Tab. 7827. 

 PHILODENDRON calophyllum. 



Native of Brazil and Guiana. 



Nat. Ord. Aroide^. — Tribe Philodendre,*. 

 Genus Puilodendkon, Scliott.; (JBenih. & Hook.f. Gen. Plant, vol. iii. p. 378). 



Philodendron (Bauraia) calopliyllum ; glaberrimum, caudice brevissimo v, 0, 

 catapViyllis viridi-zebrinis roseo-marginatis, foliia perplurimis confertis 

 erecto-patentibus 2-3 ped. longis b-Q poll, latis lineari-oblongia acu- 

 minatis apicibus recurvis crasse coriaceis basin acutum versus angus- 

 tatis, supra saturate viridibus costa applanata, marginibua undulatis 

 angustissime rubris, subtus glauco-viridibus costa crassa punctis irapresais 

 elongatis quasi striolata, nervis numerosia arcuatia, nervo collectivo 

 margini proximo, petiolo 2-3 poll, longo crassissimo l-poU. diam. obtuse 

 trigono antice bicostato, pedTinculis axillaribus 6-10 poll, longia patenti- 

 deflexis teretibus | poll. diam. viridibus, spatha erecta 6 poll, longa crasse 

 coriacea extus pallida flavo-viridi intus saturate kermesina marginibua 

 albis, medium versus paullo donstricta, infra medium in tubum ovoidea 

 convoluta, supra medium cymbiforme obtusa, spadice spatha? ajqui- 

 longo crasse stipitato cylindraceo apice obtuao v. subacuto, infl. masc. 

 quam fern, quadruplo longiore, antheris majusculis pallida flavis, ovariis 

 minimis viridibus, stigmatibus pulvinatis sesailibus. 



P. calophyllum, Brongii. ex, Andr4, III. Hort. vol. xviii. (1881) p. 172, t. 76. 

 Engl, in Mart. Fl. Bras. vol. iii. pars II., p. 150 ; in D.G. Monoffr. 

 Phanerog. vol. ii. p. 367. 



P. niveo-cbermesinum, Linden ^ Andre, I.e. sub t, 76. 



P. Prieureanum, Brongn. ex Andre, I.e. 



P. nobile, Hort. Bull. 



A very striking species of Philodendron, conspicuous 

 from the deep brilliant carmine colour of the interior surface 

 of the spathe which is edged with white. It was discovered 

 by Wallis, in the Valley of the Rio Branco, an affluent of 

 the Rio Negro in North Brazil. It is also, according to 

 Linden and Andre, a native of French Guiana. Tlie 

 specimen here figured was purchased for Kew from Mr, Bull, 

 of Chelsea, in 1897, under the name of Philodendron nobile. 

 It flowered in the Aroid house of the Royal Gardens, in 

 April, 1901. 



Descr.—Gaudex or very short.' Leaver very many, 

 erect and spreading all round, forming a dense head four 

 to five feet in diameter, very shortly petioled, linear-oblong, 

 two to three feet long, and five to six inches broad at the 

 middle, acuminate, tips recurved, base rounded or acute, 



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