ARANTACEAE. 



CALATHEA G. F. W. Meyer. 



Calathea elliptica (Rose) K. Schum. in „das Pflanzenreich IV 48 p. 75. 

 Pkrj/nmm ellipticum Roscoe Monandr. Plants t. 44. 



Upper Marowijne River, near Poeloegoedoe : Versteeg 632 in forests 

 (fl. July). 



Lower Surinam River, near Paramaribo (Wanicapad) : Wullschlagel 

 517 ex Schumann 1. c. 



Lower Surinam River, near Jagtlust: Splitgerger 397 H. L. B. 901, 

 199—61 and 62 in forests (fl. Dec); Focke 477 named: Heliconia 

 surinamensis Miq. in sched. and Calathea an violacea Lindli by 

 Miq. in Linnaea XVIII p. 73; Went 81 in forests (fl. August). 



Calathea alluia (Aubl.) Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub. t. 1210. 

 Maranta alluia Aubl. Plant. Guyan. I. 3. 



Surinam, near Ornamibo : Focke 893 (fl. March) named by Miquel 



Linnaea XVIII p. 605 : Phrynium Alloya Rose. 

 West-Indian Islands. 



Calathea comosa (Linn, f.) K. Schum. in das Pflanzenreich IV. 48 p. 89. 

 Maranta comosa Linn. f. Suppl. 80. 



Lower Surinam River, near plant. Jagtlust; Splitgerber 423 H. L. B. 



901, 199—52 and 53 in swamps (fl. Dec) 

 Surinam : Dalberg ex Linn. f. 1. c, Schumann 1. c. 89. 

 Peru. 



Calathea altissima (Popp. et Endl.) Korn. in Bull Soc. natur. Moscou 

 XXXV. I. 141. 

 Phrynium altissimum Popp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Spec. II. p. 20. 

 Surinam: Weigelt ex Schumann 1. c. 95. 

 Northern Brazil, Peru. 



Calathea propinqua (Popp. et Endl.) Korn. in Bull. Soc. natur. Moscou 



XXXV. I. p. 122. 



Phrynium propinquum Popp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Spec. II. p. 18. 



