110 MAR ANT ACE AE. 



Lower Surinam River, near Paramaribo : Kegel 812 in forests (fl. March) 

 named by Miquel: Maranta arundinacea L. 



Surinam River, near Koffiedjompo : Versteeg 518 (fl. June). 



Lower Surinam River, near Jagtlust: Splitgerber 592 H. L. B. 901, 

 199—63 (fl. Febr.) 



Para district: Kappler 1463 (fl. Febr .-April) ex Schumann I.e. 98; 



Para district, near Osembo: Focke 33 H. L. B. 901, 199— 64 (fl. April). 



Surinam: Hostmann 128 ex Schumann I.e.; Dr. Voltz in Hb. Rheno- 

 Traject. 



Northern Brazil. 



Calathea strobilifera (Miq.) Korn. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou XXXV. 



1 p. 143- 

 Marantha strobilifera Miq. in Linnaea XXII p. 79. 

 Saramacca River, near Groote Poica: Kegel 1469 in forests (fl. May) 



Calathea grandis Petersen Fl. Bras. III. 3 p. 124. 

 Paramaribo: WullschlAgel 516 in forests. 



Calathea zingiberina Korn. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou XXXV. i.p. 122. 

 Para River: Wcllschlagel 1137 ex Petersen 1. c. 116 t. 28. 

 Northern Brazil. 



MARANTA Linn. 



Maranta arundinacea Linn. Spec. Plant, ed. I. p. 2. 



Marowijne River, near Albina: Versteeg 550. 



Surinam River, near plant, la Rencontre: Focke 793 (fl. April) named : 

 Maranta protracta Miq. in Linnaea XVIII p. 71. 



Paramaribo: Versteeg 463 (fl. June); Tulleken 31 H. L. B. 903, 

 322—1271 (fl. July). 



Cottica River, near Oranjewoud: Focke 724 (fl. Octob.) 



Para River, near Osembo: Focke 573 (fl. April). 



Surinam: Hostmann H. L. B. 903, 322—218 and 209; Dr. Voltz with- 

 out number in Hb. Rheno-Traject; Splitgerber 339 H. L. B. 901, • 

 199—12 and 460 H. L. B. 901, 199—14. 



Vernacular name : Arrow-root. 



All tropical countries. 



Maranta divaricata Rose. Monandr. pi. t. 27. 



Lawa River, near Cottica : Versteeg 330 (fl. Octob.). 

 Upper Tapanahoni River : Versteeg 789 (fl. Sept.). 

 Brazil, Venezuela, Columbia, British-Guyana. 



MYROSMA Linn. f. 



Myrosma cannifolia Linn. f. Suppl. p. 80. 



Para district : Splitgerber 1035 H. L. B. 905, 88—121 in forests (fl. May). 



