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solitario basalibus simillinio iiistructo insideiis. f^iuca ovata 

 V. late ovat-v v. f. oibiculafa, laxa. scapo i>lq. itluries breviur. 

 l^racteae elongatae, seiisiiii attenuatae, oluusae, utrinquc levitor 

 pnbescentes, infiniae paucae taiituni latiores, ovatae. 



Cithiihca oJiJoiiqa Kche. Vroilr. mo)}. ISfi. 



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Phnjnium ohlongmn Marl, hi 

 Beiblaff p- 59. 



Flora XXIV. (ISil) 2 



RnizoMA pnUide fuscnni ni>ire radic il>n?^ nninpro*iis orn?isiiisciili?* 

 vein till)?* oUscsRum. Folia l>;isaliii ilisliilKi, potiolatn, i>o1ioIis puberulis 

 vaj^iuatis va^iais puheinlis v. iinprinns infVrne sp:irsp liirsulia; arliiuliifi 

 hreviusiiilus , supra liirtus; linuiiiao li — 3* -i (hu, lonj;ae, 1 — '2 ilm, lalat*, 

 t^nuissimae, Scaim I —2 iliii. long). Vagina apliylla srapi li'/a — 4 im. 

 loijga; sj)ir:i 5—8 ivw. lon;4a, 4 — 7 cm. lata; bnicleae ijjjijnae circ, 4 k\w. 

 hingae , ^^ \i <m. latao, lulxntes, snp*^riorefi longiores, ((^ncriuros, aMute, 

 Cuulis ef JM tlKNcnlus, ulii afisniif, Jiirsnli. Sf;!\u,A aMia, Iineari'I;nu<^oIata. 

 CoiuUhLak t nhus <-v1ini1iarens laciniis inari|nalil>ns, duitbua SUperioribna 

 Iineari'lanct*oI:iti**, torfia infeiioir ova(o-IanceoIi>(;L SrAMiKonuM px(rrnnni 

 olmvatnni, bifulnni, lobulis Rnbaeqnalihns loUuulatis. Fi.okks Crooei (tMte 

 Luschnath}. 



Hnbifat in Bramlia: Mnrtvia Herb, FL Bras- n, 553; in prow 

 Bahia ad liheos , locis uliff/nosis in sylvin umhrosis . hi, Frbr.: J^usrh- 

 nath; prov. Para in sylvin ad flum. Amazonum : Martiuu Obs. «, 3:iS3. 



30. CALATHEA UMBROSA Kckk. Vaginae foliorum 

 basi fusco- v. anreo- velutinae, cetenim glabrae. Articuliis 

 brevis, glaber, supra brevi,ssinie puberulus. Tjaniinae ovato- 

 oblongae v. eloiigato-ellipticae, apice plq. subsubito breviter- 

 que acuminatae, acuniiue obtusiusculu, basiu versus sensim 

 acutatae supra articuluin canaliculato - contractae , iiiauifcpte 

 inaequilaterae, glabrae, Inflorescentia v. scapo efulioso pube- 

 rulo foliis multo breviori imposita v. pedunculo spica sosqni- 

 loiigiore cauli folium frondu.sum basalibus simillimum sed 

 longius petiolatum eniittenti insidens. Bracteae pateiites, in- 

 feriores late obovatae v. orbiculatae, subito acuminalae, supe- 

 riores elongatae, sensim attenuatae, obtnsiusculae; membra 

 naceae, glabrae. Semina compressa, breviter rectaugularia v. 

 subcubica, valde rugosa. 



Calathea unibrosa Kche. Prodr. mo)u 137. 



RnizoMA adscemlens squamia radicibusqne crnsfiis v, teiiuioril>ns 

 veUitiuis V, glabiis ohftessuni- FoiJA lia^^alia petiolula, pctiolis m<*(Hocri(or 

 elongalia, piq. npqne ad nriinihnn vnginalis; j»etioIi folionim bnsaliuin 

 1 — 2 dm. lon^i (aWqne arlicnliii»); artiinilns jKitioInm ver^^us valde oliliquo 

 terminntns, 5;iiprn '/^^^ ^^' ^" lateribua 1 — lV«*-nK longn?*; petioln? folii 

 caiiHui pi. 4 dm, longiie cum articulo 2— 27» t-*m. longo ; laminae 2'/s ad 

 5 diij. ]ougaf?, 8 — 12 cm. lalae, Suaim efoliofti 8—10 cm, longi ; Kpica 

 laxa circ, I dm. longa; bracteae infimac usque 4 ciu. lonjae et lalue. 

 SiCMiXA V« cm, loDga, giisea. Klokes lutei (teste Kikdkl). 



Jiahifaf in Brasiliac jproi\ Bahia, in umhrosis saxosts pr. llhcos, 

 m. Fehr.: Biedd n. 615. 



