grandifolium, Jacq. (Hort. Schoenbr. t. 189; Hook. Bot. Mag. 
t. 3345= Philodendron Hookeri, Schott), difiering however totally 
in the colour of the spatha, white or cream-colour in P. gran- 
difolium. ‘he native country is not known, probably the Ca- 
racas. 
Dxscr. Stem elongated, stout, flexuose, climbing, jointed, root- 
ing at almost every joint; the lower roots very much lengthened 
and penetrating into the ground; the others slightly attach 
themselves to decayed wood, which is placed to afford support 
to the plant. Leaves distant, alternate, large, a foot or more 
long, on terete petioles of about the same length, with purple 
sheaths at the base. ‘The blade or /amina of the leaf is between 
cordate and sagittate, the /obes somewhat spreading, blunt ; 
_ glossy on both sides, beneath of a coppery colour. The veins are 
sunk in the upper side of the leaf, slightly prominent beneath. 
Stipule long, sheathing, palish-purple, more or less acuminated. 
Peduncle opposite the leaves, with a large sheathing dract or 
stipule at the base, purple-green. Spatha large, conspicuous 
by its size and colour, boat-shaped, thick and fleshy, convolute, 
slightly contracted above the middle, the lower half and more 
convolute, the apex blunt, with a mucro; the colour, without, 
deep blackish-purple, scarlet within. Spadix equal in length to 
the spatha, stout, obtuse, white or cream-colour; the lower half | 
or nearly so is clothed with pistils; a circle of sessile anthers 
occupies the middle portion, and the rest of the clavate upper 
half is clothed with peltate stamens. 
Our figures represent an entire plant on a very reduced scale, together with a 
portion of a leaf and spadix and spatha, nat. size. Fig. 1. Spadix, also nat. size. 
2. Pistils. 3. Staminodia. 4. Ovary, cut through vertically. 5. One cut through 
transversely. 6, Stamens. 7. Single stamen, with two-celled anthers :—magnified. 
