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1489, C. NepAuLensis. Wall. Nil : 
The most beautiful of the genus, Bombay is indebted for the three last 
named species to Mr. Nimmo. 
From the root of a species of Canna a nutritious aliment has been 
lately prepared; peculiarly fitted for invalids fromthe very small tendency 
ithas to acescence. (Dr. Gibson.) See Med. Chir. Review for 1337. 
684. MARANTA. L. Monandria Monogynia. 
In memory of Maranti, a Venetian physician, in 16th century. Lam. Ill. 
I. [ie le 
1490. M. Zesrina. Sims. Bot. Mag. é. 1926. Calathea Zebrina. Lind. 
Bot. Reg. ¢, 385. 
Striped-leaved Maranta;—A native of Brazil;—imtroduced by N. The 
flowers of this species are very beautiful. 
1491. M. Ramosissima. Wall. As. Pl. Rar. 3. t, 286, 
. A native of Silhet, and introduced by N. from Bengal. 
‘* Has numerous long clavate tubers, and much resembles the West India 
arrow-root:” Wall. Hort. Soc. Gar. from Dr. Lush at Dapoorce, The dry 
air of the Deccan in the cold season seems to affect its developement. (Dr. 
Gibson.) 
685. PHRYNIUM.t. Monandria Monogynia. 
Phrunos—a toad, (Aristoph.in Plautus.) an inhabitant of marshy places:— 
mame given in allusion to the habitat of the plants —Or from Phrynion, a kind 
of dry or hard plant. (Roscoe.) 
1492. P. CapiTatum, Rox. Flora.1- p. 8. 
Naru-killa. Rheed. Mal. 11. ¢. 34. Asiat. Res. 11. ¢. 3. Phyllodes placen- 
taria, Lour. Cochin China. 1, p. 13. who says, puddings (cibaria) are roll- 
edup in the leaves, and so boiled, to give them colour and grateful flavor. 
Kudali---F lowers in sessile heads, bursting from the jointed petioles, in the 
manner of the Pontederia. 
1493. P. DicHoromum. Rox. Flora. 1. p. 2. 
Tealia cannceformis. Will. Rumph. Amb. 4. ¢.7. Donax arundastrum, Lour. 
Cochin China. t. p. 11. 
Mookta-patee---Patee---A very elegant shrub, native of India, the Eastern 
Islands and New Hebrides. The flowers are in terminal racemes; large, 
pure white. Introduced from Bengal by N. 
ORDER 140. MUSACEZ. Sweet’s Hort. Birt. p. 392. 
THE BANANA TRIBE. Lind. Nat. syst. p. 268. 
686. MUSA. L. Polygamia Monoecia. 
Said to have been named by Plumier, in memory of Musa,a Freedman 
of Augustus. Should not such an unmeaning name be rejected and the 
proper classic one ‘‘ Platanus’ be given?—Linnaeus’ Platanus is no better 
entitled to the distinction than a hundred other trees which afford equal 
shade. This is on accouut of its large and broad, platus, leaves. Gaert. 1. 
t. 11. Lam. 3. ¢. 836 and 837. 
1494, M. Saprentum. Rox .Flora. 1. p. 663 Bata. Rheed. Mal. 1. ¢. 12, 
33 and 14, Mussa. Rumph. Amb. 5. ¢.60 and 61? M. Paradisiaca. Linn, 
Arbor Pala. Pliny’s Nat. Hist. Book 12. 5, 12, Hamilt, in_Linn, Trans, 13, 
