(495 ) 
nearly horizontal, serenely folded, the folded half 5-8 mm. broad 
. its insertion, quickly broadening to twice that width, then gradu- 
and fleshy; flowers crowded at the basal portions of the bract, all 
fallen from my specimen, as well as nearly all the fruits; pedicels 
much exserted, ae mm. long, stout, upwardly thickened and 
peeve a broad summit where the fruit has fallen aed fruit 
m. long, two- dude 2 as broad at the summit, turbinat 
Species about intermediate between H. psittacornu er i. 
brasiliensis. 
“8 it. high, Charopampa, 1600 ft., Sept. 28, 1901” (No. 704). 
The same collected by Pearce, probably at Santa Ana. 
MaranTACEAE 
Calathea Sprucei (Sect. Microcephalum) sp. nov. 
Herb small, acaulescent, glabrous except for a very minute 
cm. long and 4 cm. broad, oval, slightly inaequilateral, abruptly 
short-acuminate, the nervation fine, rather loose; peduncle 12 cm. 
long, very slender, very slightly thickened near the summit; spike 
18 mm. long, loosely oval, few-flowered; scales 8-10 mm. long, 
broadly ovate, acuminate, ‘finely and regularly many-nerved, ne 
inner narrower and shorter, the flowers exserted. Dissection 
material wanting. 
“Tumupasa, 1800 ft., Dec. 11, 1901” (No. 608). The same as 
Spruce No. 4523. 
Calathea exserta (Sect. Breviscaposa) sp. nov. 
Minutely puberulent; petioles 2 or more, radical, 12-20 cm. long, 
erect; sheath narrow, extending to the blade, 20-30 cm. long, 
acute, puberulent above and on the midrib underneath, the 
secondar and regular, connected by very fine, 
straight, regular veins; peduncle (but one seen) 9 g, erect, 
thickened upward; spike 5 cm. long, 18 mm. broad, oblong, obtuse, 
dense, tomentose; bracts closely imbricated, about 
broader, the summit rounded, except those of the uppermost, 
u ex 
which are acuminate; flowers exserted; exserted anther 5 mm. long, 
narrowly linear, rigid; dissection n 
“Flowers te and purple; Ixiamas-Tumupasa trail, 1500 ft., 
Dec. 29, 1901” (No. 296). 
Species near C. Petersenii and almost the same as Eggers No. 
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