Refugiim Botanicum .] 
[June, 1871. 
TAB. 276. 
Natural Order Aroide^. 
Genus Anthurium, Schott. 
A. RADICALS {C. Koch in Schott Prodr. Avoid, p. 556). Caudice elon- 
gate decumbente, petiolis purpureis teretibus 1^ — 2 poll, longis, 
geuiculis longis, foliis hoiizontalibus cordato-ovatis G — 7 poll, longis 
acutis subcoriaceis supra buUatis saturate viridibus subtus pallidis, 
venis primariis 3—4 valde ascendentibus, pseudoneuris subnullis, 
pedunculis petiolis sequilongis, spatliis crassis patentibus rubellis 
cordato-oblongis 18 — 21 lin, longis, spadicibus stipitatis crassis 
rubello-viridibus spathis sequilongis, ovariis in stylos distinctos 
angustatis. 
A native of Tropical America ? 
Caudex elongated, decumbent. Petioles ascending, purplish, 
terete, an inch and a half to two inches long. Geniculum slender, 
nearly an inch long. Leaves horizontal, cordate-ovate, six to 
seven inches long, two and a half to three inches broad, acute, 
subcoriaceous, bullate between the principal veins, dark green 
above, much paler below ; main veins three to four, very much 
ascending, the uppermost starting from the midrib at the middle 
and reaching the point of the leaf; pseudo-nerve none. Peduncles 
pale reddish, about as long as the petioles. Spatlie fleshy, ovate, 
concave, patent, eighteen to twenty-one lines long, pale reddish. 
Spadix distinctly stalked, as long as the spathe, half an inch 
thick, reddish green. Ovary flask-shaped, narrowed into a dis- 
tinct stjde. 
An exceedingly well-marked species, differing in the shape of 
the ovary from any other with v/hich we are acquainted. 
Tab. 276. — 1, flower viewed from above; 2, flower viewed laterally; 
3, ovary and stamens; 4, ovary alone; 5, horizontal section of berry; 
6, vertical section of ovary: all magnified. — J. G. B. 
Another species with the stem procumbent or pendent, 
according to position of the plant. The leaves, which are pro- 
duced close to each other, are ovate-cordate, wrinkled above, and 
very peculiar in appearance for an Antliur'mm, of which genus 
radicans is a very remarkable species. The plant was sent to me 
from Ghent by Mons. L. Van Houtte,— IF. W. S. 
