Phrynium.'] CXLIX. SCITAMINEJJ. (J. G. Baker.) 259 



side of the petiole rarely terminal, main, bracts oblong with, an incurved 

 scarions tip which breaks up into bristles, corolla-segments longer than 

 the tube, fruit usually 3 seeded. Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 325, t. 1; Hort. 

 Beng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. i. 8 ; Wall. Gat. 6619 ; Wight Ic. t. 2016 ; T/iw. Enum. 

 320. Phyllodes Placentaria, Lour: Fl. Cochin, ch. 17. Maranta Placen- 

 taria, A. Dietr. Sp. i. W.RlieedeHort. Mai. xi. t. 34. 



EASTEBN HIMALAYAS, MALAY PENINSULA, MALABAE, TEAVANCOEE, CEYLON. 

 DISTRIB. Malay islds. 



Rootstock perennial, tuberous. Leaves obloug, 1-1^ ft/ by 6-3 in. ; petiole 

 longer than the blade, that which bears the spike 2-3 ft. or more. Spike sessile. 

 1^-2 in. diam. ; subtended by 2-3 large rigid orate bracts ; inner main bracts 1 

 by ^ in., firm, oblong, several-fid. Sepah large, linear. Corona-segments linear- 

 oblong purple. Capsule turbinate, 3-lobed, the size of a gooseberry, smooth, 

 3-valved. 



2. P. parviflorum, Roxb. Hort. Seng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. i. 7 ; spike globose 

 from the side of the petiole, bracts lanceolate, corolla-segments white 

 shorter than the tube, fruit usually 1-seeded. Rose. Scit. PI. t. 3i ; 

 Wall. Cat. 6620; Horan. Prodr. 11. Maranta parviflora, A. Dietr. Sp. i. 

 30. 



EASTEEN HIMALAYAS and MALAY PENINSULA, and the CONCAN. 



Mootstoek tuberous, perennial. Leaves oblong-cuspidate, 1-1| ft. by 6-8 in. ; 

 petiole longer than the blade, the one that bears the spike 2-2 ft. Spike sessile, 

 1-2 in. diam, ; bracts 1 in., pale green, acute, 2-3-fld. Coro//a-tube as long as 

 the bract ; segments linear-oblong. Staminal lobes small, orbicular, white tipped 

 with yellow. 



3. P. imbricatum* Roxb. Hort. Seng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. i. 6 ; spike oblong 

 from the side of the petiole, main bracts oblong obtuse, corolla-segments 

 shorter than the tube, fruit usually 3-seeded. Horan. Prodr. 11. Maranta 

 imbricata, A. Dietr. Sp. i. 30. 



CHITTAGONG, Roxburgh. 



Habit of P. capitatum and parviflorum. Leares 1^-2 ft. ; oblong, acute, 

 petiole longer than the blade. Spike 34 in. ; main bracts 11^ in. long, minutely 

 toothed at the obtuse tip. Calyx and corolla of P. parciflornm. Staminal lubes 

 small, white. Capsule rugose, oblong, the size of a large field bean. 



A flowerless specimen with similar but terminal spikes ar>d bracts, much 

 smaller leaves and more slender petiole, collected at Rangoon by McClelland, 

 probably represents a distinct species. 



4. P. macrostachyum, Wall. Cat. 6612 A, B ; spike long lax 

 from the side of the petiole, main bracts lanceolate complicate, fruit 

 1-seeded. 



PEGU, Wallicli. TAVOY, Gomez. TENASSEEIM, Heifer. 



Rootstock short, with copious slender fibres. Leaves nearly 4 by 3-4 in., thin 

 oblong, caudate ; petiole twice as long as the blade. Spike sessile, 9-12 in. ; main, 

 bracts 2-4 in., spaced out on the rachis, ascending; finally scarious. Fruit 

 small, smooth, oblong, crowned with the small green lanceolate sepals*. P. 

 musaceum, Wall. Cat. 6612 C, from the Trogla hills, known in leaf only, is 

 probably a different species. 



5. P. spicatum, Roxb. Hort. Seng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. i. 5 ; spike radical 

 shortly-peduncled, main bracts ovate imbricate, corolla-segments shorter 

 than the tube, fruit usually 3-seeded, Wall. Cat. 6617 ; Horan. Prodr. 

 11. Maranta caespitosa, A. Dictr. Sp. i. 30. 



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