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3. Heliconia Richardiana. Canlesceiis? foHis basi va- 

 gmantibas longe petiolatis oblongo-ellipticiB sobacDminato- 

 acatia ba^i inaeqnali acnttuscnlis, ecapis apice Talde flexQO- 

 eis disaitiSons^ epathia 5 — 6 patenlissimis lanceolatvs acu- 

 miiiatis canaliculato-complicatis 12 — 6 - Boris , spalhillis 

 membrauaceis lanceolatis spatha triplo breTioribus* 



Crescit Sariuami ad Osembo in distr. Para, m. Apriii 

 deflorata. 



/f, acuminatae et H. cannoideae propinqua, aed foliis 

 longe petiolalisj ellipticis basi inaeqnalibns, discoloribng (in 

 sicco), apice brevi-acnminatis potius actitis, m nniTersum 

 breTioribos et latioribns, spathis panllo latloribus multifioris 

 Into diacernenda. Quoad inEoreacentiae habitnm antem H. 

 acuminatae valde eimilis. 



Petiolus (parg Tagmans diffracla) 25 cent, longns; ia- 

 mina 35 cent. Jonga, HVa lata, membranacea, supra aa- 

 Inrate viridls, nilida, SQbtus albicaiiti-glaaca, parallels 

 rryosa. Scapi infloresccntia 20 — 25 ceni, longa, ad- 

 modam flexQosa, axis sub spatbis lloriferis valde incrassa- 

 tns. Spathae mfimae maximae 10 — 16 cent, lougae valde 

 acniniiiatae; anmmae vix acnminatae 4 — 5 cent, Pedicelli 

 deflorati sabclavati 2 — 3 cent. longi ad leutem minnte far- 

 foraceo-- pnbernli. flos nnicns snperstea claugna 3 cent, cir- 

 citer longus, perigonii phjllis extcrioribug dorso tenerrime 

 paberolis. Capsulae bacfiatae iramatarae obovatae (rigoaae 

 angulis costatis, 



OANNACE^E, 



MAaANTA Plnm. 

 1* Maranta arundinacea Willd. (vix Linn,), Fiibe9 

 in ntraque foJii pagina et in vagina pc*ioloqac praescns mox 

 densior (in plantis janioribus ct foliis inferioribns)^ mox epar-* 

 sissima ac tenera in nervo medio lantummodo inveaienda* 



