222 Baker . — Synopsis of Genera & Species of Museae. 
forest, Mann ! Introduced into cultivation in 1872. M. 
assamica, Hort. Bull is allied plants, at present imperfectly 
known, which may prove to be distinct. 
30 . M. Mannii, Wendl. MSS. Stem slender, cylindrical, 2 ft. long, 
1 in. diam., tinged with black. Leaves few, spreading ; petiole 
6-10 in. long; blade oblong, green, unequally rounded at the 
base, 2-2 1 ft, long, 9-10 in. broad. Peduncle with spike erect, 
J ft. long ; female flowers in three clusters of three flowers 
each, their bracts deciduous ; male bracts crowded, oblong, pale 
crimson, 3-4 in. long. Calyx pale yellow, 1 J in. long ; petal 
much shorter, truncate. Assam. Described from a specimen 
that flowered in the palm-house at Kew, March 1893. 
31 . M. velutina, Wendl. and Drude, in Regel, Gartenfl. 1875, 65, 
t. 823; M. dasycarpa, Kurz, in Journ. Agric.-Hort. Soc. Ind. 
XIV, 381. Habit of M. sanguinea. Leaves oblong, unequal 
at the base, narrrowed into the long petiole. Panicle short, 
dense, erect ; bracts bright red, pubescent on the outside ; 
lowest sterile, lanceolate ; upper oblong-lanceolate, 5-6 in. 
long. Fertile flowers about 3 clusters 3-4 in each ; male 
clusters 6-9-flowered. Calyx pale yellow, i-ij in. long, 
5-toothed at the apex ; petal as long as the calyx, entire, 
obtuse. Fruit velvety, bright red. Throughout the forests of 
Assam, Mann. Introduced into cultivation in 1875. Differs 
from sanguinea and aurantiaca by its red pubescent fruit. 
32 . M. aurantiaca, Mann, Herb. Habit of M. sanguinea , but forming 
larger clumps of rather shorter stems. Panicle moderately 
dense, finally 8-9 in. long; rachis glabrous; bracts bright 
orange-yellow, glabrous ; lowest sterile, lanceolate, a foot long ; 
upper oblong-lanceolate, persistent, 3-4 in. long; female 
flowers in 4-5 clusters of 2-4 each. Calyx yellow, above an 
inch long, 5-toothed at the tip ; petal linear, obtuse, as long 
as the calyx. Fruit green, glabrous. Forests of Upper Assam, 
Mann ! Differs mainly from M. sanguinea by its orange- 
coloured bracts. 
