574 ZINGIBERACE^ MARANTACE^. 



Roxb.) '^. Peninsula of Malacca. — G. pendula, Roxb. Corom, 3, t. 

 22 S. %. Penan^. 



RoscoEA, Sm, {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 3, No. 8; — Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 223; 

 not Roxb.) 

 1. purpurea, Sm. {Exot. bot. 2, p. 97, t. 108; — Hook. exot. fl. 2, t. 144; 

 — Spreng. syst. 1, p. 9; — Royle. ill. t. 89, /. 3.) % Mussooree, &c. 

 in the Himalaj^as. Fl. largish, bluish- purple. Introduced in 1818, 

 but we do not know whether it flowered. 



* Roseoea purpurea, p. procera, Wall. pi. as. rar. 3, t. 242. %. Shiva- 

 pore Mountain. — R. capitata, Sm. ; Wall. pi. as. rar. 3, t. 255. %. 

 Nepal. — R. alpina, Royle, ill. t. 89, f. 1. ^. Simla. Choor. Landour. 

 — R. lutea, Royle. ill. t. 89, f. 2. %. Mussooree. — R. elatior, Sm. 



%. Nepal. Kemaon. — R. exilis, Sm. %. Nepal R. spicata, Sm. % 



Nepal. — Hornstedtia Scyphus, Retz. % Peninsula of Malacca. — H. 

 Leonurus, Retz. %, Peninsula of Malacca. 



ORDER CCXXVL— MARANTACE.^:, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 324. 



THK ARROW-ROOT TRIBE. 



" While the Ginger-tribe is valued for its aromatic, heating principle, 

 this tribe is esteemed on account of the fsecula, which abounds in the 

 rhizoma and root of both tribes, being destitute of that principle. It is, 

 therefore, collected as a delicate article of food, from Maranta arundinacea, 

 L., M. AUoya, Jacq., &c. in the W. Indies, and from M. ramosissima. Wall., 

 in the East." {Lindl.) 



Phrynium, Willd. {Spreng. syst. \, p. 3, No. 5; — Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 

 226.) 



1. spicatum, Roxb. {fl. ind. 1, p. 5 ; ed. Carey, I, p. 5 ; — Roscoe Scit. ; 

 — Spreng. syst. 1, p. 8.) % Pegu. Fl. small, whitish, April and 

 May ; fr. 0. 



2. imbricatum, Roxb. {fl. ind. \, p. &; ed. Carey, \,p. 6 ; — Spreng. I. 

 c.) 2^. Chittagong. Fl. small, pale rose-coloured, March and April ; 

 fr. August. 



Z.parvijlorum, Roxb, {fl. ind. I, p.*] ; ed. Carey, \, p. 1 ; — Roscoe Scit. ; 



— Spreng. I. c.) % Khassya Mountains, Assam, Fl. very small, yellow, 



R. S. ; fr. C. S, 

 4. capitatum, Willd. {Spreng. I. c. ; — Roxb.fl. ind. \,p. 8; ed. Carey, 1, 



p. 7 ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pl. p. 212. — Phyllodes placentaria. Lour. — 



Rheed. \\,t. 34.) % Cochin China. Chittagong. Silhet. Assam. Fl. 



