africa. 
1. Thalia geniculata, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1193; Rosc. Scit. t. 45; Griseb. Fi. 
Brit. W. Ind. p. 605. 
South Mexico (Beechey); Nicaragua, neighbourhood of Granada (Lévy, 89); 
Panama, Chagres (Fendler, 338), near the city of Panama (Seemann, 305).—VENEZUELA ; 
Guiana; Brazit; West Inpies. Hb. Kew. 
