A new arrangement of the plants of the monandrian class usually called Scitamineae / by William Roscoe.

  • William Roscoe
Date:
1807
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Credit: A new arrangement of the plants of the monandrian class usually called Scitamineae / by William Roscoe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    M. comosa. ? Lmn. Suppl. 80. Communicated by Dr. Smith from the Linnaean Her- barium.—novum genus f M. sylvatica. ?—Bot. Gard, Liverpool; but has not yet flowered. THALIA, Anthera simplex, ovata, filamento proprio depresso innixa. Stylus brevis, ab anther^ deflexus. Stigma perforatum, ringens. Capsula bilocularis. Semina duo, glabra, splendentia. Tab. XX. Tig. 3. This genus, although considered by Swartz as obscure, and founded by Linnaeus on the figure of Plumier only, is well distin- guished from the rest of the order, and confirmed by the disco- very of additional species. In their habit, these plants nearly ap- proach Maranta, but differ greatly in their fructification; having a proper stamen and style, reflexed in opposite directions. T.genicu- Calyce unifloro, culmo ramoso, petiolis ganglio- lata. nosis. Fig. Blum. Amer. 98. tah. 108. r. dealbata. Calyce bifloro, culmo arundinaceo pulverulento, folds apice revolutis. Fig. Fraser Ic. Bot Gard. Liverpool. PHRY-
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