540 Mr. Roscoz's New Arrangement of the Plunts of the 
M.comosa. ? Linn. Suppl. 80. 
Communicated by Dr. Smith from the Linnæan Her- 
barium.— 4n novum genus? 
M. sylvatica, *— Bot. Gard. Liverpool ; but has not yet flowered. 
THALIA. 
Anthera simplex, ovata, filamento proprio depresso innixa. 
Stylus brevis, ab antherå deflexus. - Stigma perforatum, ringens. 
Capsula bilocularis. Semina duo, ginie: splendentia. 
Tas. XX. Fig. 3 
This genus, although. considered by E as aee. aia? 
founded by Linnzus on the figure of Plumier only, is well distin- 
guished from the rest of the order, and confirmed by the disco- 
very of additional species, In their habit, these plants nearly ap- : 
proach Maranta, but differ greatly in their fructification ; having 
dic. 
a proper stamen and style, reflexed in o 
T. genicu- Calyce unifloro, culmo ramoso, sine Ewa 
lata. nosis. 
T sot € 98. 108. 
T dealbata. calyce bifloro, culmo arundinaceo pulverulento, foliis 
. . apice revolutis. - 
— Fig. Fraser 1c. — 
Bot. Gard. DLüverpool. 
