260 cxLix. sciTAMiNEi. (J. G. Baker.) [Phrynlum. 



Fmv, Carey, Wallich, R. Scott The Concan, iaw. „,„, ,„• 



Sootstock wide-ereeping, perennial, not tuberous. Zeaf oblong, 6-10 by i-a m. ; 

 petiole slender, longer than the blade. Spike 1-2 in. ; bracts not 1 in., ovate, green, 

 several-fld. OoroJJa-segments white, linear-oblong, much shorter than the cylmdne 

 tube. Larger staminal lobes obovate, as long as the corolla-segments. Seeds ^ m., 

 dull brown, triquetrous on the inner face.— An allied plant, with subequal crowded 

 lanceolate bracts li-2 in., collected by Griffith and Heifer in Tenasserim, is no 

 doubt a distinct species, but all the specimens are very incomplete. P. sumatramim, 

 Miquel, appears to be specifically distinct from P. spicatum. 



6. P. Griffithii, Baker; spike radical long-peduncled, bracts bi- 

 farioiis with tips rounded recurved, corolla-segments unequal, upper erect 

 oblong, lateral reflexed. P. spicatum. Griff. Notul. iu. 418, non Boxb. 



Malacca, in wet jungles at Ching, Griffith. , , ri. 



Leafy stem many-leaved j petiole 3-4 ft. ; blade oblong, 2 ft. Peduncle 1 tt. 

 ' i-segments linear, white, shorter than, the tube. Ovary 3-celled. 



7. P. zeylanicum, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 653 ; spike shortly- 

 peduncled radical, main bracts ovate imbricate, coroUa-segments shorter 



■ than the tube, fruit 1-seeded. Trimen Cat. Geyl. PI. 92. Maranta spioata, 

 Tlvw. Enwm. 320, excl. syn. Boxb. 



Ceylon ; in the central province, rare ; Thwaites. 



Habit exactly of P. spicatum. Leaves oblong, caudate, J ft. ; petiole slender, 

 twice as long as the blade. Spihe 1^ in. ; main bracts few, green, not 1 in. 

 Fruit small, smooth, oblong, crowned by the small green linear sepals. 



8. P. Cadellianum, King mss. ; spike shortly peduncled radical, 

 mam bracts ovate-lanceolate, fruit 1-seeded. 



Andaman isles., Ki'/ig's Collector. 



Bootstock short-creeping, perennial, slender. Leaf oblong, 9-10 in. by 3-4 in., 

 base deltoid ; petiole slender, 2-2i ft. Spike li in. j bracts 1-li in., few, closely 

 imbricate, thin, glabrous. Flower not seen. Fruit oblong, smooth, i in., crowned 

 with the short sepals. 



22. CANNA, Linn. 



Bootstock perennial. Stem, simple, leafy. Leaves large, oblong, acute. 

 Flowers a lax terminal simple or branched raceme ; bracts small, ovate. 

 Sepals 3, small, oblong, or lanceolate. Corolla-tube cylindric, segments 

 3, lanceolate, equal. Staminal tube cylindric ; segments petaloid, unequal, 

 with the 1 -celled anther adnate to the margin of one of the smaller ones. 

 Ovary 3-celled; cells many-ovuled; style adnate at the base to the staminal 

 tube, free above ; stigma capitate. Fruit globose, echinate, indehiscent. 

 Seeds large, globose ; embryo straight. — Species 20-30 tropical American 

 and the following : — 



C. indica^ Linn. var. C. oeientalis, Bosc. Scit. PI. t. 12 ; coroKa-tube 

 much shorter than the segments, petaloid staminal segments of the outer 

 row 3 oblanceolate emarginate bright red, lip reflexed emarginate at the 

 truncate apex. Horan. Prodr. 16. C. indica, Linn. 8p. Plant. 1, in part ; 

 Boteb. in Asiat. Bes. xi. 322 ; Fl. Lnd. i. 1 ; Wall. Gat. 6621 ; Balz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 687; Thw. Enum. 320. 0. chinensia, Willd. Enum. 

 Berol. i. 2 P — Bheede Sort. Malab. xi. t. 48 ; Bumph. Hort. Amboin. v. t. 

 71, fig. 2. 



Throughout India from the Himalayas to Ceylon and Malacca. — Disteib. 

 Malay isles, &c. 



