506 CLXVI. AROIDEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Arisema, 
16; Schott Syn. Aroid. 31; Syst. 43; Engl. Arac. 555. A. cornutum, 
Schott in Bonpland. (1859), 27; Prodr. 48; Engler l. c. 557. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Kashmiri alt. 7-8000 to Bhotan, alt. 10-12,000 
` der ; 
Tuber subglobose. Leaves solitary or 2; petiole 3-3 ft., stout or slender; 
leaflets 2-6 by 12h in., almost caudate-acuminate but not filiferous. geg ks 
in., striped with white, margins narrowly recurved below, tip often render 
3-3 in. long. Appendage stipitate, sometimes with a truncate base, at ot a S this 
from an ellipsoid base.— Very variable in size. In a specimen apparently ndage 
species from Sikkim and another from Kumaon (Duthie, 6063) the Sppe The 
is 4 in. quite as long as the limb of the spathe (without its long o? A 
spathe is incurved above the middle and terminates in a very long erect horn. 
30. A. exile, Schott in Bonpland. (1859), 26; Prodr. 42; Je? 
5-11 narrowly oblanceolate finely acuminate, spathe very narrows dage 
elongate, limb as long lanceolate narrowed into a long thread, "H, or 
stipitate very slender filiform as long as the tube of the spathe. Jm 
Arac. 554.—Arisema, Wall. Cat. 8918. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich. . . Jeaflets 
Tuber small. Leaves solitary or 2; petiole 8-26 in., very slender ; b hardly 
3-6 in., minutely erose.  Peduncle longer than the petiole. Spathe 4 in., d margins 
broader than the tube, pale green striped with white, slightly incurvea, Se? 
hardly recurved below, filiform tip 1-3 in. Spadiæ very slender; app 
stipitate, base ovoid. 
31. A. erubescens, Schott Meletem.i. 17; Syn. 30; P rodr, 95i 
leaflets 9-12 narrowly oblanceolate acuminate glaucous beneath, | Aure 
pink spathe cylindric, limb oblong or ovate-oblong or -lanceolate ege 
narrowed into a long filiform tail, margins below recurved, app 
stout erect subcylindric from an elongate ovoid base, tip rounded. oratum, 
Rumph. i. 93; Kunth E am. ii. 16; Engler Arac. 507. A. Mur ii 
Schott in Bonpland. (1859), 28. Arum erubescens, Wall. Pl. As. 44” 
30, t. 135.—A riszeema, Wall. Cat. 8917. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; Nepal, Wallich ; Sikkim 6-8000 ft., IDB. o ano 
Tuber subglobose. Leaf solitary ; petiole 12-18 in., and peduncle pale ` fliferous. 
streaked with red in bars; leaflets 5-7 in., margins undulate, tips no be longe? 
Spathe about 4 in., excluding the filiform tail, white striped with rose ; Ke ond the 
than the incurved rather broader limb. Appendage hardly exserted bey 
tube pale.—Differs from A. exile chiefly in the stout short appendage. 
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32. A. echinatum, Schott Meletem. i. 17; Prodr. 49; leaflets T^ 
narrowly lanceolate caudate-acuminate, tube of green spathe infan us tail 
limb ovate-lanceolate incurved tapering into a very long pendulo ose of 
margins below revolate, appendage short cylindric top truncate e 999i 
echinulate. Blume Rumph. 1. 94; Kunth Enum. iii. 16; Engler Ara 136.— 
Wall. Cat. 8916. Arum echinatum, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 30, t siat. t 
Pythonium, sp. Griff. Itin. Notes 176; Notul. ii. 156 ; Ic. Pl. 
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TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 9—11,000 ft—J-D. 
Bhotan, Griffith. all green 
Tuber small, globose. Leaf solitary ; petiole 10-18 in., and peduncle . d with 
or streaked with red-brown, leaflets 6-12 in. Spathe 6-10 in., greenish, we padis 
white and brown, or purple within, tail longer than the limb and tape ed with 
hardly exserted ; appendage stipitate, contracted in the middle, white strea 
purple, base rather swollen rounded, tip green. 
