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ANTHURIUM 



Seeds are secured by pollinating the flowers, the stig- 

 mas of which become mature long before the anthers. 

 Anthuriums of the Scherzerianum type may be in- 

 creased by division of the crown. (E. J. Canning and 

 G. W. Oliver.) 



INDEX. 



album, 1, 5. 

 andegavense, 1. 

 Andraanum, 5. 

 Bennettii, 1. 

 Brownii, 4. 

 crystaljinum, 9. 

 Gameri, 5. 

 giganteum, 1. 

 lacteum, 1. 

 Lawrenciffi, 5. 

 magnincum, 8. 



A. Lvs. plain green: grown mostly for the showy "flowers." 

 B. Spadix coiled. 



1. Scherzerianum, Schott. Fig. 222. A foot or two 

 high, evergreen: lys. long-lanceolate (the blade 1 ft. or 

 more long and petiole of nearly equal length), thick, usu- 

 ally somewhat revolute, with a strong vein parallel with 

 each edge and close to it, and many cross- veins: scape 

 long and slender (1-2 ft.) , red ; spathe ovate-oblong, 3-4 

 in. long, spreading or deflexed, intense red (sometimes 

 double, I.H. 37:107); spadix slender, curled, yellow. 

 Cent. Amer. B.M. 5319. R.B. 22:121. Gn. 33, p. 89. 

 G.C. II. 12:301. G. 3:55. A.F. 6:569 (in variety). 

 An old favorite. Runs into many forms: spathe white, 

 vars. album, album magnificum, lacteum, maximum 

 album, Williamsii, Vervaeneum; spathe parti-colored, 

 cars, andegavense (scarlet on the back, white and 

 scarlet spotted above), mutabile (white -bordered), 

 nebuldsum (double white spotted rose), Rothschildia- 

 num (scarlet mottled white, Gn. 30:454), Warocquea- 

 num, not A. Warocqueanum (white spotted red); 

 spathe very large, vars. giganteum, maximum, Wardii, 

 Wofidbridgei. Very dwarf is var. pygmaeum; rose-sal- 

 mon spathe and orange spadix is var. parisiense ; sharp 

 pointed Ivs. and spathes is var. Bennettii; rose-colored 

 spathes, var. roseum; deep blood-red spathes, var. san- 

 guineum. 



BB. Spadix not coiled. 



c. Spathe narrow, green. 



D. The Ivs. narrow, not cordate. 



2. spathiphyllum, N. E. Br. Two ft. or less, stemless 

 or nearly so: If .-blade 2 ft. or less, narrow-lanceolate, 

 attenuate in a straight line from the middle to the base, 

 acuminate, bright green above and grayish beneath, 



; 



223. Anthurium Andraanum. (XH) 



with prominent midrib: spathe 2 in. or less long and a 

 half or more as wide, erect, boat-shaped, pale green or 

 whitish; spadix 1 in. long and very blunt, pale yellow. 

 Trop. Amer. 



3. Regnellianum, Engl. Lvs. 5-6 in. long, about 2 

 in. broad, obtuse or slightly emarginate at the base, 

 gradually narrowed to an acute apex, green: spathe 



ANTHURIUM 



about 1> in. long, ,^-ixjin. broad; spadix dark green, 

 in. long, on a short stipe. Brazil. 



224. Anthurium Veitchii. (XK) 



Young leaf, not yet showing the 



arched depressions. 



DD. The Ivs. broad, deeply cordate. 



4. Brownii, Mast. Lvs. 2-3 ft. long, a deep sinus 

 separating the rounded basal lobes, leathery, dark 

 shining green above, paler beneath, with 12-15 pairs 

 of prominent lateral nerves: spathe 6-8 in. long, lan- 

 ceolate, greenish, rose- 



tinted; spadix 10-15 in. 

 long. Colombia. G.C. II. 

 6:744-5. 



cc. Spathe cordate-ovate, 

 colored. 



5. Andraeanum, Lind. 

 Fig. 223. Low species, 

 with If.-blades drooping 

 like an alocasia and cor- 

 date ovate -lanceolate: 

 spathe cordate - ovate, 

 thick in texture, 6-10 in. 

 long, orange-red, widely 

 open - spreading ; spad i \ 

 34 in. long, yellowish, 

 with white band marking 

 the zone in which the 

 stigmas are receptive. 

 Colombia. B. M. 6616. 

 A.F. 6:569; 10:1065. Gt. 

 38: 1293. I.H. 24:271; 

 37:105. V.9:259; 11:138. 

 G.C. II. 13:497. Beauti- 

 ful and popular. Runs 

 into many varieties. 

 Spathes white, var. album ; 

 spathe very bright red, 

 shining, var. Gameri (R.H. 



1907:30, desc.); spathes very large, pure white, var. 

 Lawrenciae; spathes of a soft rose-color in upper part 

 passing into light green on lateral lobes, var. rhodo- 

 chldrum (R.H. 1901:452); spathes shining rose-pink, 

 var. rdseum; spathes salmon-color, var. salmoneum; 

 spathes dark crimson, var. sanguineum. 



AA. Lvs. prominently marked with white or colors, or 

 with deep bands of green: cult, mostly for foliage. 



B. The Ivs. not buUate. 

 c. Markings green or greenish. 



6. Veitchii, Mast. Fig. 224. Tall and robust species 

 (st. 2-3 ft.): If.-blades pendent, like a fine alocasia, 

 often 34 ft. long, cordate or eared at base, metallic 

 green, but marked by deep-sunk nerves, which arch off 

 the midrib: spathe 1 ft. long, horizontal, green; spadix 

 6-8 in. long, straw-color. Colombia. G.C. II. 6:773. 

 B.M. 6968. Mn. 8:187. I.H. 27:406. Gn. 29, p. 453. 

 G.C. III. 44: 181. Striking. 



cc. Markings white or essentially so. 



7. Warocqueanum, Moore. Fig. 225. Very vigorous: 

 Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, long-tapering, hanging, 2-^4 ft. 

 long, deep velvety green, with rib and principal veins of 

 a prominently lighter shade, making handsome con- 

 trasts. Colombia. I.H. 27:392. G.C. III. 44:180. A 

 handsome and striking foliage plant. 



8. magnificum, Lind. Lf.-blade deep cordate, oval, 2 

 ft. long, upper surface olive-green with white nerves; 

 petiole 4-angled: spathe small, oblong, green; spadix 

 green, cylindrical. Colombia. 



9. crystallinum, Lind. & Andr6. Like^d. magnificum; 

 differs in petiole terete or only very imperfectly angled, 

 sinus of blade smaller, veins wide-banded and whiter 

 and very regular: If.-blade ovate-cordate, short, deep 

 velvety green, with the midrib and two consecutive 

 bands crystal white: spathe linear-oblong, acuminate, 



