252 mb. n. e. brown on some new aboidejb. 



Additional Icones. 

 A. filifobme, Blume, Schott, Gen. Ar. t. 6. figs. 1-10, 28. 

 A. Dbacontitjm, Schott, Torrey, Fl. New York, ii. p. 240, 1. 123. 

 — Arum Dracontium, L., Schkuhr, Handb. iii. p. 216, t. 277. 

 A. japonicum, J3L, So-Mokou~Zoussefs, 2nd. ed. xix. t. 12. 

 A. SEttRATUM, Schott, So-Mokou-Zoussets, 2nd ed. xix. t. 13. 

 A. Thunbergii, Schott, So-Mokou-Zoussets,2nd. ed.xix. 1. 14-15. 



Sect. iii. Folia radiatisecta. 



Abis^ma. puxchbum, N. E. JBr. (Plate VI.) 



Segmenta folii solitarii circiter 10, radiata, obverse lanceolata, apice re- 

 pentino cuspidata, longe cuueata, margine integerrimo revoluto. Spa- 

 thse tubus 3 poll, longus, albo et viridi vel purpurasceute vittatus, 

 parte superiore hiante, faucis marginibus valde revolutis ; limbus 5 poll, 

 longus, vividis albo vittatus, e basi late ovata iu caudam longam pro- 

 eurvara pendulam sensim acuminatus. Spadix androgynus (in specim. 

 unico),spatha: tubum paulo superans, supra parte feminea cylindrica (in 

 specim. viso), organis neutris subulatis patentibus et synandriis obsitus; 

 appendice viridi, cylindrica, obtusa, basi paulo incrassata. Ex India 

 allatum in hort. W. Bull cultum. 



Leaf solitary, petiole stout, terete, smooth, pale green, suffused 

 with pale reddish brown, and marked with spots of a lighter 

 faintly pinkish colour, shaded with darker. Leaflets about 10, 

 subsessile, radiate, dark green above, pale, somewhat glaucous 

 green beneath, obovate-lanceolate, apex abruptly cuspidate, cu- 

 neate from about 5 below apex in a nearly straight line to the very- 

 acute base, margins revolute, entire ; leaflets decreasing in size 

 from the posterior one, Avhich is 6 in. long and 2£ in. broad, to 

 the anterior ones, which are about 4£ in. long and 1£ in. broad. 

 Primary lateral veins numerous, nearly straight, ascending, and 

 as well as the midrib impressed above, prominent beneath ; pseudo- 

 nerve 1 J-2 lines distant from the margin. Peduncle stout, terete, 

 smooth, pale green, suffused with reddish brown, darker upwards. 

 Spathe-tube 3 in. long, smooth inside, light green, tinged with 

 purplish at base, with numerous parallel white stripes, basal half 

 convolute, upper half gaping, margins of the mouth of the tube 

 strongly revolute ; limb 5 in. long, basal half light, somewhat 

 yellowish green with white stripes (continued up from the tube), 

 broadly ovate-acuminate, overarching the tube and prolonged 

 into a long pendent caudiform apex, green, tinged with brownish, 



