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L 76.1230 (from rh izomes col lected by H. K e nne dy in Parque Nac iona l Henr i Pit t ier , Edo. Maracay, Venezuela) 5 A p r 1984, K. Naga ta 2886 (HOLOTYPE" MO; ISOTYPES: HLA, MAY, UBC).

PARATVPES: VENEZUELA. ARAGUA: Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, Maracay-Ocumare road, ca 2 km S of Rancho Grande Biological Field Station, 14 Apr 1981, L. Andersson 1197 (GB); Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, selva nublada, en la vertiente hacia el mar, cabeceras del Rio Grande del Medio, vecindades de la Quebrada Rio Hondo, entre Tremaria y La Regresiva del Diablo en la Fila Alta de Choronl, 1000 m, 30 Apr 1972, J. A. Steyermark & V. C. Espinoza 105846 (VEN). DIST. FEDERAL: Selva nublada a lo largo del camino entre "Portachuelo" y "Pefiita" en las cabeceras del Rio Chichiriviche, entre Geremba y Hacienda E1 Lim6n, 3-10 km abajo de Geremba, 1300-1500 m, 10 May 1967, J. A. Steyermark 98260 (U). FALCON: Parque Nacional Quebrada de la Cueva E1 Toro, mostly evergreen forest, steep wet valley along river, 600 m, 10*50'N, 69"07'W, 21 Jun 1979, R. Liesner et al. 7683 (MO, NY).

Calathea s teyermarki i belongs to the "Orna ta g roup" (Kennedy, 1986) wi th in Calathea. It is d is t inguished f rom other Venezuelan species by the strictly basal leaves, the juven i le foliage with a blackish-green region along the midr ib , the glabrous l ea f blade, the single t e rmina l inflorescence o f over 40 spiral ly ar ranged bracts, the absence o fb rac teo les , the glabrous corolla, the purple, densely tomen- tose ovary , and the dark red, fleshy capsule with a non-pers i s ten t calyx. Calathea s t eyermark i i is most closely re la ted to C. gymnocarpa K e n n e d y and C. mul t ic incta Kennedy , sharing a s imi lar growth habit , short f lowering per iod with numerous flowers p roduced per day, th in- tex tured bracts, and lack ofbrac teoles . This species is n a m e d in honor o f Dr. Jul ian S teyermark for his va luable cont r ibu t ion to our knowledge o f the flora o f Venezuela.

Acknowledgments

This work was suppor ted in par t by a grant f rom the Nat iona l Science and Engineering Research Counci l o f Canada to H.K. We thank Dr. J. Maze for funding o f pho tograph ic supplies and word processing, and Dr. R. Barneby and Prof. L. Ande r s son for correcting the Lat in descript ion.

Literature Cited

Kennedy, H. 1986. Two new striped-leaved species of Calathea (Marantaceae) from Ecuador. Canad. J. Bot. 64: 1321-1326.

1988 Lawrence Memorial Award

Clayton J. Antieau, Center for Urban Horticulture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA, is the recipient of the 1988 Lawrence Memorial Award. A student of Clement W. Hamilton, Mr. Antieau has undertaken a systematic revision of the South American currants, Ribes subgenus Parilla (Grossulariaceae). He will use the proceeds of the Award for travel to South America for field research. Commemorating George H. M. Lawrence, founding Director of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon University, the annual Award of $1000 is made to an outstanding doctoral candidate for travel in support of dissertation research in systematic botany or horticulture, or the history of the plant sciences.