Tas. 6261. 
ANTHURIUM Bakert. 
Native of Costa Rica. 
Nat. Ord. ArnorpEm.—Tribe OrontTIEx. 
Genus Antuurium, Schott (Prod. Syst. Aroid. p. 436). 
Antuoriom (Erythropodium) Bakeri ; caudice brevi radicante, foliis 1)-2-pedali- 
bus anguste elliptico-lanceolatis acuminatis coriaceis $-nerviis, basi angus- 
tatis, petiolo subtereti 3-5-pollicari, geniculo 4-pollicari, nervo medio mediocri 
lateralibus gracilibus, nervulis erecto-patentibus, pedunculo petiolum longe 
superante, spatha 1}-pollicari oblonga apice rotundata reflexa viridi basi non 
amplectente, spadice subsessili v. breviter pedunculata 3-pollicari obtuso, 
perianthii segmentis cubicis, filamentis late oblongis, antheris minutis, ovario 
ovoideo, stigmate discoideo sessili, fructibus ovoideis apiculatis corallinis 
spadicem valde incrassatum et elongatum dense obtegentibus, ovarii loculis 
1-ovulatis. 
The vast genus Anthurium, contains upwards of 180 spe- 
cies (as enumerated by Schott in his Prodromus) all natives of 
tropical America, and of which between 50 and 60 were 
known to that author in a living state, chiefly from specimens 
grown in the rich collection at the Imperial Palace of 
Scheenbrun (Vienna) and obtained principally by himself. 
At Kew, which is also rich in tropical Aroids, nearly one hun- 
dred species of this genus are now in cultivation, forming one 
of the principal ornaments of the Aroid-house, where, for 
number of species, beauty and variety of form of foliage, 
they dispute the palm with the Philodendrons. They are 
plants easy of cultivation if supplied with shade, moisture, 
and a high temperature, and being remarkably free from 
insect-pest they are well adapted for stove culture. 
A. Bakeri was imported from Costa Rica by Mr. Bull, who 
presented it to the Royal Gardens, where it flowered first in 
June, 1872. I am indebted to Mr. J. G. Baker, whose name it 
bears, for notes made upon the living plant when in flower. 
I have referred it to Schott’s section Erythropodium, though 
its peduncle is not red, both because it agrees best with that 
section in character, and because its nearest ally is A. Urvil- 
Jeanum, Schott, which is placed there by its author. 
Descr. Stem short, stout, sending forth numerous stout 
root-fibres, Leaves crowded at the top of the stem, narrowly 
