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beneath ; lateral leaflets 7-11 in. long, 4-5 in. broad, very ob- 

 lique, the part on inner side of midrib semilanceolate or semi- 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute at base, the part on outer side semicor- 

 date and twice as broad as the inner part ; middle leaflet rather 

 shorter than the lateral ones, 3|-5f in. broad, elliptic ; all ab- 

 ruptly cuspidate at apex. Peduncle 3-6 in. long, terete, striate, 

 pale green, without markings. Spathe-tube 2-2| in. long, out- 

 side green with white lines, tinted with purplish at base, inside 

 purple with white lines, not plaited ; limb galeate, arched over 

 the tube, with a pendent, elliptic-oblong, longitudinally folded, 

 mucronate, terminal lobe, which hangs to about halfway down the 

 tube ; galea light green with white lines, the pendent lobe entirely 

 light green. Spadix unisexual, much longer than the spathe ; 

 staminiferous part of the male spadix pale purple, 6-8 lines long ; 

 synandria scattered (in very lax spirals), stipitate, with 3-5 an- 

 thers, with a circumciss dehiscence ; pollen white. Appendix 

 white, smooth, shortly stipitate, gradually attenuate from the thick 

 truncate base into a long pendulous thread-like apex, Female 

 unknown. 



A very distinct species, resembling A. speciosum in its leaf and 

 spadix ; but the spathe is entirely different, more resembling that 

 of A. ringens and A. prcecox than any other described species. 



Abis^ma. album, N. E. Br. 



Segmenta folii solitarii petiolulata, subsequilonga. Pedunculus petiolo 

 longior. Spatha alba, limbo ovato-lanceolato subulato-acuminato, tubo 

 subsequilongo, Spadix spatha brevior, androgynus, inilorescentia ex 

 ovariis et synandriis irregulariter mixtis usque medium tubi attingente ; 

 appendice tenui, apice decurva, tota organis neutris subulatis obsessa. 

 India, Khasia ad Mausmai 4000 ped. {Clarke, no. 7257 !). 



Leaf solitary, the three leaflets all petiolulate, lateral ones ob- 

 liquely oblong-elliptic, 8 in. long, 4| in. broad, somewhat cuspi- 

 date-acuminate, ending in a short thread-like point, base of outer 

 moiety broadly rounded-obtuse, of inner moiety cuneate-acute 

 petiolules 7 lines long ; middle leaflet 8| in. long, 4^ in. broad 

 rhomboid elliptic, apex acuminate, ending in a short thread-like 

 point, base broadly cuneate acute, petiolule 1 in. long ; primary 

 lateral veins 13-15 on each side of the midrib, nearly straight, 

 ascending, making with the midrib an angle of about 40°, united 

 in a collective vein 2-3 lines from the margin. Peduncle longer 

 than the petiole. Spathe white ; tube 1^-2 in. long, smooth 



