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103 



MARANTACEAE : CALATEEA. 



104 



Tabula nostra XXI (habitus et analysis). 



Calatliea aemula Kcl-e. Frodr. mon. 131. 



RmzoMA repens, adpresse hirsntum, aplce folia seapnmrjne emit- 

 tens. For.iA petiolata petiolis laminam subaeqiiantibiis v. brevioribiis v. 

 pauUo longioribns, puberulis iufevne vagaiatis, t-vira scapo vaginis apbyllis 

 pluribus obtusis, apieulatis, exterioiibns latis, brevibus, intimis vaUle elon- 

 gatis, cinctis. Aiticulus 1 — 2 cm. longns; laminae majores nsqiie 2 dm. 

 longae et cire. 1 dm, latae. Scapi 1—2 tlm. longi ; spicae 4 — 5 cm. 

 lougae, 2— 3'/2 cm. latae; braeteae iu sicco erubescenti-flavidae. 



Habitat in Brasilia austro-orientali inter Campos et Victoria : 

 Sello; pr. Bio de Janeiro: Glaziou n. 4211 (et 19); in syh-is in insula 

 Guhernatore prope Rio de Janeiro locis himiidis planis : Stewart. 



26. CALATHEA VARIEGATA Kcke. Folia faseicn- 

 latodisticha, petiolata petiolis rigidis, snperiie compressius- 

 cnlis, vaginatis, vaginis complieatis , margine membraiiaceis, 

 marcescentibiis. Lamina ovata v. elliptica, manifeste inae- 

 qiiilatera, basi rotundata, parum protracta , apice breviter 

 acuminata, ad margines siibundulata , supra laete viridis, in 

 medio et ex parte ad nerves laterales majores saturate viridis, 

 nitida, subtus pallida viridis, opaca. Totum folium, articulo 

 supra apicem versus breviter hirto costaque media subtus 

 interdum obsolete pubescente exceptis, glaberrinuim. Petiolus 

 cum articulo 2 — 3V-2 dm. longus. Lamina 2—3 dm. longa, 

 circ. 1 dm. lata. 



Calafhea variegata Kclce. in Mitth. d. riiss. Grthver. ni 

 St. Peiersh. 93 et Frodr. wow. 140. 



Fltrynium variegatum C. Koch in Berl. Grist. 1S57. 

 p. 147. 



Marania variegata hort. 



Patria? In hortis colitur. 



27. CALATHEA ZEBRINA LiNDL. Articulus crassus, 

 pro ratione brevis, glaber. Lamina oblique elongato-elliptica, 

 basin versus attenuata, apice vario modo acuminata, manifeste 

 inaequilatera, in sicco glabra, undulata supra sericeo-velutina, 

 laete viridis maculis parallelis oblique transversis aequidi- 

 stantibus, atroviridibus vittata, subtus purpurea, unicolor. 

 Scapi longitudine valde variabiles, petiolis breviores, erecti, 

 rigidi, teretes, striati, glabri, superne obsolete puberuli, basi 

 cum petiolis vaginis aphyllis lanceolatis cincti. Inflorescentia 

 quoad formam variabilis. Braeteae arete imbricatae, ovbicu- 

 latae v. late ovatae, obtusae v. subito et breviter acuminatae, 

 subtiliter striatae, breyissime pubescentes, interiores purpuras- 

 centes. Flores exserti, numerosi. Sepala tubum corollae 

 glabrum superantia. Ovarium glaberrimum. 



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Tabuia nostra XXII (habitus ct analysis). 



Calathea selrina Lindl. Bot. Beg. ad tah. 1210 in textu; 

 Begel, Gartenjlora V. (1S5G.) tah. 167; Kcke. Frodr. mon. 131. 



Maranta zehrina Sim.9, Bot. Mag. 44. tah. 1926; Bot. 

 Bey. tah. 385; Lodd. Bot. Cah. tah. 494. 



Marania hkolor Veil. Fl. Flnm. I. tah. 



7*-' 



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(nee Ker). 



Fhrijnium hicolor C. Koch in Berl Allg. Grtd. 1857. 



p. 147. 



Goeppertla sebrina Nees in Linnaea VI. (1S31.) p. 337. 



Var. p. iiuMTuoR Kche. Humilis. Lamina IV2 dm. 

 longa, 8 cm, lata, utrinque viridis. 



