258 cxLix. sciTAMiNEjE. (J. G. Baker.) [CHnopjne. 



1-3-seeded. Seeds subglobose, aril lacerate ; embryo curved. — Species 

 7-8 ; tropics of Old World. 



1. C. dichotoma, Salisb. in Trans. Sort. Soc. i. 276 ; leaves broadly- 

 rounded at the base, branches of panicle few short, staminal tube elongate, 

 fruit 2-3-lobed 2-3-seeded. Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 651. Phrynium 

 dichotomum, Roxh. in Asiat. Res. xi. 324 ; Hort. Beng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. i. 2 ; 

 Horan. Prodr. 11, in part. Maranta dichotoma. Wall. Gat. 6614. M. 

 raniosissima, Wall. Oat. 6615 ; PI. Asiat. Rar. t. 286; Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb. 

 212. Donax Arundinastrum, Lour. Fl. GocJi. 15. Thalia canneeformis, 

 Willd. 8p. Plant, i. 16. — Sumph. Amboin. iy. 22, t. 7. 



Eastern Bengal and the Malay Peninsula. — Disteie. Malay islds. 



Shnth 15 fb. ; stem short, woody ; branches slender. Upper leaves ovate- 

 ohlong, 3-6 in. by 1^-2 in. Branches of panicle at most 3-4 in. ; outer bracts 

 lanceolate, If in. Flowers white, 1 in. Sepals lanceolate. Petals oblanceolate, 

 spreading in the upper half. Staminal tube as long as the largest lobes; lip 

 flat. Fruit ^ in. dium. 



2. C. grandis, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 651 ; leaves broadly rounded 

 at the base, branches of the panicle many and modera,tely long, staminal 

 tube elongated, fruit globose smooth 1-seeded. Maranta grandis, Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. Suppl. 616. Phrynium dichotomum, Korn. in Mem. Mose. xi. 

 t. 89 ; Horan. Prodr. 11, in part, not Roxb. 



Tenasseeim, Malacca, Peeak, Singapoee, and the Andaman islds. — 

 Disteie. Malay islds. 



Habit of 0. diehotoma. Upper leaves i-1 ft. by 3-6 in. Branches of the 

 panicle sometimes 6-9 in. ; outer bracts IJ in. Flowers as in 0, dichotoma. Fruit 

 glossy, -1-^ in. diam. 



3. C. virg'ata, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 651 ; leaves slightly rounded 

 at the base, branches of the panicle many and long, staminal tube short, 

 fruit 2-3-lobed 2-3-seeded, Maranta virgata. Wall. Cat. 6616 ; Wight Ic. 

 t. 2015 ; Thio. Bnum. 320. Phrynium vii'gatum, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 

 324 ; Hort. Beng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. i. 4. 



The Dbocan peninsula and Ceylon. 



Stems 6-8 ft. Upper leaves 4-6 by l-lj in. ; lower 1-lJ ft. Panicle 1 ft. or 

 more ; branches very slender, flexuose ; outer bracts about 1 in. Flowers white, 

 inodorous, much smaller than in O. dichotoma. Fruit the size of a large pea. 



21. FKRVMIVK, Willd. 



Rootstock creeping. leaves large, oblong, radical; petiole long, 

 sheathing. Spike compound, produced from the side of the petiole or 

 direct from the rootstock ; main bracts 2- oo.fld. Sepals 3, narrow. 

 Oorolla-tuhe cylindric; segments 3, linear-oblong, subequal, spreading. 

 Staminal tube longer than the corolla-tube ; segraents unequal, petaloid, 

 one bearing the 1-celled anther on its margin. Ottir^; 3-celied ; cells 

 1-ovuled, rarely 2 cells empty ; style adnate in the lower part to the 

 staminal tube; free portion hooked; stigma capitate. Fruit globose, 

 indehiscent or finally dehiscent. Seeds 1-3 erect ; aril short, fleshy ; 

 embryo curved. — Species 20 ; tropics of Old World. 



1. P. capitatom, Willd. Sp. Plant, i. 17; spike globose from the 



