258 CXLIX, SCITAMINE^K. (J. G. Baker.) [Clinogyne. 



1-3- seeded. Seeds subglobose, aril lacerate ; embryo curved. Species 

 7-8 ; tropics of Old World. 



1. C. dichotoma, Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 276 ; leaves broadly 

 rounded at the base, branches of panicle few short, staminal tube elongate, 

 fruit 2-3-lobed 2-3-seeded. Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 651. Phrynium 

 dichotomum, Boxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 324 ; Hort. Seng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. i. 2 ; 

 Horan. Prodr. 11, in part. Maranta dichotoma, Wall. Cat. 6614. M. 

 ramosissima, Wall. Cat. 6615; PI. Asiat. Ear. t. 286; Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb. 

 212. Donax Arundinastrum, Lour. Fl. Cock. 15. Thalia cannseformis, 

 Willd. Sp. Plant, i. l&.Rumph. Amboin. iv. 22, t. 7. 



EASTERN BENGAL and the MALAY PENINSULA. DISTRIB. Malay islds. 



Shrub 15 ft. ; stem short, woody ; branches slender. Upper leaves ovate- 

 oblong, 3-6 in. by -1^-2 in. Branches of panicle at most 34 in. ; outer bracts 

 lanceolate, 1^ in. Floioers white, 1 in. Sepals lanceolate. Petals oblanceolate, 

 spreading in the upper half. Staminal tube as long as the largest lobes ; lip 

 flat. Fruit % in. diani. 



2. C. grandiSj Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 651 ; leaves broadly rounded 

 at the base, branches of the panicle many and moderately long, staminal 

 tube elongated, fruit globose smooth 1-seeded. Maranta grandis, Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. Suppl. 616. Phrynium dichotomum, Korn. in Mem. Mosc. xi. 

 t. 89 ; Horan. Prodr. 11, in part, not Roxb. 



TENASSERIM, MALACCA, PERAK, SINGAPORE, and the ANDAMAN ISLDS. 

 DISTRIB. Malay islds. 



Habit of C. dichotoma. Upper leaves |-1 ft. by 3-6 in. Branches of the 

 panicle sometimes 6-9 in.; outer bracts 1 iu. Flowers as in C. dichotoma. Fruit 

 glossy, -|-^ in. diam. 



3. C. virgrata, Benth. in Gen. Plant.-iii. 651 ; leaves slightly rounded 

 at the base, branches of the panicle many and long, staminal tube short, 

 fruit 2-3-lobed 2-3-seeded, Maranta virgata, Wall. Gat. 6616 ; Wight Ic. 

 t. 2015 ; Thw. Enum. 320. Phrynium virgatum, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 

 324 ; Hort. Beng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. i. 4. 



The DECCAN PENINSULA and CEYLON. 



Stems 6-8 ft. Upper leaves 4-6 by 1-1 in. ; lower 1-1 ft. Panicle 1 ft. or 

 more ; branches very slender, flexuose ; outer bracts about 1 in. Flowers white, 

 inodorous, much smaller than in C. dichotoma. Fruit the size of a large pea. 



21. FHRYNXUXK, Willd. 



Rootstock creeping. Leaves large, oblong, radical; petiole long, 

 sheathing. Spike compound, produced from the side of the petiole or 

 direct from the rootstock ; main bracts 2- oo.fld. Sepals 3, narrow. 

 Corolla-t\ibQ cylindric ; segments 3, linear-oblong, subequal, .spreading. 

 Staminal tube longer than the corolla-tube; segments unequal, petaloid, 

 one bearing the 1- celled anther on its margin. Ovary 3-celled ; cells 

 1-ovuled, rarely 2 cells empty ; style adnate in the lower part to the 

 staminal tube; free portion hooked; stigma capitate. Fruit globose, 

 indehiscent or finally dehiscent. Seeds 1-3 erect; aril short, fleshy;, 

 embryo curved. Species 20; tropics of Old World. 



1. P. capitatum, Willd. Sp. Plant, i. 17; spike globose from the 



