COLLECTED IN SourH AMERICA, 1885-1886 695 
Falls of Madeira, Brazil, Oct. 1886 (no. 229). 
The handsomest species known to me in this handsome genus. 
Near C. lanceolatus Peterson. : 
Ethanium racemosum (R. & -P.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 689. 
Mapiri, 2500 ft., May 1886 (no. 2778 = Bang, no. 1237, 
printed “ Etherium,’”’ Mem. Torrey Club, 6: 123). 
Ethanium sp. Mapiri, 5000 ft., May 1886 (no. 2784). Flower 
Scape only preserved. 
Ethanium sp. Sorata, 10,000 ft., Feb. 1886 (no. 2781), insame 
condition as last. No. 2231, from Mapiri, 2500 ft., May 1886, 
leaf specimens, is apparently of the same species. 
‘schnosiphon gracilis (Rudge) Kérn, Bull, Soc. Nat. Mose. 35: 
94. 1862. (Maranta gracilis Rudge, PI. Guian. Rar. 8: pl. 3.) 
Junc. Rivers Beni and Madre de Dios, Aug. 1886 (no. 2228). 
Stromanthe spectabilis Lem. Jard. Fleur. p/. goz. Yungas, 
4000 ft., 1885 (no. 2224). The same as Burchell’s no. 2040, and 
Bang’s no. 513. 
Calathea capitata (R. & P.) Lindl. Bot. Reg. pl s270. 
(Maranta c. R. & P. Fl. Per. 1: 3. pu. 5.) Guanai, 2000 ft., 
May 1886 (no. 2227). 
Calathea grandifolia (A. Dietr.) Lindl. Bot. Reg. p/ 1210. 
(Maranta g. A. Dietr. Sp. Pl. 1: 26.) Falis of Madeira, Brazil, 
S* 
Oct. 1886 (no. 2226). | 
7 Calathea (Monosticha) divaricata sp. nov. 
Minutely puberulent: stems very slender, about 5 dm. ae 
in my specimen, sheathed only at the base, the sheaths — 
petioles 4 or 5 cm. long: leaves .75~1.5 dm. long, 2-4 on ses 
oblong, acute: peduncle 1 dm. long, very slender, sprea "s ori- 
zontally or slightly deflexed, strongly costate: heads su : emis- 
Pherical, about 2 cm. broad, rather loosely flowered, bracts I-1.5 
em. long, broadly ovate, obtuse, strongly nerved : anthers ae 
Spicuous, exceeding the bracts, nearly 4 mm. long, slender, acutish, 
tapering toward the base. (Dissection material wanting.) 
Mapiri, 5000 ft., April 1886 (no. 2233). 
Canna Brittoni sp. nov. 
: t: leaf-blade 
_ Strongly glaucous throughout: stems very stout 
(but nha cect 4 dm. long, 3.75 dm. broad, rhomboidally atone 
very slightly cordate at the base, blunt at the apex, the principa 
