Tas. 5140. 
RICHARDIA a.spo-MACULATA. 
Spotted-leaved Richardia. 
Nat. Ord. Arorpez.—Mone@cra MoNANpDrRIa, 
_ Gen. Char. Spatha basi convoluta, limbo expanso marcescente. Spadiz con- 
tinuo androgynus, staminibus rudimentariis ovaria stipantibus, appendice ste- 
rili nulla. Anthere plurime, liberee, sessiles, biloculares ; Zocwlis connectivo late 
cuneato, superne in discum convexum glandulosum dilatato, prope marginem bi- 
poroso utrinque adnatis, vertice poro dehiscentibus. Ovaria plurima, conferta, 
libera, placentis parietalibus tribus axim attingentibus, incomplete trilocularia ; 
staminodiis truncato-clavatis stipata. Ovula in placentis parietalibus gelatinosis, 
pauca, superposita, e funiculis longiusculis anatrope pendula. Stylus brevis ; 
stigma convexiusculum, glandulosum. Bacce uniloculares, oligosperme. Semina 
obovata, e funiculo longiusculo, teste crassee carnos® adpresso, inversa, umbilico 
tuberculiformi. Hmbryo in axi albuminosis antitropus, eoque dimidio brevior, 
extremitate radiculari incrassata, umbilico e diametro opposito, infera.—Herbee 
Capenses ; foliis radicalibus erectis, longe petiolatis, subhastato-cordatis, nervosis ; 
petiolis basi vaginantibus, scapum centralem, subtrigonum, inferne amplexantibus ; 
spatha maxima, candida. Endl. 
Ricwarpta albo-maculata ; foliis subflaccidis hastato-ovatis acuminatis | cer" 
maculatis, venis opacis, spatha apice erecta bast intus colorata, spac 
subincluso. 
Professor Kunth, with great propriety, separated the genus 
Richardia among Aroidee of the southern hemisphere, from 
the genus Calla of Linnwus, peculiar to Europe tener r 
in the northern hemisphere. Richardia has ieee? eu ce 
represented by one species, the old Calla Aithiopiea, we ag. 
t. 832 (Richardia Africana, K#/.), of the Cape of Good Hope. 
We have lately had the satisfaction of receiving at one an 
the same time, from our friends Messrs. Backhouse, of York, 
and Messrs. Veitch, of the Exeter and Chelsea Nurseries, pe 
Species (or possibly varieties), both from Natal, = Ne the 
greenhouse in June of the present year. At present T sha ne 
fine myself to the subject before us, from Mr. _cqaneen a 
1 name albo-maculatum, though I am far from sure a # 
Spotting, albeit very copious, is permanent. Where the spo 
are, the substance of the leaf is very thin ae et re 
OCTOBER Ist, 1859. 
