Tas. 4973. 
CALATHEA vILLosa: var. PARDINA. 
Villous Calathea ; spotted-leaved var. 
Nat. Ord. MarantacEa.—Monanpria MOoNnoGyYNIA. 
_ Gen. Char. Calyx triphyllus. Corolle 6-partite lacinia exteriores lanceolate, 
interiores obtusze ; Jadellum concavum, hine dente auctum. Filamentum petaloi- 
deum, anthera lineari, adnata.. Ovarium inferum, 8-loculare; ovula in loculis 
solitaria, basilaria, campylotropa. Stylus petaloideus: s¢igma trigonum. Cap- 
sula trilocularis, trisperma, v. abortu unilocularis, monosperma. Semen uncinato- 
oblongum, umbilico basilari foveato, ¢esta coriacea. Albumen farinosum. m- 
éryo rectus, excentricus, extremitate radiculari umbilicum attingente, lectuli em- 
bryonalis crure altero vacuo.—Herbee in America tropica indigene, excelse ; foliis 
longe petiolatis, radicalibus maximis, spicis terminalibus imbricato-bracteatis. Endl. 
Cataruea villosa ; acaulis, molliter villosa, foliis petiolatis oblique ellipticis brevi- 
acuminatis scapo vix longioribus, spica cylindracea elongata, bracteis subdis- 
tantibus apice patulis acuminatis, limbi corolle interioris lacinia superiore 
obovata emarginata inferiore oblonga biloba. 
CauaTuEa villosa. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1845, ¢. 14. 
8. foliis atro-fusco-maculatis. Calathea pardina. Planch. et Lind. in Prix Cou- 
rant, etc., Fl. Nouv. 1855, p. 2. eum Ic. (Tas. Nostr. 4973.) 
That this is the Calathea pardina of Planchon and Linden, 
cannot be doubted ; their figure in the “ Prix Courant ” is suffi- 
ciently satisfactory, and our plants are derived from the Belgian 
Gardens; but why the authors of that little work, who are 
evidently acquainted with the figure and description of Dr. Lind- 
ley above quoted, do not adopt Dr. Lindley’s prior name, we 
cannot understand. “Elle est trés voisine du Calathea villosa, 
‘ Bot. Mag.,’ plante de la Guyanne, probablement perdue pour les 
jardins et qui d’ailleurs ne présente sur la figure aucunes traces 
de ces mouchetures qui donnent & notre espéce un mérite orna- 
mental hors ligne.” It would thus appear that there are three 
reasons why Dr. Lindley’s plant is not the same as ours. — ee 
is a native of British Guiana, and not of the adjacent territory of 
New Granada; 2. It is probably lost to our gardens; and 3. 
MARCH Isr, 1857. 
