Montrichardia
(named after Gabriel Montrichard, of Trinidad). ORD. Aroideae (Araceae). A genus comprising three or four species of stove aquatic or marsh plants, natives of tropical America. Spathe thick, broad, ovate, acute, erect, convolute at base; spadix shorter than the spathe, sessile, acute, erect, thick, obtuse; inflorescence very dense, cylindrical. Leaves coriaceous, sagittate. Stems trunk-like. M. linifera, the only species yet introduced, thrives in a rich loamy soil, submerged, and in a moist atmosphere. Propagated by seeds, or by divisions of the rootstock.
M. linifera (thread-bearing). fl. greenish-yellow. l. stalked, sagittate-cordate; lobes rather acute. h. 3ft. to 12ft. Bahia, 1860.