1878.] 
ANTHURIUM ORNATUM. 
1G5 
ANTHURICM ORNATUM. 
by whicli the ovate-cordate leaf-blade, which 
is from a foot to a foot and a half long, is 
attached. The leaves are leathery in texture, 
and of a deep green colour. The spathes are 
G to 8 in. long, oblong-ovate, cordate at the 
base, abruptly acuminate, and spreading from 
the top of the slender green cylindrical scapes, 
about as long as the petioles; they are of 
coriaceous texture, and pure white in colour, 
while the spadix, which is of about the same 
length and stands erect, is thickish, of a fine 
pink or purple colour, dotted with white discoid 
stigmas. 
It is a somewhat stately plant, and decidedly 
ornate in character. The spadices, moreover, 
emit a most delicious scent, as do those of 
A. Dechardii. In the specimen exhibited by 
Mr. Saunders in 1871, the spadices were 
