97 



MAHAXTACEAE . CALATHEA. 



98 



P 



in medio loDgitmiinaliter ex allmlo siilirufes<vnti-stria(ae, suhtiis fiisco- 

 s;iugiiiut'ae, opacae. StAi-i gracillimi Vi — 1',* dm. longi , noiiiiiin<]nnm 

 sulK'urvali. Flores albi. 



Var. p. ROBfr^TioR Kcl'o. IVtioIus iisqne 2 ilni. loiigns. 

 lamina ejiisdem longitodinis, usque (j'/s cm Iaf;t. >upra lat't<:: 

 viridis fascia longiludinali minus distincte limitata, subtus 

 obsolete puqmrasceiis. 



Var. 





AM.ABn.is, Laminae omnes lanceohUae, nsque 

 8 cin. lalae supra laett* viiides, ceteium varielalis p. 



Hahitdf ill lirasiliae prov. Alto Awazntias In st/!ris Jaiiurnisihus 



ad CoudlitH Vnrniutru : Maythni Obs. n. 29S7. — In Gu'uina anijUra : 



tidiomburuk n. 77, 87 ; in Guiaita gaUirtj, in syfvis ultra Cotifina. nifrifi. 



Jul. Ji.: Jiiihunl (nub nomine C'iir<niiiai' pusinac; fuliis rai-irifatin). — 



Var, fi. in Jlondunts laj. Jljulmarson (herb. Holm, tvatf Kckr.h 



(15.) CALATHEA MlCROCEPilALA Kcke. Folia 



petioli.-i gracilil)us, interne vaginalis, glabris. Lamina elliptica, 

 basi loluiidata, parum piotracta, apice rotiindata , breviU',r 

 acnn)inata, manifeste iiiaeqnilatera, glabra pctiolo 2 — i) plo 

 longior. Scapus *;iacillinius, eUuigatus, glaber. Spicji obu- 

 vata V. late obconica, pancibracteata. Bracleae aequilniigao, 

 late ovatae v. suburbirulatuc, acuminatae, acumine recurvato, 

 glabrae, striatae. 



r 



Calathea microcephahi Kcke. Frodr. mon. p. J35. 

 Plirynhim microapluilum Pocpi). et EndL Nov f/en. II. ?o, 

 Maranta nana Voepp. in herharlo, 



Kni/OMA roppiiFt. Foma disticba, Ijasi v;)ginis aphylli^^ inciuljr:in;^ 

 ceis piiliernlm ciiuta potioln ^ji - Vj^ ihw. longo, urlioulo V>^1 ^"^- longo 

 laminaqne C — 12 cm. lon::u, 4— fi nn. lata, Scapus 7 — 12 cm. lon^nwi 

 petiolnm aeqnans v, eo paullo bn-vior, rariii?» longior, basi vauiiiis opliylli'* 

 cinctus; spicu absque floribus I - I V^ «"'»■ lo'iga, sui>cme ^/i — P/* cm. 

 lata, Fi.OBES gemiiii, exseiti, albi (teste PoKPPjn), Skpala tulw corollue 

 gljbro breviora, I'^tala e.'on^atO'OViita. 



Habitat in Maynas, Pcruriae: Porppiy. 



(16.) CALATHEA UJVDL:LATA Lixdex et Axi>r£-. 



Planta humilis acaulis v. cauli brevissimo. Folioium lamina 



oblongo-ellipliea. manifeste inaequilatera, basi rotuudata, baud 



protracta, apice brevi'ter.et late acuminata v. f. obtasa arumine 



subtilissimo instructa, margine uudulata. Pars evaginata 



petioli, articulus et pars tertia superior costae mediae laminae 



supra pilis rigidis brevibus flavesceutibus, horizontaliter pa- 



tentibus hirsuta, folium ceterunj apice laminae pubescente 



excepto glabrum. Scapus basi vaginis aphyllis iuferne pubes- 



centibus cinctus foliis multo brevior, petiolos superans. In- 



florescentia 5 f. bracteis spiralibus, orbiculato-ovalis , acumi- 



natis basi amplectentibus superne patentibus flons geminos 



ioventibus iustructa. Ovarium obovatum, glaberrimum, uili- 



dum, albido-flavescens. 

 ■ 



Calathefi undulata Lind. ei Atulre in ML Imrt. t. OS; 

 Begets Garlcnflora 1876^ tab, 80:2. 



Maranta undulata Lind. et Amirc, CalaL 1871. n, 87. p. 4. 

 Calathea alUcam A. Brongn. (nomen solum). 



