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22. I. Arouma, Korn. Stem arundinaceous, terminated hy seve^'al rosulate leaves ; 

 leaves ovate-oblong, obliquely poiuted, glabrous : midrib curved at the apex ; petiole about 

 as Ions ."s tlie sheath, pubescent at the thickish base of the knob ; spikes, long, slender, 

 cylindrical, fascicled, unequal, bursting from a hdf-sheath: bracts elliptical-lanceolate, or 

 bblong-lineai', bluntish, little longer than their intemodes, forming a distichous cylinder 

 around the flowers ; corolla reddish : tube thrice as long as the limb : lower lip spathulate. 

 — Jacq. Fragm. t. 73. Uudg. Guian. t. 37. — Maranta, Jacg. M. juncea, Lam. M. pe- 

 tiolata, liudg.—&-\0' high ; leaves 1' long, 8"-6" broa^, as long as the petiole ; spikes 

 6"-12", bracts about 1" long, lowest longer. — Hab. Trinidad I, Or., in the northern hills; 

 [French islands ! ; Guiana !, Brazil !]. 



7. MARANTA, L. 



Corolla-tube obliqnely tubular: limb spreading, fetaloid staminodia: two exterior 

 (upper lip), two interior (lower lip), as in Calathea. Anther free from the petaloid fila- 

 ment. Ovary 1-ovulate by abortion ; style incurved : stigma " 3-anguIar." Capsule mem- 

 branaceous : seed ovoid-oblong, tubercled ; embryo curved. — Leaves with a cylindrical Jcnob 

 between the blade and the sheath, alternate ; inflorescence terminal. 



23. ni. arundinacea, L. Tuberous, herbaceous, branched; leaves ovate-oblong, 

 pointed, puberulous ; inflorescence loose, spreading : bracts distantly distichous, deciduous ; 

 corolla white : tube equalling the calyx, clavate, about twice as long as the lobes ; leaflets 

 of the upper lip exserted, exceeding the lateral staminodia, obovate-roundish. — SI. t. 149. 

 3: a leaf. Rose. Monandr. t. 25. — 4'-5'high; corolla-tube 6'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!; 

 [Haiti ! and Mexico ! to Brazil !]. 



24. Ed. indica, 'Fuss. Tuberous, herbaceous, branched ; leaves oblong, sharply acumi- 

 nate, glabrous (except " alqug the midrib " and at the petiolar knob) : sheath glabrous ; j 

 inflorescence few-flowered : bracts distantly distichous, deciduous ; corolla white : tube equal- 

 ling the calyx, clavate, about twice as long as the lobes ; " leaflets of the upper lip exserted, 

 about as long as one of the inner staminodia." — Tuss. Fl. 1. t. 26. Besc. Fl. 8. t. 549. 

 Rose. Monandr. t. 26. — 6' high ; corolla-tube 6'" long, staminodia as long. — Hab. S. Vin- 

 cent I, Guild., Barbadoes (iJo«c.) ; Trinidad (iioic.) ; [Mexico to Venezuela!]. 



25. M. ^bba, Sm. Devoid of tubers, shrubby, dichotomous; leaves ovate-oblong, 

 pointed, glabrous : sheath glabrous ; inflorescence few-flowered : bracts distantly distichous ; 

 corolla white ; tube twice as long as the calyx and the lobes, incurved-clavate ; " leaflets of 

 the upper lip exserted, unequal, about as long as one of the inner staminodia." — Base. Mon- 

 andr. t. 29. — Corolla-tube 1" long, staminodia half as long, — Hab. Antigua I, Wullschl., 

 Barbadoes (Rose.) ; [Mexico to Brazil]. 



26. IH. Tonchat, Aubl. Shrubby, 3-2-chotomous, jointed at the nodes: branches 

 sa!amm]>vtisei, pubescent ; leaves ovate-oblong, pointed, oblique at the base, glabrous : sheath 

 pubescent; inflorescence loose: bracts distantly distichous ; corolla pale-blue : toS? as long 

 as the calyx and the limb, campanulate-tubular. — Rose. Monandr. t. 30. Bot. Mag. t. 

 2398. — M. angustifoUa, Sims. — Bracts shorter than in the 3 preceding species, most 6'" long, 

 coroUa-tube as long.— Hab. Trinidad, Cr. ; [Venezuela, Guiana, Brazil, Peru]. 



8. THALIA, L. 



Corolla rotate. Pefaloid staminodia: one exterior, large, two interior, as in Cala- 

 thea Anther bee from the petaloid filament. Ovary l-oml&te by abortion: style m- 

 curved ■ stigma long-appendiculate. Achenium utricular : seed ovoid, smooth : embryo 

 curved.— Leaves with a cylindrical knob at the top of the petiole ; inflorescence terminal, 

 branched. 



27 T. eeniculata, L. Shrubby, jointed ; leaves large, gradually tapering from the 

 ovate base into the bluntisli point, long-petioled; panicle loose, composed offlexuose 

 jointed spikes; bracts ovate-lanceolate, distichous, longer than the mteraodes, 2;flowered; 

 corolla blue ; exterior staminodium roundish, e-L^eAe?i.-Roso. Monandr. t. 45-- 4-6 high: 

 leaves I'-lV, bracts 6"'-8"' long ; exterior staminodmm 4'" diam., exserted.— Hab. Iri- 

 nidad !, Cr. ; '[Cuba ! to Guiana ! and BrazU]. ^ ^ ^ 



