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hairy joint near the middle, the Bpibe buTBting through a slit 2 — 3 

 inches long : spike short-peduncled, linear-oblong, imbricated : 

 outer bracts oval, truncated, with the* transverse apex many- 

 toothed, smooth, e^ch embracing several small pale pink flowers 

 opening successively. 



Chittagong, flowermg in March and April. 



GENUS II. MAEANTA. 



Stonandvia Monogynta. Sex: Syst: 



Beriv. Named after B. Maranti, a Venetian physician and 

 Botanist who died in 1554. 



Gen. Chab. Calyx 3-leaved: outer petals equal, more deeply 

 distinct, lip 2-cleft : filament petaloid, 2-parted, one antheriferous, 

 the other segment encircling the style : ovary inferior, 1 -celled : 

 ovule 1, basilar, campylotropal : style fleshy, incurved, stigma sub- 

 trigonal : berry 1 -seeded : seed uncinate globose, testa hard, 

 wrinkled : albumen homy. — Herbs : stem herbaceous or sufflni- 

 tescent, panicled : inflorescence terminal, spiked or racemose. 



, (1) M. DICHOTOMA. (Wall.) 



Ident. "Wall. Cat. 



Syn. Phrynium dichotomiim, Roxb. fior. Ind. I. p. 2. Donsix 

 anmdmastrum, Low. 



V. Eumph. Amb. iv. t. 7. 



Spec. Chae. Stems 3 — 6-feet, very smooth : branches numerous, 

 dichotomous, jointed at each division : leaves alternate, petioled, 

 ovate-cordate, smooth, entire with sheathing petioles : racemes 

 terminal, usually solitary, jointed, slightly flezuose : flowers in 

 pairs on a common pedicel from the alternate joints of the rachis : 

 large, pure white. 



Coromandel. Bengal. Silhet. Assam. Flowering in the hot 

 season. 



(2) M. VIEQATA. fWall.j 



Ident. "Wall. Cat. 



Syn. Phrynium virgatum, Roxh. flor. Ind. I. p. 4. 



Engram. "Wighfa Icon. t. 2015. 



Spec. Chae. Stems simple, jointed, and knotted at the joints : 

 leaves distichous, lanceolate : panicles terminal, loose, branches 

 filiform : flowers scattered, paired, small : fruit hairy. 



CourtaUum. Malabar. Bolamputty. Travancore mountains. 



