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THE FLOBIST ANP POMOLOGIST. 
[ Mat, 
Spathipiiyllum floribundum. 
qualities, cannot fail to recommend itself to 
all lovers of plants. The leaves are alternate, 
and somewhat lanceolate in shape, supported 
upon short winged petioles ; they are dark- 
green in colour, ornamented with a central 
rib of white. The flowers rise to about the 
same height as the leaves, the spadix being 
ornamented with a beautiful pure white 
spathe, which remains long in beauty, and 
affords a splendid contrast to the rich green of 
the foliage. It was introduced by Mr. C. Patin, 
from New Grenada. 
Under the name of Anthurium floribundum, 
a coloured figure of the plant (of which the 
above woodcut is a reduced copy) is given in 
the Illustration Ilorticole, t. 159. The plants 
grow about a foot in height. The petioles are 
sheathing from the base upwards through the 
greater part of their length, the upper free 
portion being also obscurely winged. The leaf - 
blades are oblong-elliptic, acuminate, unequal¬ 
sided, the base abruptly contracted into the 
short geniculus or joint at the top of the stalk. 
The peduncles are numerous, eight to ten inches 
long, each supporting a cylindrical spadix, two 
to three inches long, bearing small white flowers 
and spirally marked with black lines. The 
spathe is oblong-lanceolate, cuspidately-acumi- 
nate, of a clear ivory-white, and about two and 
a half inches long. The plant is one of con¬ 
siderable merit amongst the smaller ornamental 
subjects cultivated in our stoves, as the flower- 
scapes are freely produced, and the spathes are 
large enough to produce a very good effect in 
contrast with the dark green foliage. It is also 
easily cultivated, not requiring a high stove- 
temperature. It has also borne the name of 
Amomophyllum floribundum. —T. Mooee. 
