603 



(nascentibus obliqnis) apice lato -rotundatls quaiidoqiie ernar- 

 ginatis, basi acntls vcl ciineatis, tenuitcr tri- vcl quinqueucrvüs, 

 spicis axillaribus 1 — 3, folio tnultoties brevioribus, siibses- 

 silibns pleriimque 3 -articnlatis , vaginae dentibns concavis 

 trnncatis snbciliolatis patcntibus, floribus 4-seriatig, calyce 

 trideutato, baccis oblongo-clavatis calyce patente corouatis, 

 spicae articulo dtiplo lotigioribiis. 



Crescit iu Para superiore; ra. Sept. 



Affine K. Fockeano (1. c. p. 60.), sod notis indicalis 

 abunde distiiictum. — Folia majora ö — 6 ccut. longa, Spi- 

 cae 1 cent. circiter longae: haccae 5 — 6 mm. 



Musaceae Ag. 



Phen a kos p e r m u m Endl, 



1. PhenaJcospernmm gui/anense. — Urania g-uyanen- 



sis L. C. Richard Comm. Mtisac. p. 21. Tab. VI et FHI. 



Splitg. Institnnt 1043. p. 306. — Conf. Miq. in Botan, 



Zeitung 1845. no. 21. 



Crescit haud raro in Surinamo, loeis paludosis nee noa 

 elevatis siccis, incolis Boschbanaan dictnm. — Statnra pro 

 varia stationis indolc admodura variatj in siccis Strelitziam, 

 in hnmidis Musam reierens. 



Cannaceae Ag, 

 1, 3Iai'anta surinarnensis. Radice tubcrosa, caule parcc 

 raraoso glabro, foliis ovatis abrupte breviter acutissimeque 

 acnminatis utrinque glabris snbtus glaucescentibus, vaginis 

 lanceolatis siimmo apice intus hirtellis, peliolis apice tumido 

 antice hirtellis, spicis lateralibus solitariis simplicibus, bra- 

 cteis sub anthesi irabricatis lanceolatis carinato-convolutis 

 coriaceis, llores sessiles 1 — 2 normales aliosque steriles difr 

 formes iucludentibus, braiteolis auguste linearibus membra- 

 uaceis, Capsula solitaria, bracteae basi inclusa, apice citiato- 



