mh. n. e. bb0wn on some new aboide-2b. 257 



Additional Icones. 



Saueomatijm venosum, Schott. — S. guttatuni, Letn. Jard. 

 Fleur. i. t. 12. 



Abuji, L. 

 A. Gkiffithii, ScJiott, Si/nop. p. 15 ; Prod. p. 99. 

 Petiolus 44-18 poll, longus. Lamina folii hastata vel hastato-oblonga, 

 lobo antico oblongo-acuto, 3-6 poll, longo, H~2% poll, lato, lobis pos- 

 ticis oblongis vel elongato-oblongis, obtusis, 1-3 poll, longis. Pedun- 

 culus peticlo longior vel subsequilongus. Spatha 3|-4 poll, longa, tubo 

 subcylindrico, limbo anguste lanccolato-acuminatus. Spadix spatha bre- 

 vior, subsessilis ; ovariis globosis ; organis neutris filiformibus tortuosis, 

 iaferioribus 4-5-cyelis, superiovibus 2-3-cycbs; appendice cylindrica ob- 

 tusa, basi in stipitem angustata. — Engkr in DC. Monog. Phanerog. ii. 

 p. SDG. — Arum sp., Griffith's Itinerary Notes, p. 350. Affghanistan 

 (Otipore Bharowul, Griffith, no. 6001 ! ; Kuram Valley, Aitchison, 

 no. 125!). 



Tuber subglobose or oblong, producing 2-3 leaves ; petioles 4|- 

 18 in. long, vaginate from ^to ^ their length ; lamina hastate or 

 hastate-sagittate, 3-6 in. long, front lobe oblong acute, basal 

 lobes oblong or narrow oblong, obtuse, half as long as the front 

 lobe. Feduncle as long or longer than the petioles. Spathe 3^- 

 4 in. long; tube subcylindric before fertilization of the ovaries, 

 afterwards ventricose, green ; limb narrow lanceolate acuminate, 

 longer than the tube, outside green suifused with purple, inside 

 purple. Spadix shorter than the spathe, almost sessile, flori- 

 ferous part included in the spathe-tube ; ovaries subglobose, 

 greenish ; anthers dark purple ; neuter organs filiform from a 

 swollen base, curled, purple, the lower series 4-5 -cyclic, upper 

 series 2-3-cyclic; appendix stipitate, l£ in. long, cylindric, 

 obtuse, narrowed at base into the stipes, dark purple. Ripe 

 berries bright red, 2— 4-seeded ; seeds globose, slightly scrobicu- 

 late, pale brown, £ in. in diameter. The appendix, anthers, and 

 ruptured spathe persist during the ripening of the fruit. 



According to a note of Dr. Aitchison's, this species is " profuse 

 under buBhes from the foot of Pewar Kotal to Alikhel." Its affi- 

 nity is with A. hygrophilum, Boiss. 



Additional Icones. 



A. STEiACtJJf, £1, ScTiott, Gen. Avoid, t. 13. figs. 1, 5-15, 

 17-39, 



A. nigbvm, Schott, Gen. Aroid. t, 13. f. 16. 



