498 CLXVI, AROIDEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Arisema. 
Root tuberous. Petiole and peduncle 4-10 in., slender, green, obgeurely mottled 
with red. Leaflets membranous, 3-6 in., lateral unequal at the base, me nthe 3-3 
or cuneate at the base, margins sometimes obscurely erose (when 21 tube of the 
in. long.—Very near A. laminatum, Blume of Java, which has a w vied round the 
spathe, and the green limb is contracted at the base, and is not carri 
mouth of the tube. 
3. A. album, N. E. Br. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 247; leaf m 
leaflets petiolulate lateral dimidiate-ovate median elliptic base eund 
acute, tube of white spathe about as long as the ovate-lanceola e SCH te 
limb, appendage filiform shorter than the spathe bearing towa 
scattered subulate neuters. Arisæma, Wall. Cat. n. 8924. 
Kuasta Hits, alt. 4000 ft., de Silva, Clarke. , , 
Tuber depressed. Petiole 10-12 in. ; lateral leaflets about 8 Wi kee) 
unequal, tips filiform, median rhombic-ovate ; petiolules 1-1 in. : e volute. Spadit 
long as the petiole. Spathe 3-4 in., tip filiform, margins below not re 
: towards 
(female) with scattered neuters on the base of the appendage, besides those 
its tip. 
. iolulate 
4. A. petiolulatum, Hook. f.; leaf solitary, leaflets all aen 
ovate or ovate-oblong abruptly cuspidately caudate, m e, appen 
equalling the lanceolate acuminate limb contracted at the base, 
slender cylindric erect obtuse naked. POBE, d 
88 ed Hrs, alt. 4-5000 ft., J.D.H. y T.T., Clarke. MUNNI , 
00 ft., Watt, nder ; 
Rootstock elongate, rooting all over. Petiole and shorter pedun ce "T base, 
leaflets subequal, 6-10 by 24-3% in., lateral cuneate or unequal-sid urplish : 
median with an acute base. Spathe with a funnel-shaped tube and p 
5 in. long, twice as long as the slender male spadix. 
. inate, 
5. A. Wattii, Hook. f.; leaves 2, leaflets subsessile fine nim than 
lateral dimidiate-ovate median elliptic-oblong, tube of spat 1 ng-stipi 
the orbicular-ovate caudate-acuminate limb, appendage long 
stout cylindric naked top rounded. 
MUNNIPORE ; at Mao, alt. 4000 ft., Watt. . half very narrow 
Petiole 8-10 in., leaflets 5-8 in., lateral 2-34 in. broad, inner than the petiole. 
and evanescent below; nerves many, strong. Peduncle shorter. the tube am 
Spathe 5-6 in, long, limb 2 in. broad, margins below surrounding 
recurved. Appendage 2} in., 4 in. diam., stipes } in. j- 
. g 80 
6. A. anomalum, Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. . (1887) 205 5 wech d 
tary, leaflets petiolulate ovate acuminate tips filiform, limb o ter than the 
ovate acuminate strongly incurved broader and rather 8 pr in Gard 
tube, appendage slender narrowed upwards naked. N. E. br. 
Chron. (1890) i. 321; Bot. Mag. t. 7211. 
500 ft. 
Straits OF Maracca, Larut Islds., Curtis, PERAK, alt. 2500-3 
Scortechini, King’s Collector. 
Rootstock deformed, lobed ; lobes bearing solitary leaves or pedun the petiole, 
Petiole slender, green, leaflets 4-6 by 1$ in. Pedunele shorter Tab d s 
purplish-green. Spathe 2 in. long, tube striped purplish-brown; li 
purple, striped with white, lower margin forming a broad recurve 
the mouth of the tube.  Spadiz male or bisexual; male fl. often mixe rawing d'r 
neuters. Stigma penicillate.— There is in the Calcutta Herbarium E imb ihe 
closely allied plant from Penang, with a dull purplish tube and gree 
spathe, and no neuters amongst the male fi. 
