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CALATHEA* erandifélia. 
Large-leaved Calathea. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNI4, 
Nat. ord. CANNER. 
CALATHEA.— Supra, vol. 11. fol. 932. 
C. longifolia ; petiolis longis cylindraceis basi vaginantibus, foliis oblongis 
apiculatis subundulatis lucidis glabris concoloribus, capitulis oblongis, 
bracteis undulatis obtusis floribus brevioribus, labello cuneato api- 
culato. 
Acaulis. Folia disticha, 3-pedalia, horizontaliter patentia, oblonga, 
apiculata, lucida, glaberrima, paululiim undulata, petiols breviora ; petiole 
glabri, basi vaginantes, collo cylindraceo, lucido, arcuato. Capitulum ter- 
minale, oblongum; bractez obtuse, undulate, laxe, floribus breviores. 
Calyx laciniis ovalibus, membranaceis. Corolla lutea, tubo calyce dupld 
longiore, arcuato, limbo exteriore 3-partito, laciniis patentibus, oblongis. 
Labellum anticum, cuneatum, apiculatum. Stamina 3, quorum duo sterilia ; 
horum alterum planum, petaloideum, labello oppositum, alterum ad latus 
labelli, cucullatum ad stigma retinendum; fertile ad latus labelli, bilobum, 
lobo antico sterili depauperato, postico antherifero. Ovarium triloculare ; 
ovula solitaria. 
This fine new species was introduced to the Horti- 
cultural Society’s Garden from Rio Janeiro, in 1826, by 
Sir Henry Chamberlaine, along with a large collection of 
other rare plants. It flowered for the first time in a 
stove in the year 1827, and has since continued to 
flourish in great beauty: but it does not increase at the 
root; so that it is likely to remain a rare plant, unless 
imported direct from the Brazils. 
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* So named by Dr. Meyer; derived, no doubt, from the Greek word 
xdéruSos > but whether in the sense of cup, in allusion to the cup-like stigma ; 
or of a basket, in allusion to the dried leaves being used in basket-work, we 
do not know. 
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