198 RIDLEY. 



base to the staminal tube, free above, linear-oblong. Capsule oblong or 

 globose, echinate. Seeds large, globose, exarillate. 



Species 20 or 30, tropical American, a few species now widely dispersed in 

 the tropics of the World in a half-wild condition. I doubt if any of the species 

 of the genus are indigenous to the Old World. Carina indica Linn, occurs all 

 over the tropics near villages, and similarly met with, but less abundant, are 

 Carina edulis, C. glauca, and C. Warszewiczii. 



1. C. indica Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 1, in part: Roxb. As. Research. 9: 322; 

 Fl. Ind. 1 (1820) 1. 



C. orientalis Rose. Monandr. PI. (1828) t. 12. 



Stems 1 to 2 m tall. Leaves ovate or lanceolate, broad, acute or 

 acuminate. Racemes 15 to 25 cm long, the flowers red, in pairs, the 

 pedicels short. Bract thin, oblong, white, truncate, 1 cm long. Brac- 

 teoles two, smaller, ovate, acute, thin, white. Calyx lobes three, lan- 

 ceolate, acute, greenish. Corolla-tube as long. Petals lanceolate, acute, 

 red, about 4 cm long. Staminodes spathulate, unequal, bright-red, 5 

 cm long, nearly 1 cm wide. Lip recurved, linear-oblong, emarginate 

 or not, 3.5 cm long, red, or with a central yellow band with red streaks. 

 Stamen linear, shorter, about 2 cm long. Style linear, oblong. Capsule 

 oblong. 



Luzon, Province of Pampanga, Bolster 46: Province of Tayabas, Whitford 551: 

 Province of Bataan, For. Bur. 2012 Borden: Manila, Merrill 60. Batanes Islands, 

 Bur. Sot. 3715 FCnix. Nkgros, For. Bur. 5237 Everett. Palawan, Bur. Sci. 

 .231 Bermejos. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 188. 



2. C. glauca Rose. Monandr. PL (1828) 1. 13. 



Stem 1.5 to 2 m tall. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, margined with 

 white. Inflorescence branched, with long glaucous sheaths on the 

 branches. Bracts glaucous, broadly ovate, thin. Calyx-lobes oblong, 

 rounded, 1 cm long. Corolla-tube as long, the lobes linear, acute, nearly 

 5 cm long, yellow. Staminodes oblong, dilated a little upward. Lip 

 oblong, cuneate, retuse, G cm long, 1 cm wide, yellow, with faint reddish 

 splashes. Stamen linear, nearly 3 cm long. Style linear, equally long. 

 All yellow. 



Manila, Merrill s. n., with C. indica, but rarer. 



MUSACE.K 



21. MUSA Linn. 



Tall herbs with broad, oblong leaves of great size; sheaths very large, 

 enwrapping each other. Inflorescence terminal, racemose, with large, 

 ovate bracts. Flowers unisexual, the females at the base, the males at 

 the apex, in short half-circles on a stout rachis. Calyx tubular, 3- to 

 5-toothed, split down one side. Corolla as long, tubular. Stamens 5, 

 perfect, the sixth rudimentary or absent. Filaments filiform. Anthers 



