CALATHEA 



CALATHEA 



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and striped or blotched with bright red; style curved, 

 ^in. long, yellow. Trop. Amer. 



10. flavescens, Lindl. Habit tufted, glabrous in all 

 parts: growths with 3-5 Ivs., 1-2 ^ ft. high; blade 

 elliptic, slightly oblique, 6-12 in. long, acute, light 

 green above, soft grayish green below; petiole 12-18 

 in. long, pale yellowish green finely spotted with darker 

 green; sheath one-third to one-half the length of the 

 petiole, upper part oval: infl. a dense globose short 

 raceme; peduncle less than an inch; bracts large, 

 elliptic, outer ones 2 in. long, bracteoles smaller, 

 linear or lanceolate; fls. in pairs, sessile or nearly so, 

 an inch diam.; sepal primrose, equal, lanceolate; petals 

 large, bilobed, obovate, bright yellow. Brazil. B.R. 

 932. Perhaps to be referred to C. grandiflora, Schum. 



11. Sagoreana, Hort. (Mardnta Sagoredna, Hort.). 

 Habit dwarf and compact: growth bearing 2-4 Ivs., 

 usually with 3, and from 6-18 in. high, erect at first, 

 arching towards the apex; blade lanceolate, unequi- 

 lateral, 4-9 in. long, pale yellowish green with a row 

 on either side of the midrib of arrowhead-shaped 

 blotches of dark green which give this plant a distinct 

 and pretty appearance, the under side in plain yellow- 

 ish green; petiole slender, erect, 6-12 in. long; sheath 

 extending only to about a quarter of its length, upper 

 part terete. 



12. vittata, Koern. (C. dlbo-linedta, Hort. C. or- 

 ndta var. dlbo-linedta and Mardnta dlbo-linedta, Hort.). 

 Habit dwarf, compact, 3^~2 ft. high: growths with 2-5 

 Ivs.; blade elliptic-lanceolate, slightly oblique, 3-12 in. 

 long, glabrous, acute, upper side light green, pinnately 

 striped with white from apex to base, underside pale 

 dull green shaded between the veins with slightly 

 lighter yellowish green ; petiole slender, erect or spread- 

 ing, 3-15 in. high, light green, glabrous; sheath extend- 

 ing from one-third to one-half its length, upper part 

 terete. Probably Colombia. 



13. Wallisii, Regel (Mardnta Wallisii, Lind.). Habit 

 strong, but neat and graceful, branching and forming 

 numerous growths: growths bearing from 2-7 Ivs., and 

 1-4 ft. high; blade broadly ovate, acute or obtuse, 

 6-12 in. long, rich h'ght velvety green along the margin 

 and midrib and with a row on either side of the midrib 

 of dark irregular blotches of olive-green, under side 

 soft grayish green; petiole erect, slender; sheath, 

 extending to half the length of the petiole, and covered 

 with soft hairs, upper part terete: with the exception 

 of the sheathing lower half of the If .-stalks, the whole 

 plant is glabrous. Peru. One of the commonest 

 species in cult, and of very easy culture. A useful and 

 decorative pot-plant. 



14. virginalis, Lind. Lvs. soft-hairy below, broad- 

 oval, rather blunt, 7-9 in. long, 4-6 in. broad, upper 

 surface light green, and below, in the common form, 

 whitish green and lighter zones shown, as on the upper 

 surface, or in another form, which has been distribu- 

 ted in gardens as C. (Maranta) Marcellii, under side 

 shaded a light violet and without zones. Brazil. 

 A.F. 7:611. Allied to C. Veitchiana, but has bracts 

 with indurated tips rather than membranaceous. 



cc. Under side of Ivs. violet, purple, or suffiised with red. 



15. Albertii, Hort. (Mardnta Albertii, Pynaert & 

 Van Geert). Habit dwarf, spreading, less than a foot 

 high: growths bearing 2-5 Ivs., erect or spreading; 

 blade oblique, elliptic, undulate, acute, 4-9 in. long, 

 glabrous, upper side dark green feathered on either 

 side of the midrib with a band of pale yellowish green, 

 under side dull green suffused with light purple-red: 

 infl. a few-fld. terminal spike; peduncle 3-4 in. long, 

 pale green; floral bracts half reflexed outwards, orbicu- 

 lar or broadly ovate, %in. long; bracteoles 4-6, white, 

 scarious; fls. in pairs, pure white; sepals half the length 

 of the tube; petals lanceolate, J^in. long, tube %in. 

 long; 2 petaloid stamens slightly longer than the 



petals^ obovate, fertile stamen hooded and curved over 

 the stigma; style and stigma short curved, white. 



16. Makoyana, Nichols. (Mardnta Makoydna, Morr. 

 M. olivdris, Hort.). One to 4 ft.: Ivs. broad-oblong, 

 obtuse or somewhat short-pointed, the stalks red, the 

 If. olive-green or cream-colored above but marked 

 against the midrib with outspreading, dark green 

 blotches of oblong, oval or pyrifprm shape, the under 

 surface similarly marked, but in red. Brazil. F.S. 

 20:2048-9. G.C. 1872: 1589. Gn. 4, p. 87. 



17. nitens, Bull. Habit dwarf; blade elliptic, acute, 

 glabrous, upper side bright green, with oblong acute 

 bars of dark olive-green, alternate long and short, on 

 either side of the midrib, under side dull green tinted 

 with dull red. Brazil. Distinct and pretty. 



18. crocata, Morr. & Joris. Whole plant 12 in. 

 high: Ivs. sub-distichous; petiole 2-3 in. long, sheath- 

 ing most of its length; blade 4-5 in. long, erect, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, somewhat undulate, dark green 

 and veined above, rose-purple beneath: spike short, 

 the bracts bright saffron-yellow. Brazil. B.M. 7820. 

 G.C. III. 28:113. G.M. 53:265. J.H. III. 60:329. 

 G. 32 :263. F.W. 1876 : 161. A free bloomer and showy 

 when in flower. 



19. Veitchiana, Hook. f. Fig. 737. Habit strong, 

 loose, and spreading, 1-4 ft. high: growths with 2-8 

 Ivs., usually with 3; blade ovate or elliptic-ovate, 

 oblique, acute, undulate, glabrous, 4-12 in. long, upper 

 side rich dark glossy green, feathered along either side 

 of the midrib with an irregular band of pale green and 

 with an inner zone of dark olive-green blotches and an 

 outer one of pale yellowish green (often shading to 

 white) between the midrib and margin; under side 

 similarly blotched, but in shades of purple -red and 

 rosy red; petiole J^-3 ft. long, stout, green and gla- 

 brous above, tinted with reddish brown and hairy in 

 lower part; sheath extending from one- third to one- 

 half the length of the petiole, upper part terete: infl. 



737. Calathea Veitchiana. 



