; ILLUSTRATION HORTICOLE. 



PL. CL1X 



ANTHURIUM FLORIBUNDUM, linden & andre. 



MANY-FLOWEBED ANTHURIUM. 



nat. oed. AROIDEAE. 



ETYMOLOGY : from fefeg, a flower, and oipA, a tail, in reference to the arrangement of the flowers on a spadix. 



GENERIC CHARACTER : Spatha abbreviata reflexa persistens. Spadix subsessilis cylindricus floribus hermaphroditis obsitus. 

 Pn-hju t n,uu l.tr;.pl.yllm,i. Sln.nhtn 4 perigonii foliolis opposita, filamentis linearibus complanatis, antheris bilocularibus. Ovula in 

 loculis bina collateralia ex apice axeos pendnla anatropa. Stigma sessile oblongum. Bacca bilocularis di-tetra-sperma. Scmma allai- 

 minosa inversa. Embryo in axi albuminis parce carnosi orthotropus, extremitatc radkidari supera. 



Herbae am,,,,,,,,,,, !,„/,„,„ funics <mtao r „a„dn,t<<. Mil. pil lmnt„ dujitatis v. saepius lobis lateralibus abortivis specie 

 intregris; petiolis apice tumidis, vaginis stipularibus (in speciminibus jlonferis) cum petiole aitemantibus persistentibus. 



Endlich. Gex. PI. 1702. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER: folia in eanle brevi recto hand scandente alterne inserta; petioli erecti vaginati supra medium 

 attenuati graciles obscure quadranguli subalati, apice in geniculum erectum striato-sulcatum incrassati, in costam subtus prominen- 

 tem producti, lamina erecta pergamenea oblique lanceojata nervis pinnatis supra haud elevatis subtus prominentibus ; scapi plures 

 graciles foliis breviores apice clavati; spatha erecta membranacea, ovatocucullata acutissima eburnea persistens, spadicem amentaceum 

 cylindraceum erectum album lineis nigris quadratis spiraliter pictum; ovarium obscure 4-5 gonum, apice; pcltafum niummatuin. a>t- 

 therae liberae oblongae clavatae nigro-capitatae ; baccae....? - In Nova-Granata. - Ad vivum florentum descripsi in horto Lindeniano. 



floribundi 



Lin.l. 





A pretty little species, of uncommon habit in the genus 

 to which it belongs. We have noticed it in M. Linden's 

 establishment for the past two years, where it commenced 

 to flower before it had scarcely any leaves. The flowers 

 indeed form its principal attraction, in which respect it is 

 somewhat peculiar in a family, composed chiefly of plants 

 remarkable for their ornamental foliage or coloured spathes. 

 It is a native of New Granada. 



It bears several alternate, erect, lanceolate leaves on a 

 short stem ; petiole sheathing from the base upwards through 

 nearly the whole of its length, the upper part attenuated, 

 obscurely winged or quadrangular, terminating in an erect, 

 prominently furrowed and striped articulation; midrib thick, 

 prominent below. 



Numerous slender scapes, shorter than the leaves, soon 

 make their appearance, each supporting an upright, cucul- 



late, acutely acuminate, ivory-white spathe, in the midst of 

 which rises the cylindrical spadix, bearing hermaphrodite, 

 white flowers, spirally marked with black lines. The effect 

 of these small, though pretty flowers is very singular, and 

 we have seen nothing resembling them in this numerous 

 family, although it is so rich in elegant and curious forms. 

 The plant is easily cultivated, succeeding well in a warm 

 greenhouse, where its flowers profusely every season. We 

 have not yet seen the seeds, and the flowers, which we have 

 several times examined, have always been in so young a 

 stage that we have hesitated a long time before deciding 

 that it should be referred to Anthurium rather than Spathi- 

 phyllum, having experienced the greatest difficulty in deter- 

 mining the number of stamens, the presence or absence of 

 a perianth, and not having seen the ovary in a sufficiently 

 advanced state to examine its cells. E. A. 



FLORICULTURE. 



PRESERVATION OF CUT FLOWERS. 



A chemist of Montreuil-sous-bois (Seine), M. Fremont, 

 says that he has discovered the means of preserving cut 

 flowers fresh for more than a fortnight. To effect this he 

 adds a small quantity of sal-ammoniac or chlorohydrate of 

 ammonia to the water in which the flowers are placed. It 

 should be mixed in the proportion of three quarters of a 

 drachm (40 grains) of sal-ammoniac to a pint of water. We 

 shall try this plan ourselves, and we request our readers 

 to do so likewise. It will be worth trying whether all flowers, 

 including those that wither immediately after being cut, 

 even when placed in water, will experience beneficial effects 



from this preservativ 

 covery. 



it will prove a valuable dis- 

 P. E. 



Chloride of sodium or commo salt, in a small quantity, 

 possesses the same property oi prolonging the freshness of 

 cut flowers, or at least, some kinds of flowers. Probably the 

 agency is indirect, and due to the arrest of putrefaction of 

 the water, rather than to the supply of saline matter as food 

 or a direct preservative. 



