Marantec.] CLXX. SCITAMINE/E. 651 
26. wtyrosma, Lin. f. Suppl. 8, 80. (Marantee sect. Saranthe et. Xerolepis, Korn. in 
Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1802, i. 68, 66.) —Sepala 3, libera, coroll zqualia v. paullo 
breviora. Corolle tubus brevis, cylindraceus, lobi patentes, parum inzquales v. posticus 
latior. Androecii tubus supra corolle tubum brevis ; lobi petaloid i valde irregulares, 2 
laterales patentes obovoidei inzequales ; labellum latum, intus crista obliqua instructum ; 
1 v. 2 plus minus eucullati ; staminifer brevis angustus, anthera l-loculari hinc adnata. 
Ovarium specie 1-loculare, l-ovulatum, loculis 2 minimis vacuis ; stylus inclusus, basi 
tubo stamineo adnatus, superne involutus, stigmate a latere 2-labiato dorso appendiculato. 
Fructus ovoideo-oblongus, scepe truncatus, pericarpio siccitate tenui. Semen 1, erectum, 
arillo in lacinias carnosulas apice inflexas diviso ; embryo albumine inclusus, hippocrepicus. 
—Rhizoma tuberosum. Caules erecti, breves. Folia pleraque radicalia, caulina pauca, 
vaginis petiolisque longis. Spicz terminales v. in axillis superioribus solitaris v. plures 
conferte, complanatz, unilaterales, bracteis 'distiche imbricatis complicatis secundis. 
Flores sub quaque bractea plures, bractea fere omnino inclusi, per paria bracteola brevi 
complicata stipati. 
Species ad 12, quarum una Madagascariensis, cseteroe Amerieze tropic incolie. 
TuALiANTRUS z2acropus, Klotzsch in Rich. Schomb. Reise Brit. Gui. iii. 1126 (nomen tantum), est. 
species typica, M. cannafolium, Linn. f. (Calathea Myrosma, Lindl.) in Guiana frequens; icon tamen 
Phrynii myrosmatis, Rosc. Scitam. t. 39, nequaquam convenit, bracteis undique imbrieatis nec secundis, 
videtur vera species Calathee. Thalia wnilateralis, Peepp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. 24, t. 133, 
cum speciebus 2 Brasilianis, Gardner, n. 3461 et 3162, omnino AMyrosmati conveniunt. Species 
Brasilianas a Kornickio descriptas non vidimus. Phryniwm unilaterale, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. 
t. 812, species Mad iensis (M. 1 iénsis, Benth.), ab Amerieanis paullulum differt 
sepalis eorolle tubo multo brevioribus. Phrynium. setosum, Rosc. Scitam. t. 41 (SagANTHE, Kern. 
in Reg. Gartenz. 1858, 19), est specios Prasiliensis, M. setosu;, Benth., inflorescentia dense setoso- 
hispida insignis. Roscoe eapsulam errore 3-spermam dixit. 
97. Clinogyne, Salisb. i» Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 276, nomen. tantwm.— Sepala 3, libera, 
zequalia, brevia, angusta. Petala 3, subzequalia, in tubum longiuseulum conniventia vix 
iamen connata, apice breviter patentia.  Androcii tubus ] gi lus ; lobi petaloidei 
valde irregulares, laterales (1 v. 27) obovati, patentes ; labellum obovatum, intus costa 
obliqua instructum ; cucullatus obliquus ; inifer angustus v. unilateraliter dilatatus, 
anthera l-loculari margini adnata. Ovarium 3-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis, ovula tamen 
1-2 interdum mox abortiva ; stylus inclusus, tubo stamineo alte adnatus apice involutus, 
stigmate dilatato. Fructus globosus compressus v. 3-dymus, indehiscens, 1-3-spermus. 
Semina subglobosa, arillo lacero laciniis carnosulis sub semine inflexis v. involutis ; 
embryo hippocrepicus.—Caules e rhizomate tuberoso v. sublignoso erecti, foliati, ssepe 
ramosi. Inflorescentia terminalis (Marantc), laxe dichotoma, tenuis v. interd ample 
paniculata, ramulis virgatis. Bractem sub ramulis angustz, spathaces, ramulum arcte 
includentes. Pedicelli breves, intra bracteas gemini. 
Species 7 v. 8, Indice orientalis et Afric tropiez incole, habitu et inflorescentia Marante, florum 
structura Phrynio affiniores.. In C. dichotoma (Phrynio dichotomo, Roxb.) fructus turbinatus, crassi- 
useulus, vertice truncatus, 2-dymus 2-spermus v. 3-dymus 3-spermus, plus minus rugosus, angulis 
acutiusculis ; in C. grandi (Maranta grandi, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 616, PArynio dichotomo, Kern. 
in Nouv. Mém. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xi. t. 8, 9, non Roxb.) globosus est, levissimus, nitidus, 1-spermus ; 
in C. virgata (Maranta virgata, Wall.; Wight, Ie. t. 2015) compressus, 2-spermus, v. globosus 
l-spermus. 
Species Africans includunt €. flipedem (Phrynium filipes, Benth. in Hook. Fl. Nig. 532), eum 3 
adhuc ineditis. JMaraméa euspidata, Rose. Scitam. t. 31, ex icone videtur species €. filipedi valde 
affnis nisi eadem. Speeimina Sehweinfurthiana n. 3103 speciem indicant C. grandi affinem, sed 
fructus 3-locularis est 3-spermus. d 
28. Traenyphrynium, Benth. gen. nov. — Sepala 3, libera, subszqualia, latiuscula, 
corolke tubum :equantia. Petala 3, unguibus erectis in tubum conniventibus (nec 
connatis !), laminis patentibus oblongis sequalibus v. postica parum latiore. Androcii 
