260 CXLIX. SCITAMINE^;. (J. G. Baker.) [Phrynium. 



PEGU, Carey, Wallich, R. Scott. The CONCAN, Law. 



Hootstock -wide-creeping, perennial, not tuberous. Leaf oblong, 6-10 by 2-3 in. ; 

 petiole slender, longer than the blade. Spike 1-2 in. ; bracts uo& 1 in., ovate, green, 

 several-fld. Corona-segments white, linear -oblong, much shorter than the cylindric 

 tube. Larger staminal lobes obovate, as long as the corolla-segments. Seeds in., 

 dull brown, triquetrous on the inner face. An allied plant, with subequal crowded 

 lanceolate bracts 1^-2 in., collected by Griffith and Heifer in Tenasserim, is no 

 doubt a distinct species, but all the specimens are very incomplete. P. sumatranum, 

 Miquel, appears to be specifically distinct from, P. spicatum. 



6. P. Griffith!!, Baker; spike radical long-peduncled, bracts bi- 

 farious with tips rounded recurved, corolla-segments unequal, .upper erect 

 oblong, lateral reflexed. P. spicatum, Griff. Notul. iii. 418, non Roxb. 



MALACCA, in wet jungles at Ching, Griffith. 



Leafy stem many-leaved ; petiole 3-4 ft. ; blade oblong, 2 ft. Peduncle 1 ft. 

 CaZya?-segments linear, white, shorter than the tube. Ovary 3-celled. 



7. P. zeylanicum, Bentli. in Gen. Plant, iii. 653 ; spike shortly- 

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

 than the tube, fruit 1-seeded. Trimen Cat. Geyl. PL 92. Maranta spicata, 

 Thw. Enum. 320, excl. syn. Roxb. 



CEYLON ; in the central province, rare j Thwaites. 



Habit exactly of P. spicatum. Leares oblong, caudate, | ft.; petiole slender, 

 twice as long as the blade. Spike 1^ in. ; main bracts few, green, not 1 in. 

 Fruit small, smooth, oblong, crowned by the small green linear sepals: 



8. P. Caclellianum. King mss. ; spike shortly peduncled radical, 

 main bracts ovate-lanceolate, fruit 1-seeded. 



ANDAMAN ISLDS., King's Collector. 



Rootstock short-creeping, perennial, slender. Leaf oblong, 9-10 in. by 3-4 in., 

 base deltoid ; petiole slender, 2-2| ft. Spike 1 in. ; bracts 1-1} in., few, closely 

 imbricate, thin, glabrous. Flower not seen. Fruit oblong, smooth, \ in., crowned 

 with the short sepals. 



22. CANNA, Linn. 



Rootstock perennial. Stem simple, leafy. Leaves large, oblong, acute. 

 Flowers a lax terminal simple or branched raceme; bracts small, ovate. 

 Sepals 3, small, oblong, or lanceolate. Corolla-tube cylindric, segments 

 3, lanceolate, equal. Staminal tube cylindric ; segments petaloid, unequal, 

 with the 1 -celled anther adnate to tlie margin of one of the smaller ones. 

 Ovary 8-celled ; cells many-ovuled; style adnate at the base to the staminal 

 tube, free above; stigma capitate. Fruit globose, echinate, indehiscent. 

 Seeds large, globose ; embryo straight. Species 20-30 tropical American 

 and the following : 



C. indica, Linn. var. C. ORIENTALIS, Rose. Scit. PI. t. 12 ; corona-tube 

 much shorter than the segments, petaloid staminal segments of the outer 

 row 3 oblanceolate emarginate bright red, lip reflexed emarginate at the 

 truncate apex. Horan. Prodr. 16. C. indica, Linn. Sp. Plant. 1, in part ; 

 Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 322 ; Fl. Ind. i. 1 ; Wall. Cat. 6621 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 687; Thw. Enum. 320. C. chinensis, Willd. Enwni. 

 Berol. i. 2 ?Rheecle Hort. Malab. xi. t. 48 ; Rumpli. Hort. Amboin. v. t. 

 71, fig. 2. 



Throughout INDIA from the HIMALAYAS to CEYLON and MALACCA. DISTRIB. 

 Malay isles, &c. 



