PHRYNIUM SETOSUM. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
SECT. I. CANNE. 
Gey. Cuar.—Anther single, attached to the margin of the filament ; style tubular, revolute, truncate ; stigma 
simple, orbicular ; capsule three-celled; seeds three. 
Srec. Cuar.—Spike bursting from the petiole; spikes imbricate, concave below and convex above, hirsute ; 
outer bracte cordate, apex elongated, setose on the outside, margin purple ; interior bracte 
winged, or carinate, white; leaves lanceolate, ineequilateral ; petioles and spikes entirely covered 
with dense bristles. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Root tuberous; plant two feet in height ; stem none ; petioles radical, channelled ; green and rufescent, 
terminating next the leaf in a pale-green, transparent ganglion, about an inch long, which, being twisted, 
turns the leaf a little to one side; leaves lanceolate, 6—8 inches long, inzequilateral, smooth on both sides, 
apex cuspidate, base unequal, margin continuous ; spike rising from nearly the middle of the petiole, three 
inches long, imbricate; concave below and convex above; spikelets alternate, lanceolate, setose, extremity of 
a purplish colour; outer bractes cordate, elongated at the apex, setose on the outside margin, purple inside, 
striated ; opposite carinated bracte with four membranous wings running its whole length, white, pellucid ; calyx 
superior, of three lanceolate membranous segments, hirsute, margin purple; outer limb of corolla of three 
ovate, membranous segments, hairy, pellucid; inner limb of corolla of three segments, the two lateral ones 
orbicular, pale blue; lip incrassated, hooded; filament with a detached, incrassated margin, upon which the 
anther is placed ; style incurved ; stigma simple, orbicular, smooth ; capsule three-celled ; seeds three. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
This very extraordinary plant was sent to the Botanic Garden at Liverpool, by Mr. Joseph Cooper, 
Botanic Gardener to Lord Milton, at Wentworth House, in Yorkshire, who we understand, had it from 
Edinburgh, under the name of Maranta Secunda. It is a native of the Brazils, and although not remarkable 
for its elegance, serves to add another variety to the very extensive genus of which it forms one of the 
most curious and interesting species. 
REFERENCES. 
1 & 2. Imbricated spike in different positions. 
. Entire flower. 
. Exterior bracte. 
. Inner carinated bracte. 
D oO & oo 
. Calyx. 
7. Corolla. 
8. Filament and anther. 
9. Style and stigma. 
10. The same separated. 
11. The same in a different position. 
12. Lip. 
