Tas, 7683. 
CARLUDOVICA Lavcuzana. © 
Native of New Grenada, 
Nat. Ord. Panpane&.—Tribe CaRLUDOVICEA, 
Genus Cartupovica, Ruiz & Pav.; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. 
p- 953.) 
Cartupovica Laucheana; caule brevissimo, foliis subdistichis cuneiformi- 
oblongis basi acutis lete viridibus coriaceis profunde bifidis laciniis lineari- 
oblongis acuminatis plicatim 5-7-costatis, petiolo lamina breviore in 
vaginam margine scariosam brunneam sensim desinente, pedunculo brevi 
crasso, cataphyllis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis scariosis brunneis, spadice 
4-6-pollicari oblongo cylindraceo 2-2} poll. diam. staminodiis flexuosis 
albis densissime crinito, spathis spadice subzequilongis oblongo-lanceolatis 
acuminatis pallide primulinis apice fuscis, fl. masc. basi compresso 
cuneato, perianthii segmentis ad 12 brevibus ovatis recurvis, staminibus per- 
plurimis, antheris oblongis filamento basi mammilleeformi paullo longiori- 
bus, fl. fem. perianthii segmentis 4 orbiculari-ovatis cuspidatis, stigmatibus 
4 sessilibus brevibus uncinatim recurvis marginibus glandulosis, stamino- 
diis longissimis filiformibus flexuosis apicibus incrassatis. 
Sartmia Laucheana, Hort. Sand. ex Gard. Chron. 1893, vol. i. pp. 442, 481, 
fig. 72. Rev. Hort. Belg. vol. xix, (1893) p. 194, fig. 39. 
Of the large and curious genus Carludovica, containing 
thirty-eight described species, according to the census in 
the Kew Index, very few are to be found in cultivation. 
Five only before that here figured have appeared in this 
Magazine, namely, C. latifolia, Ruiz & Pavon, t. 2950-1 
(Ludovia latifolia, Pers.), C. ensiformis, Hk. f. t. 6418, 
C. rotundifolia, Wendl. t. 7083, C. caput-Meduse, t. 7118, 
and C. microcephala, Hort. Berol. t. 7263. In the character 
of the bifid leaf C. Laucheana agrees with CO. ensiformis, 
but it differs in the much shorter, broader leaf-lobes with 
many more nerves in each, in the stouter, shorter petiole 
and peduncle, in the very much larger spadix, and in 
the uncinate stigmas. Another nearly allied species is 
QC. plicata, Klotzsch (Linnea, vol. xx. (1847) p. 468), 
which has more oblong leaves, with longer petioles. 
CG. Laucheana was imported from Antioquia, New 
Grenada, by Messrs. Sander & Co., of St. Albans. A 
plant of it received from that firm by the Royal Gardens, 
NoveEMBER Ist, 1899, 
