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9. Calathea Gardneri, Baker [Scitamines]; acaulis, scapo radicali 
sg gracili glabro, foliis longe petiolatis oblongis acutis chartaceis 
glabris basi cuneatis, floribus in spieam de ensam oblongam aggregatis, 
bracteis glabris chartaceis arcte imbricatis inferioribus orbicularibus 
obtusis fertilibus superioribus sterilibus oblongis acutis, flore ** ceruleo, 
corolla tubo bractee fertili aquilongo, staminodiis exterioribus parvis 
obovatis corolla lobis zequilongis. 
Habitat —Brazil : province of Ceara, in woods near Crato, Gardner, 
2031. 
Scapus 8-12-polliearis. Lamina 6-10 poll. longs, medio 21-3 poll. 
ta. Spica 134-2 poll. longa, bracteis floriferis 8-9 Hn., siis 
vacuis 12-14 lin. longis. Staminodia exteriora 3—4 lin. long 
This belongs to the small section Comose, in which a spike is 
crowned by a coma of sterile bracts, which are different from the 
fertile ones in shape and texture. It is near to the plant figured 
is C tata by Peterssen in * Flora siliensis" vol. iii. part 3, 
page 120. , tab. 33, but I do not think this is identical with the Peruvian 
C. c capitata, Lindi. 
120. Aglaonema angustifolia, NV. Æ. Brown [Aroidee]; caule 
erecto pitiisdiaen, foliis etiatn: cun longe vaginatis — €— 
dilatatis. t is elongato-lineari- 
a ap 
utrinque 4-6 supra impressis viridibus immaculatis, pedunculo quam 
petiolus breviore terminali pallide virenti, spatha parva ellipsoidea 
apiculata antice aperta albida, ice breviter stipitato e spatha 
— — cylindrico obtuso, ovariis subseriatis luteolis, stigmate 
ro depresso, slithenie 
saan. celia Settlements: Pangkore, Curtis, Scortechint. 
Caulis 3-3} lin. crassus. Foliorum petioli 14-2 Re longi, pas 
poll. longe, 4-1 poll late. edun culus 4-21 poll. longus. 
Sparks 1-1} poll. longa, 5-7 in - diam. Spadix (stipes b lin. dius 
inclusus), 10 lin. 13 poil. lo 
A very distinct species oily ri recognised by its long narrow 
The upper part of the stem is of a silvery grey, very sancti and 
shining as if polished when alive. The above description was made from 
a living plant sent to Kew by Mr. C. Curtis, Assistant Superintendent, 
Garden and Forest Department, Penang. 
COCCXXXVIL—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
. Visitors during the year 1894.— The number of persons who visited 
the Royal Gardens m the year 1894 was 1,377,588. This shows a 
falling off as compared with 1893 of, in round numbers , 450,000, which is 
probably to be attributed to the marked difference in the summer of the 
two years. The total does not, however, differ appreciably from that 
for 1891, and does not depart very widely from 1,416, 887, the average 
for the preceding ten -year peri 
The actual annual attendance of visitors at Kew now oscillates about 
a figure which prohebly nearly approaches a million and a half. And 
at this it is pethaps li EMT! 2 remain for some time with the existing 
means of access from Lond 
