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son and Necker that appear to have been for- 

 gotten. It has been properly stated that not- 

 withstanding the labors of Roscoe and others 

 these families require as much correction as 

 the Orchides. 



952. PsYDARANTA Ncckcr 1488, diff. Ma- 

 ra?ita, cal. 3sepala caduca, cor. tubulosa 5part. 

 1 lac. bifida, anth. obi. tubo insidens pedic. 

 stylo clavato basi adnato, capsula ovata 31oc, 

 polysp. Scaposa, spnthis bifar. Type Ps. co- 

 mosa Raf. Maranta do L. auct. which L. inti- 

 mated was a peculiar Genus, the caulescent 

 types of Maranta have a drupe 31oc. 3sp. stig. 

 trigone, cal. 3part. cor. ringent &;C. 



953. Zingiber Ad. diff. AmomuTn, cal. tubul. 

 3fid. cor. duplex, ineq. bilab. lab. sup, integro, 

 inf. bipart. cor. interna 3loba 4'C. This G. 

 Ginger must be restored, it includes several sp. 

 and the Am. zerumbet ; but A. zedoaria is per- 

 haps a Genus Zedoaria Raf. The G. Paco- 

 seroca of Adanson was Amomuin L. with equal 

 corolla. The Costus echinatus W. P. must 

 form a G. Acinax Raf. diff. from Costus by 

 capsule baccate echinate. The G. Hellenia 

 same as Helenium L. must be changed into 

 Alla^as Raf. 



954. Melorima R. (honey pit5>) diff. Fritil- 

 laria, petalis 6 campanul. 3 int. obov. latior, 

 omnis basi ext. gibbosis, intus fossula melea, 

 stam. 6 glabris filif. anth. lin. stig. 3. Pol. opp. 

 et vertic. cirrhosis, Jl. axill, — Type K. cirr- 

 hosa R. Frit, do Grab. Imperialis leucantha 

 Fischer. Fol. inf. oppos. ovatis, sup. vertic. lin. 

 lanceol. carinatis cirrhosis, f^. paucis axill. pen- 

 dulis. Altaic Mts. fl. white. Add this G. to 

 the Lilies near my G. Baimo 867, with same 

 habit, and my Hexorima of 1808 sp. of Strep- 

 topus. 



