17 
Othonna under mes of Lop 
ful coca Mee us to the conclusion that Othonnopsis should be 
reduced to Oth 
116. Lactuca nana, Baker [Composita- -Cichoriacez]; perennis, radice 
crassa fusiformi, foliis radicalibus evanescentibus, caulibus brevissimis 
glabris dense cæs spitosis, 8, bracteis parvis ovatis, capitulis dense corymbosis, 
involuero oblongo bracteis interioribus 8 linearibus dorso glabris ex- 
terioribus Viu dies gti a achenio castaneo indistincte rostrato, pappo 
albo molli copioso. 
` Habitat. afai of Western 25,9 Dr. Rowland. Namuli Makua 
eountry, East Tropical Africa, J. T. Las 
Caulis 2-3- appoint pitoa EPEE Achenia 2 lin. 
longa. Pappus lin. longus 
xx curious, dwarf, duira species belongs to the section 
Brachyrhampus, idi is allied to Z. goreensis, Schultz-Bip. 
117. Episcia (Centrosolenia) densa, Wright [Gesneracex- -Cyrtan- 
dre»]; herba robusta, caule brevi purpureo minute pubescenti, foliis 
oblongis acuminatis basi rotundatis vel subacutis supra leviter pilosis 
subtus glabris purpureis, marginibus serrulatis, petiolis laminis dimidio 
brevioribus purpureis su pra planis subtus convexis, floribus pluribus in 
axillis foliorum congestis, calyce segmentis 5 postico libero reliquis 
suffusa nibus 4 prope basin corolle insertis, antherarum bus 
ihmeen pal disco glandula postica magna ceteris omnino deficientibus, 
supero subgloboso apice piloso, stylo filiformi, stigmate capitato. 
` Habitat. —British Guiana; River Masouria, Jenman, 2414. 
Petiolus 4 poll. longus, lamina 8 es longa, 4 poll. lata. Calyx 
10 lin. longus. Corolla m poil. long / s 
Allied to Episcia erythropus, Book. fil, Bot. Mag. t. 6219, but 
differing in the corolla having shorter lobes and a longer spur. This 
plant has been in cultivation at Kew. 
. Calathea cyclophora, Baker [Scitaminez-Marantezx ] ; acaulis, 
foliis longe petiolatis oblongis PE eh is glabris utrinque pallide 
viridibus concoloribus basi rotundatis, pedunculo brevi radicali, floribus 
Ne niveis in mem oblongam aggregatis, bracteis arcte imbricatis 
IIR pallide nneis apice cuspidatis 
æ tubo elongato RM lobis "IIstnrtcobtopdis stami- 
nodiis ODE ves lobis zequilong 
Habitat —British Guiana: Esseq ibs: Appun, 252. Flowered at 
Kew Oct. 1894; received from the go ones Botanie Garden in 1890. 
Foliorum lamina 8-10 poll. longa, 4-4} poll. lata; petiolus laminze 
wquilongus. Scapus 2—4-polliearis. Spica 14-2-polli icaris, bracteis 
9—12-lin. longis. Corolle tubus 12-15 lin. longus; lobi 4-5 lin. longi. 
Allied to C. emula, Kórnicke (F7. Bras. iii. pars. 3, t. 21), and the 
vel alien, C. zebrina, Lindl., but the flower is white and the leaves not 
at all variegated, so that it is not a striking species from a horticultural 
point of view. 
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