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Nurseryman, of Stoke Newington, in which the flowers incline 

 more to a lemon-colour, and which has the orifice of the 

 corolla beautifully dotted with minute brownish purple. 



XVIII. Calathea flavescens. LindUy. 



C. acaulis, foliis oblongis acuminatis penninerviis petiolatis glaberrimis con- 

 coloribus subtus glaucis, capitulo sessili ovato multifloro, laciniis limbi interioris 

 obovatis oppositis emarginatis. Bot. Register, fol. 932. 



This pretty little stemless plant was sent with other things 

 from Rio, by the late Mr. John Forbes, in 1822. The leaves 

 are broad, oblong, stalked, finely nerved across, and whole 

 coloured on both sides. The flowers appear in sessile heads, 

 proceeding from the base of the sheaths of the leaves, and are 

 placed among rigid cuspidate bractese. They are pale yellow, 

 consisting of three external lanceolate segments, and two 

 broad oblong opposite interior ones. The flowers are pro- 

 duced in succession from the beginning of August to the end 

 of September. 



A figure and description is published in the Botanical 

 Register, fol. 932, from a plant in the possession of the 

 Society. A stove-plant, thriving well in a loamy soil, and is 

 easily propagated by division of its root. It requires to be 

 treated in all respects as other Scitamineous plants. 



XIX. Commelina cucullata. Linnaws. 



C. corollis parvis sub-aequalibus, foliis ovatis nervosis ciliatis, involucris cucul- 

 latis turbinatis. 



A creeping annual, with csesious downy leaves, and small 

 pale-blue flowers appearing from among the curious hooded 



