Phrynium.] cxlix. sciiAMiNEa;. (J. G. Baker.) 259 



side of the petiole rarely terminal, maia bracts oblong with an inonrvel 

 soarioas tip which breaks up into bristles, corolla-segments longer than 

 the tube, fruit usually 3 seeded. Boxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 325, t. 1 ; Hort. 

 Beng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. i. 8 ; Wall. Oat. 6619 ; Wight Ic. t. 2016 ; TA,w. Enum. 

 320. Phyllodes Placentaria, ioitr. if?. Cochin, ch. 17. Maranfca Piacbn- 

 taria, A. Dietr. 8p. i. 30. — BheedeSort. Mai. xi. t. 34. 



Eastebk Himalayas, Malay peninsula, Malabae, Teatanoobe, Ceylon. 

 i)iSTEiB. Malay islds. 



Sootstock perenaial, tuberous. Leaves oblong, 1-lJ ft. by 6-8 ia. ; petiole 

 longer than the blade, that which bears the spike 2-3 ft. or more. Spike sessile. 

 11—2 in. diam. ; subtended by 2-3 large rigid ovate bracts; inner main bracts 1 

 bv i in., firm, oblong, several-fld. Sepah large, linear. CoroMa-seginents linear, 

 oblong purple. Capsule turbinate, 3-lobed, the size of a gooseberry, smooth, 

 3-valved. 



2. P. parviflorum, Boxl. Sort. Beng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. i. 7 ; spike globose 

 from the side of the petiole, bracts lanceolate, corolla-segments white 

 sborter than the tube, fruit usually 1-seeded. Rose. Scit. PI. t. 34 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 6620; Koran. Prodr. 11. Maranta parviflora, A. Dietr. 8p. i.- 

 SO. 



Easteen Himalayas and Malay peninsula, and the Concan. 



Sootstoek tuberous, perennial. Leaves oblong -cuspidate, 1-lJ ft. by 6-8 in. j 

 petiole longer than the blade, the one that bears the spike 2-2J ft. Spike sessile, 

 1-2 in. diam. ; bracts 1 in., pale green, acate, 2-3-fld. Cc/»"oWa-tube as long as 

 tlie bract j segments linear-oblong. Staminal lobes small, orbicular, white tipped 

 with yellow. 



3. P. imbricatum, Soxb. Hort. Beng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. i. 6 ; spike oblong 

 from the side of the petiole, main bracts oblong obtuse, corolla-segments 

 shorter than the tube, fruit usually 3-seeded. Horan. Prodr. 11. Maranta 

 imbricata, A. Dietr. Sp. i. 30. 



Chittagong, Buxburgh. 



Habit of P. capiiaium and parviflorum. Leaves 1^-2 ft. ; oblong, acute, 

 petiole longer than the blade. Spike S-i in. ; main bracts 1-li in. long, minutely 

 toothed at the obtuse tip. Cak/te and corolla of P. parmflorum. Staminal lubes 

 small, white. Capsule rugose, oblong, the size of a large field bean. 



A flowerless specimen with similar but terminal spikes and bracts, mnch 

 smaller leaves and more slender petiole, collected at Kangoou by McClelland, 

 probably represents a distinct species. 



4. P. macrostachyuni; Wall. Cat. 6612 A, B; spike long lax 

 from the side of the petiole, main bracts lanceolate complicate, fruit 

 1-seeded. 



Pegu, Wallich. Tatoy, Gomes. Tenassebim, Heljer. 



Eootstoclc short, with copious slender fibres. Leaves nearly 4 by 3-4 in., thin 

 oblong, caudate ; petiole twice as long as the blade. Spike sessile, 9-12 in. ; main 

 bracts 2-4 in., spaced out on the rachis, ascending; finally scarious. Fruit 

 small, smooth, oblong, crowned with the small green lanceolate sepals. — P. 

 musaceum, Wall. Gat. 6612 C, from the 'I'rogla hills, known in leaf only, is 

 probably a different species. 



5. Pi spicatum, Boxh. Sort. Beng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. i. 5 ; spike radical 

 shortly-peduncled, main bracts ovate imbricate, corolla-segments shorter 

 than the tube, fruit usually 3-seeded. Wall. Cat. 6617 ; Hordn. Prodr. 

 11. Maranta caespitosa, A. Dietr. Sp. i. 30. 



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