Refugiiim Botanicum.] 
[June, 1871. 
TAB. 267. 
Natural Order Aroide^. 
Genus Anthurium, Schott. 
A. Urvilleanum {Schott, Prodr. Avoid, p. 459). Breviter caulescens, 
petiolis 8 — 9 poll, longis facie planis dorso teretibus, geniculis 
modice elongatis, foliis lanceolatis acutis basi cuneatis 18 — 20 poll, 
longis 3 J — 4 poll, latis subcoriaceis supra saturate viridibus subtus 
pallidioribus, venis primariis 12 — 15 erecto-patentibus in pseudo- 
neuro deorsum cum margine confluente desinentibus, pedunculis 
viridibus petiolis subduplo excedentibus, spathis lanceolatis viri- 
dibus erecto-patentibus 2i — 3 poll, longis, spadicibus breviter pedi- 
cellatis rubello-viridibus 4 poll, longis. 
A native of Brazil. 
Caudex assurgent, reaching half a foot long in our specimen. 
Petiole eight to nine inches long, flat on the face with a carti- 
laginous edge, rounded on the back, one-fourth of an inch thick. 
Geniculum three-eighths to half an inch long. Leaf lanceolate, 
eighteen to twenty inches long, three and a half to four inches 
broad two-thirds of the way up, acute, narrowed gradually from 
the middle to a cuneate base, rather less coriaceous in texture 
than in its allies here included, dark green above, paler beneath ; 
main veins twelve to fifteen, erecto -patent, slightly arcuate ; 
pseudo-nerve three to four lines distant from the edge in the 
upper part, continuous except at the very base of the leaf. 
Peduncle greenish, terete, about twice the length of the petiole. 
Spathe narrow-lanceolate, erecto-patent, greenish, two and a half 
to three inches long. Spadix shortly stipitate, slender, four 
inches long, greenish when young, tinged with purple when 
mature. 
Tab. 267. — 1, pair of flowers, unopened, viewed from above ; 2, vertical 
section of a flower ; 3, ovary : all magnified. — J. G. B. 
This is an unattractive species, producing but few leaves upon 
a short stem well covered with roots. I have grown it for many 
years, and I believe I first obtained it from one of the Belgium 
nurseries. — W. W. S. 
