MARANTACE^. 575 



small, in the morning rose-coloured, becoming purple by the evening, 

 R. S. ; fr. C. S. In Cochin China eatables are rolled up in the leaves 

 and so boiled, to give them colour, and a grateful flavour. (Lour.) 



5. macrostachyum, WaW. (Cat.) % Rangoon. Tavoy. Introduced in 1827. 

 Unknown to us. 



6. setosum. Roscoe. (Scit.) Brazil. 



7. cylindricum, Roscoe. {Scit.) Brazil. 



Maranta, L. (Spreng. syst. I, /;. 3, No. 3; — Endl. gen. pi. I, p. 226.) 

 Arrow root. 

 \. arundinacea, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 8; — Roscoe Scit.; — Redoute Lil. 

 57; — B. M. 49, t. 23U7. — M. arundinacea, Cannacori folio. Plum, 

 gen. 16. — Mart. Cent. 39, t. 39. — Canna indica, radice alba alexiphar- 

 maca, Sloane. hist. 1, p. 253, t. 149.) Indian Arrow Root. %. Tropical 

 S. America. Cultivated in the W. and E. Indies. Fl. middle-sized, pure 

 white, R. S. ; fr. 0. The common Arrow-root is prepared from the roots 

 by maceration in water in the same manner as starch is made from 

 wheat, potatoes, and other farinaceous substances. {Sims.) 



2. ramosissima, Wall, {pi. as. rar. 3, t. 286; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 

 212.) %. Silhet. Fl. somewhat larger than No. 1, pure white, R. S. 

 The tuberous roots yield an abundance of Arrow-root. 



3. dichotoma. Wall. {Cat. — Phrynium dichotomum, Roxb. Jl. ind. \,p. 

 2 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 2; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 212 ; — Spreng. syst. 1, 

 p. 8. — Thalia cannaeformis, — Horst. pr. No. 3. — Donax Arundastrum, 

 Lour. ; — Rumph. 4, t. 7.) "^[^ ^It^t Mookto-patee. ^V^ ^Xi\ Patee- 

 patee. %. Moluccas. Cochin China. Siam. New Hebrides. Coromandel. 

 Bengal, Silhet. Assam. Fl. largish, pure white, H. S. ; fr. July and 

 August. «ft^sl *1tFf Seetul-patee, 3 : Mats made of the split stems of 

 this plant, being smooth and particularly cool and refreshing, are 

 well known every where in India. 



4. virgata, Wall. {Cat. — Phrynium virgatum, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, /?. 4 ; ed. 

 Carey, 1, p. 4; — Spreng. I. c.) '4- Mountains between Travancore 

 and Tinnevelly. Courtallum. Fl. smallish, pure white, the two long- 

 est of the inner segments yellow-margined, R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



5. bicolor, Ker. {B. Reg. 10, t. 7H6 ; — Spreng syst. c. p. p. 5. — B. Cab. 

 10. 921.) %. Brazil. Has been cultivated in the garden here for many 

 years, without flowering. 



Calathea, G. F. W. Meyer. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 3, No. 2; — Endl. gen. 

 pl. \,p. 227.) 



1. zebrina, Lindl. (Maranta Zebrina, Sims.; B. M. 44, t. 1926; — B. 

 Reg. 5, /. 385 ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pl. p. 212. — Phrynium zebrinum, 

 Roscoe Scit.) % Brazil, Fl. large, beautifully purple. Was introduced 

 in 1824, but we do not know, whether it flowered. Has also been 

 introduced into H. C. G. Fl. .^ 



2.flavescens, Lindl. {B. Reg. W, t. 932 ; — Spreng. syst. c. p. p. 5.) '2/.. 

 Rio .Janeiro. Introduced in 1841. 



