CALATHEA flavescens. 
Yellow Calathea^ 
MO^ANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat, ord. Cankeje. Br. ' 
CALATHEA. Meyer. Perianf Aium ex^ettta 3-phyIluin ; tnfm'us limbq 
utroque tripartito : exterioris laciniis canaliculatis ; interioris antic^ et uni 
k lateralibus dilatatis petaloideis : alteri taterali cucuUat^ difformi. Fila- 
mentum simplex. Stylus rectus, apice abrupt^ reflexus. Stigma obliquum 
excavatum integrum v. lobatum. Ovarium triloculare 3-spermum. — ■ — In- 
Horescentia capitata. Obs. Hue referenda Maranta Zebrina fol. 385. hujus 
operis, et procul dubio M. Allouya. Mauaxta, limitibiis propriis circum- 
scripta, differt, stylo circinato, Jilamento bilobo : lobo fertili integro, sterili 
petaloidco scepiks deformi, inflorescentia pameulatdf' et fiotrihaa nudity nei 
hracteis obvallatis. 
C flavescens; acaulis, foliis oblongis, acuminatis, penninerviis, petiolatis gla- 
berrimis, concoloribus, subtiis glaucis, capitulo sessili, ovato, multifloro, 
laciniis limbi interioris obovatis, oppositis emarginatis. 
Folia erecto-patentia, oblonga, acuta, arguti penninervia, plana, glabeT" 
rima, subtHs glauca, petiolis erectis, alatis, vaginantibiis ad basin folii, geni- 
culatis, teretibus. Capitulum sessile k basi foliorum inferiorum, flores 5-6 
citrinos de die in die promens. Bractege acut(B, rigidissimcB, tubi perianthii 
longitudine. Perianthium exteriils triphyllum; foliolis lineari-lanceolatis, 
acuminatis, convolutis, membranaceis. Tubus gracilis, clavatus, arcnntus, 
perianthio exteriore longior. Per. interioris limbus exterior 'S-partitus : 
kuiiniis patentihus, lanceolatis, concavis ; interior 3-phyUus : laciniis 2 mag- 
nis oppositis, patentibus, obovatis, emarginatis ; altera parvd, deformi, apice 
cucullata, hinc comutd, stylum et stigma involvente. Filamentum stylo con- 
natum, lobo sterili ferd obliterato integcrrimo. Anthera uniloodaris, mar- 
ginalis, lobo sterili altior. Stylus /eres, rectus, apice horizontuliter rostrcitus. 
Stigma concavuniy marginatum, integrum. Ovarium triloculare, trisper- 
mum. ■ * • 
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Tlus beautiful plant was sent in 1822, by the late Mr. 
John Forbes, from Rio Janeiro, to the Horticultural So- 
ciety. Our drawing was made in the Society's Garden in 
August 1824. The plant requires the heat of the stpvCi*! 
and the treatment applied to scitamineous plants. 
