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CALATHEA flavescens. 
Yellow Calathea. é 
Aon Sa 
MONANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
Nat. ord. Cannem. Br.- Ms 
CALATHEA. Meyer, Perianthium exterius 3-phyllum ; interius limbo 
utroque tripartito: exterioris laciniis canaliculatis; interioris anticA et una 
é lateralibus dilatatis petaloideis: alterd laterali cucullata difformi. Fila- 
mentum simplex. Stylus rectus, apice abrupté reflexus. Stigma obliquum 
excavatum integrum y. lobatum. Ovarium triloculare 3-spermum. Tn- 
florescentia capitata. Obs. Huc referenda Maranta Zebrina fol. 385. hujus 
operis, et procul dubio M. Allouya. Maranta, limitibus propris circum- 
seripta, differt, stylo circinato, filamento bilobo: lobo fertili integro, sterilt 
petaloideo sepiis deformi, inflorescentia paniculata, et floribus nudis, nec 
bracteis obvallatis. 
C, flavescens ; acaulis, foliis oblongis, acuminatis, penninerviis, petiolatis gla- 
berrimis, concoloribus, subtis glaucis, capitulo sessili, oyato, multifloro, 
laciniis limbi interioris obovatis, oppositis emarginatis. 
Folia erecto-patentia, oblonga, acuta, arguté penninervia, plana, glaber- 
rima, subtis glauca, petiolis erectis, alatis, vaginantibus ad basin Soliz, geni- 
culatis, teretibus. Capitulum sessile é basi foliorum inferiorum, flores 5-6 
citrinos de die in die promens. Bractew acute, rigidissime, tubi perianthiz 
longitudine. Perianthium exterids triphyllum; foliolis lineari-lanceolatis, 
acumimatis, convolutis, membranaceis. Tubus gracilis, clavatus, arcuatus, 
perianthio exteriore longior. Per. interioris limbus exterior 3+partitus : 
lacinits patentibus, lanceolatis, concavis ; interior 3-phyllus: laciniis 2 mag- 
_ nis oppositis, patentibus, obovatis, emarginatis ; alterd parvd, deformi, apice 
cucullata, hinc cornutd, stylum et stigma involvente. Filamentum stylo con- 
natum, lobo sterili feré obliterato integerrimo. Anthera unilocularis, mar- 
ginalis, lobo sterili altior. Stylus teres, rectus, apice horizontaliter rostratus. 
Stigma concavum, marginatum, integrum, Ovarium triloculare, trisper- 
mum. ; 
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This beautiful plant was. sent in 1822, by the late Mr. 
John Forbes, from Rio Janeiro, to the Horticultural So- 
ciety. Our drawing was made in the Society’s Garden in 
August 1824. The plant requires the heat of the stove,, 
and the treatment applied to scitamineous plants. 
