Maranitec.] ; CLXX. SCOITAMINEAE. 653. 
pluribus vacuis presertim. in speciebus globoso-capitatis. Folium caulis floriferi interdum 
ad vaginam absque lamina reductum. , 
Species fere 20, Índize orientalis, Archipelagi Malayani et, Africze tropic incole. Korm. in Bull 
Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1862, i. 100, excl. sp. 
Species commode in series 3 distribuuntur :— 
1l. Capitate. Inflorescentia dense globoso-capitata, braeteis imbricatis; Hue P. capitatum, 
"Willd, P. imbricatum, Roxb., P. densiflorum, Blume, affinesque Indiez fructu smpius 3-spermo. 
Wight, Ic. t. 2016, cum P. parvifloro, Roxb.; Rose. Seitam. t. 34, fruetu 1-spermo, 
2. Subbaccaie. Florum. fasciculi ut in Capitatis densi, e spieis brevibus bracteatis compositi, 
Fructus fere  baecatus, indehiscens,  Arillus in vivo mucilaginosus seminis dimidium o| ns. 
Species 3, African: l. P. brachystachyum, Kern. (Maranta brachystachya, Benth. in Hook. Fl. 
Nigr. 531) glabrum, spicis 2-3, fruetiferis vix 2-pollicarib braeteis subimbricati E. illosum, 
vaginis inflorescentiaque molliter villosis, spieis 3-4, fruetiferis laxis vix 2-polliearibus. Folia 
quam in P. brachystachyo angustiora. Draetez angustiores longioresque. Pedicelli prweter flores 
2 normales, sepius rudimenta 2 bulbiformia ferunt. 3. P. macrostaclgyumn, folio florali ultrapedali 
latissime ovato, spicis fructiferis 4-8-pollicaribus.. Ad sinum Ambas, Mana, 2. 1335. 
3. Spicate. Bractee utin Capitatis flores oo arcte ineludentes, sed secus rhachin plus minus 
elongatam disposite, Hue P. sumatranum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 616, quod verisimiliter idem 
ac P. spicatum, Roxb., ovario 3-ovulato; P. zeylanicum (Maranta spicata, Thw.), ovario 1-ovulato, 
loculis 2 minimis vacuis, czeterum P. Ü imilli ; P. fasciculat ( 
de Kern. (Calathea fasci- 
culata, Presl, Rel. Hoenk. t. 16), e Philippinis ; et species 4 Africans, quarum 2 caule florifero 
1-foliato P. sumatrano valde affines, et 2 caule florifero plurifoli etsi infl ja ut in czteris 
in petiolo folii ultimi specie lateralis. Hue includitur, P. ramosissinum, Benth. in Hook. Fl. Nig. 
532. (Mann, n. 1907) petalis brevibus latissimis insigne, eum specie affini adhue inedita. 
P. dichotomwm, Roxb., P. virgatum, Roxb., et P. filipes, Benth., species à Kernickio in Phrynio 
reteutee, ab aliis ob habitum ad Marantam relate, genus formant Clinogyne, Salisb. 
31. Calathea, G. F. W. Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseg. 6.— Sepala 3, libera, zqualia, valde 
imbricata. Corollm tubus tenuis, calyce brevior v. multolongior ; lobi 3, patentes, szequi- 
longi, postico seepius latiore. Andxrcecii tubus e corolla brevissime exsertus; lobi petaloidei 
varii, lateralis sepius latus ; labellum latum, intus (an semper ?) ecristatum; cucullatus uno 
latere plus minus à diculatus ; staminifer angustus v. uno latere petaloideo-dilatatus, 
anthera 1-loculari a latere adnata. Ovarium 3-loculare loculis l-ovulatis v. rarius 
loculis 2 parvis vacuis specie i-loculare i-ovulatum ; stylus basi tubo stamineo adnatus, 
inclusus, superne incurvus v. involutus, dorso apice plus minus papilloso-appendiculatus, 
stigmate inflexo a latere 9.valvi. Fructus ovoideus truncatus v. 3-dymus, pericarpio 
sepius siccitate tenui. Semina 3, rarius 1-2, erecta, ovoidea, truncata, arillo reflexo e 
laciniis linearibus flexuosis confertis ; embryo hippocrepi — Caules e rhi te tuberoso 
v. repente spe elati, foliati, interdum humiles. Inflorescentia in caule foliato terminalis 
v. rarius in scapo brevi aphyllo radicalis, nunc. strobiliformis globoso-capitata v. dense 
spiciformis, bracteis imbricatis quaquaversis, exterioribus interdum dilatatis invo- 
lucrantibus v. summis vacuis comosis, nunc longius spicata, bracteis subdistichis. Flores 
intra quamvis bracteam siepius plures, bracteolis numerosis intermixti. 
PE 
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Species note ad 60, quarum 2 Afrieze tropies occidentalis, ceterae omnes Amerieze tropicze incole. 
Korn. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1862, i. 111, in sectiones sequentes distribuend:e :— 
1. Eucalathea. Spies solitariz v. paue, in caule foliato ped late v. rarius subsessil 
bracteis latis coriaceis laxe imbrieatis distinete distichis subspiraliter 2-seriatis v. rarius quaqua- 
versis. Jaog. Fragm. t. 63, 64, 69, 70 (Maranta). Bot. Mag. t. 6205. Hue forte referendum 
Phrynium. dicephalum, Popp. et Endl Nov. Gen. et Sp. t. 128, eujus specimina non vidimus. 
Inflorescentia. Eucalathee, sed spieze et bractez multo minores. Horaninow bracteas Eucalathee 
us. 
Eucalathee affines sunt species 2, ex Afriea tropiea occidentali, €. Mannii, Benth., folis summis 
is confertis spica inter folia unica subsessili sub-2-pollieari, bracteis coriaceis distichis 
i ernando Po, Mann, ». 1173; et C. conferta, Benth., foliis summis 