FoliA dishVba , boimifnqia, ]>e1)olAU, petiolip vagitmtis, vagitiH 

 arlii'ulinu atlinjrome v. l>rrvilor infra rum desinrnt** pix# b'n^itiuJiue latfl^ 

 npiro att^nuata v, prao^rrlim in foliis bnmiliutibns anricnlatim pwx!urt», 

 complirata v. ronvohita; articulus brevis, n^itjne 8 mm. lonpns; laminae 

 l>etioli« panllo Innporej^ \\m\\\o 1 dm. lonpa**, 4'/f cm. Ut«, BUpra nitidc 

 viridcK a<l rostam nuMliam aUiac, suMur purpuniJ*(*cnt.eR. ScAPii^ 4— 6 cm. 

 alt lis; inlloreHiHMilia Xaie olkx>inc:i I'/t— J'/« ^^ longa Kupenie ejuwlcm 

 latiliidiuis; bratUae virnirti margine anmistispiimo hyalino, striatae maculU 

 KituratiuB viridibus punct^ilac, glabrae v. pUin sparsis^imift et brevidsimis 

 vi\ scnbrinstulat", Skpala lineari ]am<Ml«tA, aculiustula v. J, obtuaa, b>a- 

 liua 7 mm. K>u^a, 1' jmm. lata. Petal* ovalo-t*blonga, acuta, pobteriore 

 ererto, laUraliliu'^ ]>.itei>tibua, STAJurvoimM ej^fcrnuiu e ba«i anguf^t;i ovat^ 

 r»rbiciilatnm ; latiminocliiira rallosinu late oboTatam, em:iri;inatuiu ; hUmi- 

 n<Klinin rurnnafnm laureolatum. OvAinrw I'/i mm. longum glandulis 

 scptalibus anfiustis. Fl.t>UKS albi stamiuodio extMBO ad linram brnKitmH- 

 nalcm medium slaminodiovo t-alloso ad lineam rnrvat-am tranflver^am 

 vi^daKrrntibuN. 



Habitat in Emathr : Wailis, 2n k>r1i$ colitur. 



17. (^M.ATHEA liAKA(,>UINI Koi. Folinnim laminae 



oblique (ivatae basi rotmidafat!, apice acuminaliie, ad iiorvus 

 lalt*rales validi^nos snbjiliratao. supra friabrae, ar^yracfio-viriflcs 

 ad (uslaiii median) jjiari^iijc^s^ue lacli- vhiJes, subtus brevis^ 

 siine dons(» pubesrent*?? , Hlbid(^ virescfMites. Tiifiorescentia 

 iu scapo (iniijinu efnlioso. Lirsuto S cm. longo, paucibrac- 

 teata ritr. V/t cm. longa bracteis ovati,s aciniiinatis exlus 

 pubescentibu8# intus glabris, undulatis spiralibus, laxe inibri- 

 ratis subpatentibus, niarj;inc pftlUde pnrpuniscetitlbus. Flores 

 ;j;*Muiiii, plq, i, nnmntiHinain ^, rariu^ in snmnia infloresceatiA 

 2 intra braclcas. Sepala tubo conillac pauUu breviora. Stamen 

 absque appendico produrta. Ovaiium glaberriinnm. 



■ Calathea Barmpuui Jlyl Garlcujl XVIII. 90. 



Mnrnvta Jhirnquini fiort. Ver^^rhtff. iv 111. hort. tab. r>42. 

 Calathea T^araiiu'miana Jlyl. Garknfl. XXVIII 301, 



FOMA diMieha pelioIaUi iKliolis nsqiip 2 <bn. lougin pubosr4MilibuH| 



laminift m^ijoiibun f* V\t *lm- Iong!f>, 5—6 cm. latiK ["^pccimina, quae vidi, 

 tamcn multo minora), Skpala lauceolata, oUt«Ra, Pktala angu^te ovata, 

 acuta. RtamisoOIOII exlcrmim ol>ovat«m Icviter rmartinatum , prtala 

 panUo ^nperanfl, 8iii>ornc 4 mm. latnm. Oikollar tiibttK circ. 1 cm. 

 lon^^us. STAMiNonirM caUoRum obovatnm, angustc emarginatnm; stamf* 

 nodium cnciiUatum anguf^tum aiiricnla gracillima. 



Patriaf In Jwrtis colitur. 



18. CALATHEA EXIMLV K<kk. Petiolus brovis, 

 crassus, villosus. Artirulus brevis, glaliL-r. Lamina ovato- 

 elliptica, acuta, mediocriter inaequilatera marginibus ambobus 

 curvatis, supra glabra fnsciis transversis aU>escentibus, subtus 

 velutiua, mbro brunuea. Scapus brevis, crassus, fenugineo- 

 birsntus, apicem versus bractea lanceolata a spina remota 

 praeditus. Spica scapum aequans v. longior, ovata v. elliptica, 

 multi- et densiflora. Bracteae spirales, ovato laiicenlatae, sen- 

 sim acutatae pilis ferrugineis dense vestilae, iuforiores 6-, 

 snperiores 4-florae. Ovarium ovatum, apice truncatum, setis 

 ferrugineis coronatum. 



Tabula nostrn XXIX. Fig. II (analysis). 



Calatlica eximi'i Kcke. in H&^d's Gartcnjhra ISoS. p. 87 

 et Proilr. vton. 127 ; n>>jd, Grlfl. 1871. p. 120. tab. 680. 



