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Spadix a little longer than the tube, and androgynous (always ?), 

 female part cylindric, about 8]lines long ; ovaries crowded, green, 

 globose, with a short style, about 5-ovuled ; the part between 

 the ovaries and base of appendix sparsely covered with scattered, 

 subulate, spreadiug, neuter organs and a few synandria ; synan- 

 dria with 3-5 purple anthers ; appendix 2 in. long, bright green, 

 stout, cylindric, obtuse, slightly thickened at base. 



The only specimen I have seen of this is a plant cultivated by 

 Mr. W. Bull, introduced from some part of India. The spadix 

 of this is androgynous ; but I suspect that properly it should have 

 been female, and that the synandria are abnormally developed, 

 especially as on the dorsal side of the spadix at its base, mixed 

 with the ovaries, are also a few (about 8) synandria, as shown in 

 PI. VI. fig. 3 at a. On the left side of the spadix, at I, is shown, 

 among the neuter organs, three which show a transition from the 

 ovaries to the subulate neuter organs : two o£ these are magnified 

 in figs. 8 and 9, the three bodies protruding from the middle of 

 fig. 8 represent ovules, probably abortive ; the organ represented 

 by fig. 9 has merely a triangular cavity at apex. 



This species comes near to A. Cumingii, Sch., but may easily 

 be distinguished by the following characters : — leaflets distinctly 

 cuspidate, and without the long arista-like point terminating those 

 of A. Cumingii ; the subulate apical part of the limb of the spathe 

 is not half as long and not so slender as in A. Cumingii, and the 

 female part of the spadix only half as long. 



AELSiEMiL FILICAUDATUM, N. E. Br. 



Folii solitarii segmenta 6, radiata, breviter petiolulata, late lanceolata vel 

 oblongo-laneeolata, apice acuminata, basi cuneata. Pedunculus petiolo 

 subaequilongus. Spathse tubus 1^ poll, longus, limbus basi vix 1 poll, 

 longus, latissime ovatus, in filumGpoll. longum apice clavato repentino 

 excurrens. Spadix (masculus tantum notus) tenuis, unisexualis, 1| poll, 

 longus, masculi inflorescentia \ poll, longa; appendice basi non incras- 

 sata, supra medium leviter attenuata, apice elavata levi. Ceylon, Mo- 

 rowekorle 3000 ped., July 1868 (Thwaites, no. 3980!). 



Leaf solitary, petiole 1 foot long ; leaflets 6, radiate, shortly 

 petiolulate, the larger 7 in. long, 2| in. broad, the smallest 5 in. 

 long, 1J in. broad, broadly lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, ending in a fine point, base cuneate, acute ; texture of the 

 dried leaves extremely thin and delicate. Peduncle as long as 

 petiole. Tube of spathe about 1 \ in. long, smooth inside ; basal 



