Tab. 6339. 



ANTHURIUM tbifidum. 

 Of uncertain origin. 



Nat. Ord. Aroideje— Tribe Orontie.e. 

 Genus Anthurium, Schott (Prodr. Syst. Aroid. p. 486). 



Anthurium {SemaophyUum) tnfidum ; caudice brevi, petiolo foliorum fere 

 SSlS "? Ol V Ong r' geniCUl ° ^-ulo, lamina profunde 

 lit InS L f a v ^ T« ata ,rJ medl ? m S enicullim ^te cuneatim angus- 

 J&SSSt 9-13 poll longooblongo- v. ovato-lanceolato acumbfato, 

 nhh S Jl , brevionbus falcriormibus oblongo- vel ovato-ellipticis oblique 



obtusatis, costa media subtus prominente nervis utrinque circiter 9-12 

 pedunculo petiohs breyiore gracili, spatha rubescente reflexa oblonao- 

 lanceolata spadice breviter stipitato juliforme gracili breviore. 



Anthurium trilobum, Linden, Cat. 1877 ? {tint descr.). 



Of the origin of this interesting Aroid, I am unable to 

 speak with any certainty. It is alleged to have been intro- 

 duced through the « Challenger » Expedition from the Eastern 

 Indian Archipelago ; but no Anthurium is known from that 

 region nor have I seen a specimen corresponding to our plant 

 in the dried collections made by the naturalist of that expe- 

 S . Dr - ^* e ™> fi g urin g it in the « Gardeners' Chronicle ' 

 It 1 J i >?' >} haVmg onl y a lea fy s P e cimen to judge from, 

 thought it might prove to be identical with Philodendron 

 Holtonianum, Schott, of New Granada. Now, however that 

 we have had an opportunity of examining flowering' spe- 

 cimens, there can be no doubt that the plant is a genuine 

 Anthimum, referable, I think, to the "Grex" Semceophyllum 

 ot bchott, a division of the genus including, according 

 to him, but four species, of none of which do we happen 

 to have authenticated specimens at Kew. As I cannot securely 

 identify it with the description of any of these, I let it go as 

 a probable novelty. The nearest ally of which I have seen 

 specimens is a plant which my colleague, Mr. N. E. Brown 



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