123 
12-15 lin. long, apex monophyllous, base diphyllous. Scapes lat- 
eral, 6—7 in. long, occasionally with one or two lateral branches, 
; loosely racemose. bracts oci get -lanceolate, acute, scarcely I 
lin. long. Pedicels 277 lin. 1 Sepals linear-lanceolate, acute, 
214 lin. long. Petals Erin Rd lanceolate, acute, 277 lin. long. 
Lip 227 lin. long, limb shorter than the unguis. Column 11 lin. 
long. 
Specimens without number. 
SCITAMINEAE. 
Costus spicatus (Jacq.) Sw. (See no. 912) Espirito Santo, 1891 
(1248). 
Etherium racemosum (R. & P.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 689 (Amomum 
Per. = Renealmia Rosc. ex Griseb. Flor. Brit. 
W. I. 601). Espirito Santo, 1891 (1237). Between Tipuani and 
Guanai, Dec., 1891 (1658). 
Calathea Mansonis Koern. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 35: (1862) 
Part 1,119. Between Tipuani and Guanai, Dec. 1892 (1660). 
Kindly determined by Mr. Spencer Moore. 
CALATHEA PEARCEI sp. n. (Sect. Eucalathea). 
Glabrous; rhizome horizontal, short, stout; culm sheathed at 
extended on each side into a blunt appendage 3 mm. long, at 
the base of the petiole, which is 5 mm. long, very stout and 
tomentose upon the upper side; blades .75-1.5 dm. long, 
or 4 cm. broad, oval-ovate, acute, pseudo-pinnately-veined ; 
peduncle 6-10 cm. long, sharply striate; heads 1.5-3 cm. broad, 
the bracts 1 cm. long, broadly ovate, obtuse, finely many-nerved ; 
flowers a little more than 1 cm. long, the corolla double the length 
of the calyx, the petals, especially the larger, crenate. 
Between Tipuani and Guanai, Dec., 1892 (1723a). Collected 
by Pearce at Yungas, 3000-4000 ft., Jan., 1866. The same as 
Rusby's no. 2233. 
Canna glauca L. Sp. Pl. 1. Espirito Santo, 1891 (1281.) 
BROMELIACEAE. 
(Communicated by Mr J. G. Baker.) 
Pitcairnea Lehmanni Baker, Handb. Brom. 164. Between Guanai 
and Tipuani, Apr.-June, 1892 (1352). 
