Hefugium Botanicuni.] 
[June, 1871. 
TAB. 272. 
Natural Order Aroide^. 
Genus Anthueium, Schott. 
A. Olfersianum (Kunth, Enum. iii. 72). Caudice assurgente valde 
elongate, petiolis 9—12 poll, longis facie planis, geniculis elongatis 
facie leviter canaliculatis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis 12 — 16 poll, longis 
medio 5 — 6 poll, latis acutis basi rotundatis coriaceis supra obscure 
viridibus subtus pallidioribus nitidioribus, venis primariis 15 — 20 
gracilibus in pseudoueurum subcontinuum desinentibus, pedunculis 
gracilibus viridibus petiolis paulo excedentibus, spathis anguste 
lanceolatis viridibus 3 — 4 poll, longis demura reflexis, spadicibus 
subsessilibus saturate purpureis spathis paulo excedentibus. — 
Schott, Prodr. Avoid, p. 488. 
A native of the neighbourliood of Rio Janeiro. 
Caudex assurgent, much elongated, reaching four to six feet in 
our specimens. Petioles nine to twelve inches long, one-fourth of 
an inch thick, flat on the face with a cartilaginous border, 
rounded on the back. Geniculum an inch long, slightly chan- 
nelled down the face. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, twelve to sixteen 
inches long, five to six inches broad at the middle, acute, rounded 
at the base, coriaceous, dull green above, paler and brighter 
below ; midrib almost triquetrous ; main veins fine, fifteen to 
twent}^, forming an acute angle of sixty to seventy degrees with 
the midrib ; ijseudo-nerve distinct, distant three to four lines 
from the margin, continuous unless at the very base. Peduncles 
terete, green, a little exceeding the petioles. Simtlie linear- 
lanceolate, green, three to four inches long, ultimately reflexed. 
Spadix subsessile, bright purple, slender, slightly exceeding the 
spathe. 
Tab. 272. — 1, three flowers viewed from above ; 2, ovary with stamens : 
both magnified. — J. G. B. 
A very free-flowering tall-growing species, with a bright purple 
spadix produced on long peduncles, which at first are erect, then 
pendent. The stem is thin and erect, furnished with roots at 
intervals. I received it from Mons. L. Van Houtte, of Ghent. — 
w. w, s. 
