Refugium Botanicum.] [June, 1871. 
TAB. 266. 
Natural Order Aroide^. 
Genus Anthurium, Schoit 
A. Harrisii, Endl. Gen. p. J^40. Caulescens, petiolis strictis pedem 
attingentibus facie leviter sulcatis, geniculis perbrevibus valde » 
incrassatis, foliis lanceolatis acutis basi distincte rotundatis 16 — 24 
poll, longis supra medium 3 — 4 poll, latis coriaceis supra viridibus, 
subtus pallidioribus, penninervis veniis permultis tenuibus arcuato- 
patentibus in pseudoneuro cum margine prope basin confluente 
anastomosantibus, pedunculis brunneo-rubellis foliis pauUo ex- 
cedentibus, spathis reflexis lanceolatis cuspidatis 2^ — 3 poll, longis, 
spadicibus rubellis spathis sesqui longioribus. — Schott, Froclr. ^. 
455. Pothos Harrisii, Graham in Edin. Phil. Journ. Ajoril, 1826 ; 
Hook. Exot. Flora, t. 211 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1301. 
A native of Brazil. 
Caudex assurgent, half a foot long in the specimen drawn. 
Petioles eight to twelve inches long, erect, one-fourth of an inch 
thick, rounded on the back, slightly sulcate down the face. 
Geniculum three to four lines long, very tumid. Leaves lanceo- 
late, sixteen to twenty-four inches long, three to four inches 
broad two -thirds of the way up, narrowed rather suddenly to an 
acute point, gradually from the middle to a distinctly rounded 
base, coriaceous, the upper surface bright green, lower paler, 
the edge standing forward, especially at the lower part of the 
leaf from the midrib, which is rounded on the back in the young 
leaves, but becomes acute as they grow older; vei^is fine, very 
numerous, spreading from the midrib at an angle of seventy to 
eighty degrees, slightly arcuate ; pseudo-nerve very distinct, 
parallel with the edge at a distance of two to three lines from it, 
running into it near the base. Peduncle terete, slightly ex- 
ceeding the petiole, reddish brown. Spathe reflexed, lanceolate, 
cuspidate, two and a half to three inches long, reddish green. 
Spadix subsessile, cylindrical, bright red, half as long again as 
the spathe. 
Tab. 266. — 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 had this plant under cultivation for a great many years, 
and I am not certain now of the source from which it was 
obtained. It makes a short stem, producing abundance of roots, 
is easy of cultivation, and its bright red spadix catches the eye in 
a pleasing manner when the plant is in flower. — W, W. S. 
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