131. 



Ally. 



Calathea sebrina p. hamilior Kcl-e. Frodr. mon. 

 Maranta jndchcUa Linden in horto; C. Koch in Berl 

 Grtzt. 1857. p. 149 et 243, 1S5S. p. 125. 



Folia e rhizomate tuberoso piodenntia, fascicnlata, sul>spii-alia, polio- 

 lata, petiolis lamina biTvioribn.^i v. aoqnanlilm.s v. rarius pauUo longiorihn.s, 

 pubemlis, loiige vaginatis, vagina articulnm paene attingeute v. infra eum 

 desinente, longitudinem dimidiam petioli tamen semper siiperante, glabra 

 laminae spetimiunm silvestrinm 3— 4V2 dm. lougae, 13—10 em, latae. 

 ScAt'i Va— SV^ (Ini- :ilti ; spica absque tIoiibu.s '/^ — 1 dm. longa, orbiculata 

 V. late ovata, v, elongatoovata v. rarissime eylindraceo-ellipsoidea, seapo 

 panllo usque mnitoties brevior; braeteae omne.s floriferae v. inlima sterili.s, 

 forma interdtmi diserepans, elongato-ovutii , lougiiis aenminata. Fi.okks 

 gemini prophyllis biearinatis, bialatis , obovati.s mesophyllisqno elongate- 

 obovatis obtnsissimis fulcrati , 4 cm. longi. Skvai.a oblant'colata, obtusa, 

 3 cm. longa. Petala breviter lanceolata, acutiusenla. Ovariim 2 mm. 

 longum. Fi.ORKS violacei v. purpurascentes v. albidi. 



Habitat in Brasilia: Riedel ; in silds humidis, tanbrosis ad Capo- 

 caha : Ltischnath ; Mandiocca : Langsdorff ; proi\ *S. Paulo ad Santos 

 jyrope Sorocaha in silva primaeva: Mosen th 2971- — Var. fi. in Bra- 

 siliae proi\ BaJiia : Porte; ad Cachoeira do Inferno: Pohl n. 500. — In 

 hortis cum varietate colitur e Brasilia 1833 introducta. 



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28. CALATHEA LATIFOLIA Klotscii. Folii lamina 

 elliptica, apice subsubito acuminata, basi acuta, supra pilis 

 brevibus subappressis sparsis puberula nervo medio densius 

 pubescente, subtus pilis longioribus mulliter pubescens nervo 

 medio praesertim inferne birsuto, 4,4 dni. longa, 18 cm. lata. 

 Scapus vix puberulus, efoliosus, 18 cm. altus. Liflorescentia 

 cylindrica, 4,5—9,5 cm. longa. Braeteae latissime obovatae, 

 obtusissimae , puberulae, suptriores quam inferiores sensim 

 altius insertae easque superantes. Sepala oblonga, obtusa, 

 glabra. Tubus corollae illis parum longior, glaber. Petala 

 oblonga, obtusa, cum staminodiis glabra. 



Calathea latifolia Klotzsch in Bich. Schomhurgh's Beise in 

 Brit. Gtiian. III. 018 pr. parte; Kche. Frodr. mon. 130. 



Alpinia latifolia herh. Willd. n. 20. 



Thalia latifolia Lk. Jahrh. ; Boem. et Schult. Mant. in 

 vol I. 10. 



Habitat ad Caripe in umbrosis : Humboldt et Bonpland ; in Guiana 

 anglica, locis silvaticis in savanna: R. Schmiburgk n. 2245, ,,per totam 

 rcgionem locis sUvaticis, apertia, paludosis disptrsa. Mens. Aprili Jlor." 



Obs. Spicas tautum daas nee folium uUum vidi, descriplioueiu 

 igitnr ex Koeinicke supra dedi. 



29. CALATHEA OBLONGA Kcke. Foliorum laminae 

 membranaceae , oblique ellipticae v. late ellipticae, manifeste 

 inaequilaterae, basi subrotundatae, parum protractae, apice 

 subito et breviter acuminatae^ supi'a glabrae, subtus puberulae. 

 Inflorescentia in scapo petiolis breviori hirsute efolioso v. 

 superne vagina aphylla amplectente ovata bir:<uta instructo 

 terminalis, v. pedunculo brevi cauli superne folio froudoso 



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