( 463 ) 
on both sides in the dried state. Peduncle 6-11 in. long, 1-134 line 
thick. Spathe 14%-2 in. long, 3-4 lines broad, linear-oblong, 
obtuse, tipped with a subulate point / in. 1 amplexicaul at 
the base, not decurrent, reflexe padix sessile, 214-314 in 
long, 2~2% lines thick. Flowers large, 134-2 lines in diameter. 
Ovary broadly obovoid; stigma sessile; cells r-ovulate. 
Yungas. (lVo. 2585.) 
Allied to A. pees Lindl., but is a stouter plant, and the leaf 
does not taper so much at the bac and apex. 
Anthurium rusticum N. E. Brown, sp. nov. 
Stem stout. Scale-leaves 4 in. long, 1 in. broad. Leaves erect, 
glabrous; petiole 4-5 in. long, including the Y-¥% in. long 
geniculus, }4 in. thick, channeled down the face; blade 2-24 ft. 
long, 6-7 in. broad, broadly oblong-oblanceolate, subobtuse and 
shoely mucronulate at the apex, cuneately tapering from about the 
middle to an acute base; margins slightly sinuate; midrib very 
lateral nerves 14-16 on each side of the midrib, nearly straight in 
34 in. at the base. Spadix sub-sessile, 3-314 in. long, 4% in. thick. 
Flowers 34-1 line in diam. Ovary oblong; stigma sessile; cells 
1-ovulate. 
Yungas. (Vo. 2479.) 
This species lea resembles A. crasstnervium Schott, but 
has much smaller leaves, and a shorter spadix. 
Anthurium coripatense N. E. Brown, sp. nov. 
Leaves large, cordate, glabrous; petiole 20-22 in. long, including 
the r in. long geniculus, 3-4 lines thick; blade 18-20 in. long, 1 
ft. broad across the basal lobes, elongated deltoid- ovate, apex?, base 
the base, denuded for about ye in. at the sinus, curved, excurrent 
at the margin. Peduncle about 20 in. long, 24 lines thick, glab- 
rous. Spathe (imperfect in the specimens seen) over 6 in. long, 
about 1 in. broad, strap-shaped, reflexed, amplexicaul or somewhat 
