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longer than the petiole. Spathe-tube l|-2§ in. long, smooth 

 inside, margins of the mouth not revolute. Limb shorter than 

 the tube, and curved over its mouth, shortly oblong, rather ab- 

 ruptly cuspidate, ending in a short arista-like point. Spadix 

 unisexual, slender, a little shorter than the spathe, exserted, apex 

 more or less curved forwards and covered (in both sexes) with 

 short, stiff, subulate processes (neuter organs ?) ; on the female 

 spadix above the ovaries are also some similar ascending processes 

 or neuter organs, which are absent in the male. 



This species has been confounded by Mr. Bentham,in the 'Flora 

 Hongkongensis,' p. 342, with the Javanese A. laminatum, Blume ; 

 and although it has some slight resemblance to that plant, it is 

 easily distinguished by its very different spathe and spadix. Ac- 

 cording to a note upon one of Col. TJrquhart's specimens (female), 

 the spathe has a green tube and a white limb, and the spadix ends 

 in " short stiff dark-brown hairs." 



Aeis^ema laminatfm, Blume, var. inclusum, JST. IE. Br. 

 Spathse lamina basi absque fascia atro-purpurea transversa. Spadix cum 



spathae tubo scquilongus, non exsertus. Java {Lobb !). 



It is probable that this may prove to be a distinct species, and 

 if so may bear the name of A. inclusum ; but the material at Kew 

 is not sufficient to decide upon, as there is but one specimen, 

 collected by Lobb in Java, consisting of two inflorescences, one 

 of each sex, and two leaves ; unfortunately the larger of the two 

 leaves is detached, and may not belong to the inflorescence. This 

 leaf is much larger, the leaflets different in form, and the veins 

 very much less spreading than in A. laminatum ; but the leaf 

 attached to the male inflorescence does not seem to differ from 

 that of A. laminatum. The spathe is like that of A. laminatum, 

 but longer, measuring in the male specimen 4| in., and in the 

 female 6 in. in extreme length. The limb appears to be concolo- 

 rous and pale, there being not the slightest trace of a dark fascia 

 at its base, such as A. laminatum has, and which is very distinct 

 in all the dried specimens I have seen, although suffused upwards. 

 Lastly, the spadix in both sexes only just reaches to the top of 

 the tube of the spathe, whilst in A. laminatum it projects A in. 

 beyond and curves forward. 



Additional Icones. 

 A. speciosum, Mart. — Arum speciosum, Wall. Tent. Nepal, 

 p. 29, t. 20, 



