Refiujium Botanicum.] 
[June, 1871. 
TAB. 270. 
Natural Order Aroide^. 
Genus Anthurium, Schott. 
A. COEIACEUM {Endl. Gen. p. 240). Subacaulescens, petiolis validis sub- 
teretibus 15 — 18 poll, longis, geniculis crassis subpollicaribus, foliis 
oblanceolato-oblongis 2|- — 3 ped. longis supra medium 6 — 8 poll, 
latis deorsum cuneatis basi leviter rotundatis coriaceis utrinque 
glauco-viridibus, venis primariis 35 — 40tenuibus erecto-patentibus in 
pseudoneurum continuum desinentibus, pedunculis viridibus petiolis 
sequautibus vel paullo longioribus, spathis lanceolatis viridibus pur- 
pureo marginatis 4i — 5 poll, longis, spadicibus crassis subsessilibus 
pallida brunneis 8 — 9 poll, longis. — Schott, Prodr. Aroid. p, 480. 
A. glaucescens, Kunth, Emm. iii. 73. 
A native of the southern provinces of Brazil. 
Subacaulescent. Petioles fifteen to eighteen inches long, very 
strong, half an inch thick, subterete, glaucous-green. Geniculum 
an inch long, three-fourths of an inch thick. Leaves ohlanceolate- 
oblong, two and a half to three feet long, six to eight inches broad 
above the middle, acute, cuneately narrowed to a slightly rounded 
base, very coriaceous, the surface undulated, both sides glaucous- 
green ; veins fine, immersed, the main ones thirty-five to forty, 
erecto-patent ; pseudo-nerve continuous, very fine, distant, three - 
eighths to half an inch from the edge. Peduncle equalling or 
slightly exceeding the petioles, green, terete, three -eighths of an 
inch thick. Spathe lanceolate, erecto-patent, green bordered with 
purple, four to five inches long, sixteen to eighteen lines broad. 
Spadix subsessile, pale sandy brown, eight to nine inches long, 
eight to nine lines thick. 
Tab. 270. — 1, pair of flowers viewed from above ; 2, single flower 
viewed from the side ; 3, ovary with stamens : all magnified. — J. G. B. 
This fine effective species, with long very thick rigid leaves, 
I originally obtained from Mens. L. Van Houtte, of Ghent. The 
plant is stemless and easy of cultivation, producing slowly its 
large leaves, which last for a long period in good condition. — 
W. W. S. 
