Refugium Botanicmn.] 
[June, 1871. 
TAB. 279. 
Natural Order Aroide^. 
Genus Anthurium, Schott. 
A. coRDiFOLiuM {KuntJi, Enum. iii. 76). Caudice brevi, petiolis bipedalibus 
vel ultra longis subviridibus facie sulcatis, geniculis elongatis, foliis 
cordato-ovatis 16 — 20 poll, longis 10 — 12 poll, latis lobis basalibus 
brevibus sinu aperte deltoideo, valde coriaceis, supra nitide saturate 
viridibus, veuis primariis pedatis, circiter 10 — 12 costalibus ascen- 
dentibus, 2 ex margine basali egredientibus, pseudoneuris brevibus 
irregularibus, pedunculis viridibus petiolis subaequilongis, spatbis 
viridibus 7 — 8 poll, longis demum reflexis, spadicibus brunneo- 
viridibus vix stipitatis spatbis paulo excedentibus. — Schott, Prodr. 
Aroicl. p. 515 ; Griseh. Fl. Brit. West. hid. p. 509. 
A native of the West Indies. 
Caudex none or very short. Petioles two feet or more long, 
green slightly mottled with gray, channelled down the face, 
rounded on the back. Geniculum nine to twelve lines long, 
sulcate down the face. Leaves cordate -ovate, sixteen to twenty 
inches long, ten to twelve inches broad ; the basal lobes very 
short, with a broad deltoid sinus between them ; texture very 
coriaceous ; upper surface bright dark green, lower paler ; inain 
veins arranged pedately, ten to twelve ascending from the midrib, 
and not more than two springing from the basal border ; pseudo- 
nerves continuous only along the end of the three or four upper 
veins. Peduncles green, about as long as the petioles. Spathe 
green, seven to eight inches long, acuminate, finally deflexed. 
Spadix brownish green, scarcely stipitate, a little longer than the 
spathe. 
Tab. 279. — 1, pair of flowers viewed from above ; 2, single flower 
viewed from the side ; 3, ovary with stamens : all magnified. — J. G. B. 
This is a handsome species, which I obtained from Jamaica. 
Its leaves are thick, dark green and rigid. The spadix is long 
and green, upon an erect peduncle. — W. W. S. 
