Tab. 72972: 
ANTHURIUM CHAMBERLAINT. 
Native of Venezuela ? 
Nat. Ord. Aromsesx. Tribe Onontie2. 
Genus Antuurium, Schott; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 998.) 
AntuurRiuM, Chamberlaini; caudice brevi radicali, foliis 8-pedalibus 2 peda- 
libus ovato-cordatis acuminatis glaberrimis coriaceis, lobis rotundatis, 
sinu late rotundato, costa media valida, nervis utrinque 16-18, costis 
sinubus marginalibus nervosad 5~10 emittentibus, petiolo 3-4-pedali basi 
tantum vaginante, geniculo apice incrassato, pedunculo brevi tereti, 
spatha 8-pollicari oblongo-lanceolata scaphiformi pallide coccinea apice 
cucullato in rostrum erectum curvum marginibus incurvis angustata, 
marginibns infra medium recurvis, spadice 5 poll. longo breviter stipitato 
decurvo cylindraceo obtuso rubro-purpureo, sepalis prismaticis apicibus 
truncatis, antheris parvis oblongis, ovario cylindraceo, stylo brevi crasso 
in stigma hemisphericum desinente. 
A. Chamberlaini, Mast. in Gard. Chron. (1888) vol. i. p. 462, fig. 66,67. Idustr 
Hortic. vol. xxxv. (1888), t. 62. 
Anthurium Chamberlaini is justly described by its author 
as ‘‘one of the noblest species of a genus already rich in 
superb species, and is handsome alike in foliage and in 
flower,” adding “that it is appropriate to dedicate it to 
the eminent statesman (the Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, 
M.P.) of whose establishment it forms so conspicuous an 
ornament.” In this appropriation I heartily concur. 
It is no easy matter to find the nearest affinity of an 
Anthurium, a genus which numbers about one hundred and 
Seventy described species, many of them known only in 
imperfect condition, and others far from accurately defined. 
Dr. Masters places it, I think rightly, in Engler’s fourteenth 
section (Cardiophyllum) of the genus (DC. Monog. Phanerog. 
vol. ii. (Araceg) p. 159), which includes fourteen of Schott’s 
Sections (Prodromus Aroidearum), and is characterized by 
the short prostrate or ascending stem, covered with per- 
sistent sheathing scales, elongated petioles, cordate leaves, 
retrorse primary basal nerves (cost), and more or less 
oblong Ovary narrowed into a short stout style, with a 
June Isr, 1893, 
