Refugiitin Botanicum.] 
[June, 1871. 
TAB. 265. 
Natural Order Aroide^. 
Genus Anthurium, ScJiott. 
A. EUBRioAULE {Kuiith, Emm. iii. 69). Subacaulis, petiolis 6 — 12 
poll, longis facie planis dorso acute carinatis, geniculis modice 
elongatis, foliis lanceolatis acutis basi subcuiieatis 20 — 26 poll, 
longis medio 3 —4 poll, latis coriaceis supra viridibus subtus palli- 
dioribus penninerviis, venis primariis 16 — 20 erecto-patentibus 
subarcuatis in pseudoneuro continue desinentibus, pedunculis viri- 
dibus petiolis subduplo excedentibus, spathis lanceolatis reflexis 
4 — 5 poll, longis basi decurrentibus, spadicibus subsessilibus viridi- 
bus 7 — 8 poll, longis. — ScJiott, Prodr. p. 461. 
A native of Brazil ; our specimen sent by Bowman from the 
neighbourhood of Eio Janeiro. 
Scarcely at all caulescent. Petioles six inches to a foot long, 
one-fourth of an inch thick, flat on the face with slightly raised 
margins, the back acutely keeled. Geniculum half an inch long, 
moderately thickened. Leaf lanceolate, twenty to twenty- six 
inches long, three to four inches broad at the middle, acute, 
cuneately narrowed to a very slightly rounded base, coriaceous, 
bright green above, paler below ; main veins sixteen to twenty, 
erecto -patent, slightly arching ; jpseudo-nerve very distinct, con- 
tinuous from the base to the apex at a distance of three to four 
lines from the edge. Peduncle greenish, twice as long as the 
petioles. Spatlie lanceolate-acuminatCj four to five inches long, 
reddish green, decurrent at the base, finally reflexed. Sjpadix 
subsessile, greenish, seven to eight inches long. 
Tab. 265. — 1, pair of flowers viewed from above; 2, single flower 
viewed from the side ; 3, ovary with stamens : all magnified. — J. G. B. 
I have for many years collected and grown as many species of 
the genus Anthuriiim as I could procure, with a view of better 
understanding these curious and interesting plants, so little 
studied, and the garden nomenclature of which is in great 
confusion. I find the cultivation of the species easy, if certain 
conditions, to be detailed hereafter, be properly attended to ; but 
I find also the determination of the species attended with much 
difficulty, chiefly from the want of good figures made from the 
living plant, to which the student can refer. To aid in a better 
