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CALATHEA violacea, | 
Violet-flowering Calathea: 
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MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. CANNER. ~— 
CALATHEA. Supra vol. 11. fol. 932. 
SO eee ———— 
C. violacea; caulescens, foliis ovalibus erecto-patentibus subtis purpuras- 
centibus, capitulo oyali multifloro, perianthii laciniis exterioribus oyalibus 
acutis: interiorum laterali difformi apice cucullata, filamenti lobo sterili 
apice dentato. : : 
C, violacea. Lindl. supra fol. 932, m textu. 
Herba 2-3-pedalis; caule erecto, terete, ab imd basi folibso. Folia erecto- 
patentia, fere exacte ovalia, apice tantim paululim attenuata, supra viridia 
unicolora, subtis leviter purpurascentia; collo terete, pallido, supra leviter 
pubescente, semunciali; petiolo vaginante, membranaceo, dilatato, margine 
tenui pauld ultra collum in dente brevi elongato; superioribus ventricosis. 
Flores terminales, in capitulo ovali multifloro petioli proximt longitudine. 
Bractese magne, virides; exteriores cucullate, latissime ovato-rhomboidee, 
acuminate, marginate ; interiores ovate, membranacee, diaphane, binerves, 
bicarinate marginibus circa flores involutis graminearum modo. Calyx tri- 
phyllus, tubi longitudine, foliolis oblongis acutis, membranacets, convolutis. 
Corolla bilimbis, infundibularis, tubo arcuato dorso fisso ; limbo violaceo ; 
exteriore 3-partito, laciniis ovalibus acutis simpliciter 5-7-nervits ; interiore 
exterioris longitudine, 3-partito lacinid superiore coloratd, superiora 
exterioris oppositd, margine altero cum margine fissure dorsalis connato, 
altero cum filamento lac. inferiore coloraté, cuneatd, emarginatd, inter 
lacinias duas exteriores anticas: margine altero libero, altero cum Jilamento 
connato lac. laterali alba, deformt, apice cucullatd, stigma involvente, hinc 
cornutd. Tilamentum laciniis multd brevius, album, apice bilobum ; lobo 
anteriore steril apice dentato, posteriore angusto antherifero. Anthera 
margin postico filamenti adnata, alba, unilocularis. Stylus laciniam supre- 
mam interiorem respiciens, albus, carnosus, teres d lacinid laterali interiore 
involutus et cucullatus. Stigma fistulosum, rostratum; rostro deflexo, con- 
stricto, apice tantim aperto, integro. Squame nulle epigyne. Ovarium 
glabrum, parvum, turbinatum, 3-loculare ; loculis monospermis, ovulis erectis. 
This is the new species of Calathea to which reference 
was made at fol. 982. It was imported from Rio Janiero 