31- CALATHEA OVATA Lindl. Lamina obovata, 

 apice subsubito acuminata acuniiue obtu^iusculo, basin versus 

 ^attennata, glabra, minus conspicue inaoqnilateia. Scapus 

 valde elongatus superne folio frondoso v. vagina aplijila a 

 spica remota praedilus v. brevior et oninino efoliosus, rigidus, 

 teres, puberulus. Spica scapo 3— 7-plo brerior, magna, late 

 ovata, laxa. Bracteae nnnierosae» inferiores late ovatae sub* 



suliito acuminatae, supcriores elongatae, sensim attenuatae, 

 obtusae, obsolete luibesoentes, pat^entes. Floresy 



CaJafhoa ovata Lintli Bot. Ti/^g. ad iah, 1310 in textu ; 

 Kcl'e. Trif<h\ num. 13S. 



Phrinftum oraium Nees ci Mart, in Nora Ad. Loop, 

 torn, XL pars L p. 27. 



Maranta ovafa A. Dieir. Sp. pi L JS9. 



S|>ocitnina snpixlrntia manca, Foiia i>etiolflti, inferne va^iiis 

 apliyUifi longiftsimis pnbf^rnlis apiw cnspidali« ciucia ; |*otioln5i pnWrnlus, 

 sni»ra lanalit'ubiluK; artimluR supra dcns«' br^'xili^iqnf* adpreAKf liirtus; 

 lamina** ampbtc, nwjuo 4'/* <lm. lonjfao , 2 duK Utai'. JScAn s 8)Kx.uninis 

 WawrcHMM oiunino cfoIioMis 2 dm. alius, is siKcinninK Mattiani vagina 

 instriiclns usque 7 dm. alLuB; hpica H 10 rm. louga, 8—9 cm. lata, in 

 sicco iulcsccns; bracteae tsulqHirgamaccae. 



Ihdtitat in Bro^iUac prov. Bahia, in ftylvin pr. Aluutda : Martiun ; 

 propr llhcos: Wawra «, 30(i ; atl fjaw FeiislHrtiam propr Jthron, ttt. 

 JJecb. fi. : Martiua. 



(32). CALATHEA CIIUYSOLEUCA Ivkk Lamina 

 obovaUi V. late (*liovata, basi acutata, apice acuminata, mem- 

 branacea, supra glabra » subtus puberula, Scapus efoliosus 

 inflorescentiam a(*(iuans , crassinsrnlus , rigidiis , jiuberulua. 

 Spica eIon;;a(o ovafa. IlracttsK^ laxe iinlnicatae, in sicco flaves- 

 centes, elongatae, acutae, tenuit^^r strigoso-pubescentes. Flores 

 liaullum exserti tubo corollac longo praediti, birsuti. Ovarium 

 pilis fuscis coronatuni. 



Calathea chrysolenca Kche. Prodr. mon. 142. 

 Pkrynitim chrysohucum Poepp. el Endh Nov. yen. IL If). 



Specimen niancuin luilu snppctit. PiCTioLi crec ti , uluarcs, com- 

 prcHsi, glabri, teouitcr Htriati, caniopi di^ilum mininium basi craMi, rowM- 

 virides; artirulnw pro magnUudine folii brcviudCiiluK, pul^eruluP, ftnpra 

 br^'viKsirne strigosaw; bimina in Bpociinine niro 1'/? dm, bila rt fere dujdo 

 longior. Simca 7 cm- lnn;;a , 4—5 cm. latj, Florcfl s.ilnratc flavi flcftlo 

 l*oppp.), Desrriplio Jusior apud Poepp, et End!, iutelligalnr. 



Habitat in I'eruvia oricnfali , in nylvis humidig montium ad Pam- 

 payaco tn. Jan. Ji. , in sylvia versus Embarmdcro de Toaiche m. Sept. 

 fl. : Poeppig. 



33. CALATHEA AOKERMAXNI Kcke. Artiruliis 

 brevissiiiius, supra breviter hirsutus, ceterum glaber. Lamina 

 elongata, apice acuminata, basi rotundata v. subarnt^v, obscure 

 inaequilatera, co^ta media supra breviter hirsuta excepta 

 glabra. Scapus efoliosus cum inflorescentia petiolis brevior, 

 scabriusculus v. breviter pubescens inferne ioliorum basibus 

 cinctus. Spica obovata v. late ovata v. elliptica. Bracteae 

 spirales, imbricatae, lati^.^iiuae, obtusae v. breviter acuminatae. 

 supra apicem versus brevissime puberulae, ceterum glabrae. 

 Flores parum exserti videntur. 



CalatJiea AcJcertnanni Kche- Prodr. mon. 133. 



Uauicks fibrosac. Foma fasciculata vaginis aphyllia linearidauceo* 

 latis obtusis v, breviter acnmioatifl iu sicco apice saepc adeotatis, glabris 

 V. scabridiA v. piibc?sLeutihuN, longc pctiolala petiolis vnginatis, vagiuis 

 nwjue ocf arliculum jjtodnctis^ glabris v, ijubcs{TUtibu§; folium lotum ad 

 6 dm. longum; arliculus porbrevis 3—8 mm. longus (ex cK Kof^rnickeo 

 lapsn calami vorisimiliter 1— 'i'ApoUicarij^ pio 1— 2\Vlineari); lamina 

 pctiolum aeqaans v. eo pantlo brevior, rarius lougior, Scapus "/i— I'/t dm. 



