ANTHURIUM COMTUM Schott . 
A. caiulice brevi assurgenti; foliorum petiolis brevibus, antice deplanato-siibcanaliculatis, geniculo 
plano subsemipollicari instructis, lamina 1 peclali et ultra, lanceolata, apicem versus sensim angustata, 
longe acuminata, basi obtusa vel subrotundata, costa crassnla, nervis secundariis 25 — 30 et ultra aperte paten- 
tibus, pseiidonervo a margine remoto; pedunciilo teretiusculo tenui, foliis breviore, tandem vage procuin- 
bente ; spatlia anguste lanceolata, pedunculum basi antice amplectente, rosea ; spadice myosuroideo, brunneo 
purpurascente, brevissime stipitato; baccis viridulis; seminibus llavis albide verruculosis. 
Anthurium (Er ythrop odium) comtum Schott in Bonplandia 1862. p. 87. Icon inedita in Museo Palat. Vindob. Engter 
Arac . L c . p. 82. 
C and ex brevis assurgens. Cataphylla mox stupose decomposita. Folia breviter petiolata elongata lanceolata 
excepto folio primario cordato acuto stirpis germinantis ; petioli 2 — 3 pollicares, 5 mm. crassi, firmuli, subsemiteretes, 
supra planiusculi, canaliculato vel sulcato excavati, acietato-marginati, geniculo paulo incrassato subsemipollicari, 
supra plano, flavo-virente instructi ; foliorum lamina l'A — 4'A dm. long-., medio 3 — 8 cm. lat., a medio basin versus 
leviter angustata, imo obtusa vel subrotundata, apicem versus sensim sensimque in acumen producta, utrinque excepta 
costa, plana, supra atroviridis, nervis costalibus et pseudonervo sulculis tenuissimis impressis, interveniis levissime 
plano convexulis instructa, subtus flavo-virens, nervis saturate viridibus immersis, margine subrevoluta; costa basi 
petioli fere crassitie, supra inferne convexa, in media lamina carinata, apice vix elevata, subtus inferne subcarinata, 
reliqua parte convexa; nervis secundariis 25 — -30 et ultra paten tibus vel aperte patentibus, tenuibus, rectiusculis 
venastris interjectis subaequicrassis , subparallelis, pseudonervo a margine 5 mm. remoto insertis. Pedunculus 
petiolis tenuior et brevior, primum erectiusculus, tandem vage procumbens. Spatha 8 — 9 cm. long., 5 — -7 cm. lat., 
lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, basi pedunculum antice amplectens, tenuis, subdiaphana, utrinque, extus minus, viridi 
rosea. Spadix circiter 1 dm. long., 3 — 4 mm. crassus, myosuroideus, ex brunneo purpurascens, brevissime stipitatus. 
Flores rhombeo compressi. Tepala vertice truncato plana, brunneo-purpurea, ad latera virescenti-flavescentia, praecipue 
apice purpurea et purpureo punctulata. Stamina filamentis brevibus latiusculis, hinc convexis, illinc planis, pallide 
tlavescentibus , antheris muticis albis , polline albido. Ovarium compressulum, obovoideum, inferne virens, vertice 
purpurascens, biloculare, loculis uniovulatis. Baccae filis quatuor appensae, sphaeroideae, diam. 4 mm., sordide flavo- 
virentes, albido punctulatae, dispermae. Semina indumento succulento induta, stropbiolata, testa flavida, albido ver- 
ruculosa. Embryo albumine inclusus, Vs totius albuminis longitudinis occupans, extremitate radiculari rotundata viridi, 
cotyledonari dilatata emarginata. 
Vorkommen: In der Provinz Rio de Janeiro . 
ANTHURIUM VIRGOSUM Schott. 
T a b u 1 a 8. 
A. caudiculis elongatis debilibus subsimplicibus, internodiis brevibus vaginis stupose decompositis 
superne vestitis; petiolis brevibus, canaliculato-sulcatis geuiculo longulo iustructis, foliorum lamina ovato- 
lanceolata , utrinque acuta, supra fere impimctata, subtus densiter punctata; pedunciilo petiolo longiore, 
eodem tenuiore; spatha liueari-lauceolata, cuspidata, virente, moxrellexa; spadice juliformi brevi paucifloro, 
spatlia paulo longiore; baccis spliaeroideis coloratis; seminibus oblongis llavis verruculosis. 
Anthurium (Tetra Spermium) virgosum Schott in Oest. hot. Zeitschrift 1859. p. 100. Schott Prodr. Aroid. p. 438. 
Anthurium sccmdens var . virgosum Engter Arac. I. c. p. 79. 
