258 ME. X. E. BEOWN ON SOME NEW ABOIDEj:. 



Aeum italicum, Mill., Acad. Neap. 1851, vi. 1. 1 ; Kern. Sort. 

 t. 209; Begel, Gartenfl. xiii. p. 36, t. 426 ; Engl. Bot. 3rd ed. ix. 

 p. 15, 1. 1393 ; Ann. Sc. Nat. 3rd ser. xv. p. 37, t. 2 (abnormal 

 flower). 



A. ntjmidictjm, Schott, Gen. Aroid. t. 13. f. 2-4. 



A. oeientale, Mar. v. Bieb., Bchb. Fl. Germ. vii. p. 5, t. 9 ; Abh. 

 Leipz. vii. t. 7 {ex PriUel). 



A. macitlatum, L., Woodv. Med. Bot. iv. t. 249; Baxter, Brit. 

 Bot. iv. t. 261 ; Schrank, Fl. Monac. ii. t. 123 ; Sturm, Flora, xi. 

 t. 44 ; Nees, Plant. Med. i. t. 20 ; Dietr. Fl. Bor. iv. t. 223 ; Diet. 

 Sc. Nat.t. 3 ; Curt. Fl. Bond. ii. t. 35 (ex Pritzel), and large ed., 

 plates not numbered ; Yerhandl. Bheinl. v. t. 1 ; Ann. Nat. Mist. 

 1853, xii. p. 13, t. 3, f. 8 (ovary); Abh. Leipz. vii. t. 7 (ex Pritzel); 

 Engl. Bot. 3rd ed. ix. p. 13, 1. 1392 ; Burnett, PI. TJtil. ii. t. 50 a. 

 — A. vulgare, Lamk. Encycl. t. 740. 



A. CEETictni, Boiss., Baulin, Vile de Crete, p. 568, t. 17. 



Theeiophontjm, Blume. 

 T. zeylanicum, N. E. Br. 

 Lamina folii hastata, lobo antico quam postici duplo longiore, omnibus 

 anguste oblongo-linearibus subacutis, vel antico elongato-ovato-del- 

 toideo acuminata posticis deltoideo-ovatis subobtusis vel lanceolatis 

 acuminatis. Pedunculus petiolis multo brevior. Spatba 2|-3£ poll, 

 longa. Spadix 1|-2J poll, longus ; antberis rotundatis, breviter rostratis ; 

 organis neutris inferioribus li lin. longis, quam superiores quadruplo 

 longioribus. — Arum (Typbonium) divaricatum, Thwaites, En. PI. Zeyl. 

 p. 334. Ceylon (Thwaites, no. 3666!). 



Tuber subglobose, ^ in. in diameter, producing 2-3 leaves. Pe- 

 tioles 4-12 in. long, shortly vaginate at base. Lamina trilobate- 

 hastate ; lobes all narrow oblong-linear, subacute, about ^ in. broad, 

 or the front lobe elongate-deltoid-ovate-acuminate, and the nearly 

 horizontally spreading basal lobes ovate subobtuse or lanceolate- 

 acuminate, basal sinus broad and shallow ; front lobe 3-^-7 in. long, 

 -1—2^ in. broad above the basal lobes, which latter measure 3^—7^ 

 in. from point to point. Peduncle 1^-4 in. long. Spathe 2^-3^ 

 in. long. Spadix l|-2iin.long. ; ovaries few, ascending; anthers 

 short and roundish, shortly rostrate ; lower neuter organs subu- 

 late-filiform, 1^ line long, upper neuter organs ^— j line long, sub- 

 clavate. Appendix slender, cylindric. 



