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Cannaceæ. 
Canna, 
1. C. glauca L. Glaziou n. 8980. 
2. C. denudata Rose. P. V. Lund. 
Marantaceæ. 
CalatTiea. 
1. C. SellowU Kcke. Prodr. mon. p. 120 (Fl. Bras. p. 90). 
Foliorum laminæ ad costam mediam et ad lineam inter costam 
mediam et marginem albo-maculatæ. Bracteæ flores 4 per paria 
in. eodem tempore evolutos fovent. Sepala tubo corollæ breviora 
eum hoc petalisve pallide flavescentia. Staminodium externum orbi- 
culato-obovatum, staminodium callosum obovato-truncatum. (W.) 
Ad Lagoa Santa in silvis non rara, turiones novelli initio 
temporis pluviosi apparentes; floret m. Dec.; interdum infiorescentiæ 
ante folia apparent. Flores lutei. 
2. C. gradlis O. G. Petersen n. sp. Acaulis rhizomate repente, 
apice inflorescentiam parvam longe peduneulatam peduneulo hirsuto 
gracili inferne vaginis aphyllis foliisque frondosis cineto emittente, 
lamina ovata v. elliptica, valde inæquilatera, aeuminata, glabra v. 
obsolete puberula. 
Rhizoma horizontaliter repens residuis vaginarum membrana- 
cearum obtectum, apice post vaginas piures, lanceolatas usque 2 dm. 
longas, laxas, puberulas folia frondosa perpauca et his v. vaginis 
cinetam inflorescentiam nudiscapam emittens. Folia longe petiolata, 
petiolis strictis, gracilibus, per maximam longitudinem vaginati^. 
Articulus 1—IV 2 cm. longus, supra hirtus v. puberulus, subtus 
glaber. Lamina 15—25 cm. longa, 7—IIV 2 cm. lata, valde 
inæquilatera, basi rotundata v. parum protracta, apice oblique 
aeuminata. Scapus (peduneulus) gracilis, pilis horizontaliter paten- 
tibus hirsutus, nudus, eum inflorescentia petiolis f. duplo brevior,, 
7—12 cm. altus. Inflorescentia (floribus neglectis) 2—3 cm. longa, 
