(455 ) 
a t 7 cm. broad, lanceolate, truncate or rounded at the base, 
acuminate, thick, dull or lightly shining above, the secondaries 
running nearly sare with the midrib; spike ovate (but one 
: ong, 8 cm. bro 
cm. long, the body o plone tne eolete obtuse, thick, rigid, yellow- 
ish, strongly nerved, bearing foliar appendages, which are I-2. 
cm. long, 1-2 cm. broad, ovate, acute or obtuse, cordate, sericeous 
like the leaves, strongly reflexed ; corel (light yellow?), about 7 
cm, long, 5 cm. broad, the tube 2 cm. long, slenderly infundibular, 
the body campanulate. 
Vic. Cochabamba. (Vo. 2058.) Species near C. argenteus 
R. & P. Dedicated to Mr. Spencer LeM. Moore, who has 
kindly pointed out its intermediate position between C. argenteus 
and C. comosus Roscoe. 
RENEALMIA VENTRICOSA Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cuba 256. (Wo. 
25606.) 
IscHNOSIPHON PARKERI (Rosc.) Koern. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 
35': 81. 1862. (Phrynium Parkert Rosc. Mon. Pl. Scit. pé. 
42.) (Wo. 2567.) 
(Wo. 2202 is apparently an undetermined species of /schnosiphon, 
but dissection material is wanting.) 
Maranta Toncxat Aubl. Pl. Guian. 1: 23. ‘‘ Grows a few feet 
high, in rich soil, along hedges, the flowers white; scarce.” 
Coripata, April 8, 1894. (JVo. 2722.) 
CALATHEA GRANDIFOLIA Lindl. Bot. Reg. AZ. 2270. (Specimen 
without number.) The same as Rusby 2226, although the 
leaves are smaller. 
Calathea nodosa sp. nov. 
Glabrous; leaf hes one seen) atone y i aacaae the blade 5 dm. 
long, 2.7 m. broad, obovate, rou at both ends; stems 
strongly nodose- ie at the fserion a the peduncles; heads 
about 7 cm. long, 1 dm. broad, very pe and very stoutly 
peduncled, about 15-20-flowered; bracts . long, 2-2.5 cm. 
broad, oval, the summit very abruptly produced into a oe point, 
thick aad rigid, very finely and very many-nerved; bractlets 4 cm. 
long, half as broad, oval, obtuse, the summit Brbrate: ats and 
bearing two broad, thin, ciliate eu upon the back; flower not 
seen; fruit nearly 2 cm. long, 7 mm. broad, obovoid, bluntly tri- 
angular, inequilateral, shining, Goned by the pale calyx, which is 
1z mm. long, the segments oblong, 2 mm. wide, obtuse, stiff, 
shining, and enclosing the dekiaiet style, which is a little Somer 
and divided nearly half way; se ack, nearly smooth, 7 mm 
long, half as broad, ovoid with Cae base and rounded summit. 
69. 
(No. 2569.) 
