Capsula npice brevi -hirtella incinsa bracteollsqiie olivaliata, 

 inerabranacca fragilis moiiospernia lateraliler riimpens. Se- 

 men conlco-lrigoaum leviter obliquiim apice acutum, basi 

 truucatuni operculo piano, junius embryotega rugosa plicata 

 appcüdiculatum, 1 cent. fcre longnm. Evtbryo uncinalns, 



2. Phrtjnium AIloitj/a Rose. Mon. PI. p. 13. Tab. 100. 

 ('? Marunta Allouya Aubl.) 



Crescit in sylva humili ad Ornaraibo, Mart. Fl. albl. 



3. Myrosma cannaefoUa Linn. fil. Suppl. pl. p. 80. 

 Crescit in Savanis ad Ouoribo. ludoresceutia albida. 



Zingiheraceae Endl. 

 1. Renealmi'a ejcaltata Linn, fil. Snppl, pl. p. 79. Al- 

 pinia ejcaltata Mey. Esseq. p. 4. 



Crescit passim in sylvis argillosis Surinam!. Frutex, 

 April. — Iiicolis Massousa dicta. Orfor Amorai. Capsulae 

 coriaceo- carnosae atroviolaceae, cum oryza vel jusculo co- 

 ttae, gratum cibnra pracbent. Semina piperita uec adco 

 forlia ac grana Paradisi. 



Xyrideae Kuuth. 



1. Xi/ris savanensis. Foliis anguste gladiato-liuoarlbus 

 molliusculis acute acuminatis apice plerumqiie sphacelatis, stria- 

 tis, utraque acie praesertira antica denticulato-scabris, fere 

 ad apicem complicatis, basi vaginante fusca scariosa glabris, 

 pedunculis folia multodes superantibus filiformibus (creti-an- 

 cipitibns, pracsertim angulis scaliris, iuferne Tagina. foliis 

 brcriore aphylla vfl brevlter apiculata instructis, spicls ova- 

 tis plurifloris, squamis laevinscalis ovato- rotundatis obtnsis 

 roncavis roedio viridibus^ ambitu castaneis integerrimis, 2 in- 

 fimis vacuis oppositis carinatis, sepalis exterioribus lateral!- 

 bns carinalis acntis , carina anguste alata denticulalo- 

 ciliala. 



