604 SCITAMINB^. 



C. siroUUfera, Miq., having a ligule and no petiolai- knob, is a Zingiberaeea, probably a 

 Rmealmia (Alpinia strobilifera, Pcepp., Bndl.). 



§1. Spilce compressed-cylindricaZ : bracts distichotis-imbricate, complicate, convex on the 

 bach, rigidly ehartaceoua. — Spites bursting from the leaf-sheaths at the summit of a naked 

 stem. {Eucalathea, Kornick.) 



17. C. discolor, Mey. ! Glabrous, stout ; stem 1-few-leaved at the inflorescence,- 

 naked below it ; leaves large, oblong, or oval, blunt, powdery beneath ; spikes axillarj-, 

 single or geminate at the top of several, fascicled peduncles ; bracts large, roundish-sub- 

 truncate, half as long as the yellow flower; lower lip obcordate.^Boic. Monandr. t. 43. 

 Jacq. Pragm. t. 69, 70 (inclus. t.6S,f. 4, 64./. 3). — Maranta Cachibou, Jacq. (Calathea, 

 Lindl.) ; identical with Meyer's specimen and Boscoe's figure. M. Casupo, Jacq. {Phrynium, 

 Eosc). M. Casupito, Jacq. {Calathea, Mey.). M. lutea, Lam. {non Jacq). C. latea, 

 Mey.—W-W high; leaves a'-5' (-!'), spikes 4"-6" long, the latter 14"-a"^ broad; bracts 

 about IJ" diam. ; corolla-tube li", limb 1" long. — Hab. Dominica!, Imr., uncommon in 

 woods ; Trinidad (iJoic.) ; [Guiana !, Venezuela, New Granada], 



§ 2. Heads peduncled, bursting from a leaf-sheath : bracts herbaceous, or membranaceous, 

 imbricated all round. (Myrosma, L., Pseudophrynium, Korniclc, Thalianthus, Kl) 



18. C. myrosma, lAndl, Stem pnberulons above or glabrescent ; leaves alternate, 

 eUiptioal-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, pointed : knob short, villous-pubescent ; peduncles 

 nodding from the uppermost leaf-sheath, single or geminate, as long as the ovoid-oblong 

 head ; bracts trapezoid, half as long as the white flower ; lower lip " obovate." — 'Rose. Mon- 

 andr. t. 39. — Phrynium, Uosc. Myrosma caunsefolium, L. — 1'-2' high ; leaves 8"-5", 

 heads 1", inferior bracts 6'" long. — Hab. S.Vincent!, Guild.; [Guiana!, Brazil!]. 



19. C. Allouya, Lindl. Stem puberulons above or glabrescent, naked, except at the 

 base and summit; leaves seyeisi, fascicled at the origin of the peduncle, obliquely elliptical, 

 pointed : knob pubescent ; peduncle suberect, single from one of the uppermost leaf-sheaths, 

 longer than the ovoid head ; bracts elliptical, bluntish, more than half as long as the white 

 flower, lowest larger, elliptical-roundish; lower lip "deeply 2-fid." — Jacq. Fragm, t. 71. 

 Rose. Monandr. t. 38. Desc. Ft. t. 26. — Maranta, Jacq. Phrynium, Rose. — Tubers 

 " globose, stipitate ;" stem 2'-3', leaves 3-6" long : petioles as long as the blade ; pedim-. 

 cles 3", heads lV'-2", inferior bracts 1", flowers about 1\" long. — Hab. Dominica!, 

 Imr., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Haiti to Guiana] . 



§ 3. Scape terminated by a dense head : bracts herbaceous, imbricated all round. 



20. C. comosa, Lindl. " Glabrous; scape terminated by a subglobose head; leaves 

 large, elliptical, long-petioled ; bracts oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, inferior recurved, equal- 

 ling the corolla-tube; flowers yellow; lower lip 2-lobed." — Rose. Monandr. t. 35. — Ma- 

 ranta, L. Phrynium, Rose. — " 3' high ; leaves 2' long ; head 4" diam. ; bracts li" long ; 

 corolla-limb half as long as the tube." — Hab. Trinidad (Rose.) ; [Guiana]. 



6. ISCHNOSIPHON, Komick. 



(Calathea, Pospp., Bndl., non Miq.) 



Character of Calathea, but anther neai-ly free (except at the oblique base), 2 ovary-cells 

 sterile, the third 1-ovulate, and capsule " dehiscent at the summit." — Leaves of the West 

 Indian species with a curved midrib at the oblique apex : petiolar knob cylindrical ; spikes 

 slender : flowers involute by rigid chariaceous bracts and several bractlets. 



21. I. Parkcri, ^>». Scape ]>\Aie&i:eai,terminated by a compound, dense spike ; \ea.ve3 

 oblong, obliquely pointed, glabrous : midrib cm'ved at the apex : petiolar knob villous at the 

 annulate base ; spike oblong-lanceolate : lower branches often distant, erect ; bracts oblong- 

 lanceolate, imbricate, the common ones sub-S-stichous, special distichous, much longer than 

 their internodes, innermost bractlet membranaceous ; corolla yellow : tube thrice as long as 

 the limb ; lower lip obovate. — Rose. Monandr. t. 43. — Phrynium, Rose. Maranta lachnocaula; 

 Miq, I — Scape several feet high; leaves 15"-12" long, 6"-5" broad, long-petioled; race- 

 mose spike 3"-8", bracts about 1" long. — Hab. Trinidad!, Cr. ; [Guiana!, eqnat. Brazil]. 



