Tab. 5848. 

 ANTHUEIUM ornatum. 



White-spathed Anthurium. 



Nat. Ord. Orontiace^:. — Tetrandeia MonogyNia. 

 Gen. Char. {Vide mpra, Tab. 5319.) 



Anthurium ornatvm; caudice brevissimo, petiolis gracilibus teretibus basi 

 incrassatis breviter vaginantibus, geniculo elongato subcylindrico, 

 lamina ovato- v. oblongo-cOrdata abrupte. acuminata concava utrinque 

 viridia sinir profundo, cbstis 7-14 intimis ■etectis lateralibus arcuatis, 

 auriculis ovatis v. rotundatis, pedunculo gracili cylindrico viridi, 

 spatba 5- 7-pollicari nivea e basi ovato-cordata oblonga abrupte acu- 

 minata, spadice purpureo breviter stipitato spatha subaequilongo, peri- 

 anthii segmentis subquadratis apice truncatis, ovario ovoideo medio sub- 

 constricto, stigmate parvo disciformi. 



Anthcrium ornatum, Schott in Oesterr. B. Wochenbl. 1857, p. 294, ex 

 Prodr. Syst. Avoid, p. 499. 



This tropical aroid, conspicuous for its ample foliage, snow- 

 white spathes, and fine purple spadices, has been long culti- 

 vated in the Royal Gardens, and appears to be the same with 

 the Anthurium ornatum of Schott, discovered in Venezuela by 

 Linden in 1842, and again gathered by Fendler in 1854-5. 

 The leaf varies much in size, often attaining one to one and 

 a half feet in length, and in the form, depth, and amount of 

 divergence of the basal lobes. The specimen here figured 

 was from the rich collection of Mr. William Saunders, F.R.S., 

 and flowered in April of the preceding year. 



Descr. Stem 0, or very short indeed. Petioles one and a 

 half to two and a half feet long, slender, rigid, cylindric, 

 green ; swollen at the base into an ovoid, very coriaceous 

 sheath, with a narrow slit in front, and at the lip into a cylin- 

 dric green node one to two inches long. Blade one to one 

 and a half feet long, ovate-cordate, acuminate, bright-green on 



july 1st, 1870. 



