Arisema, ] CLXVI. AROIDEEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 507 
3. A. filicaudatum, N. E. Br. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 253; 
leaflets 5-7 shortly petiolulate oblanceolate-cuspidately acuminate, tube 
of spathe short cylindric, limb about as long very broadly ovate abruptly 
caudate, tail very long and slender tip clubbed, spadix very slender, 
appendage slender exserted erect hardly thickened at the base tip 
davellate smooth. 
CEYLON, at Morowe Korle, alt. 3000 ft., Thwaites. 
Leaf solitary; petiole 1 ft. ; leaflets petiolulate, 6 by 2-2} in, very thin. 
Peduncle about equalling the petiole. Tube of spathe 1} in., limb short, incurved, 
tail filiform 6 in. Spadiw unisexual; male fl. scattered, subsessile.—Only one 
Specimen seen, 
X. A. fraternum, Schott in Bonpland. (1859), 26; Prodr. 45; 
leaflets 7-9 elliptic-lanceolate finely acuminate, tube of green spathe 
trlindric shorter than the broadly ovate erect cuspidately acuminate (not 
caudate) limb, appendage sessile stout subclavate top rounded. A. 
leschenaultii (in part), Engler Arac. 552. 
Kuasta HILLS; Churra, alt. 4000 ft. Griffith. 
Tuber depressed globose. Leaf solitary ; petiole 6-12 in., reddish barred with 
ler streaks ; leaflets 3-5 in., sessile, tips not filiferous. Peduncle shorter than 
petiole, Spathe 4-5 in., suberect, limb recurved at the base. Spadiz very 
stout, shortly exserted, of male sessile, green.—Griffith’s are the only specimens that 
ve seen, but there is a fine drawing in Herb. Calcutt. without a habitat. 
35, A. Wightii, Schott in Bonpland. (1859), 26; Prodr. 43; leaflets 
6-8 cuneately obovate cuspidately acuminate, tube of spathe as long as the 
ovate-lanceolate caudate acuminate limb margin below recurved, append- 
Z stipitate slender, narrowed from a conical base to the tip. A. 
"equemoptii (in part), Engler Arac. 555. 
Eens HILLS, Wight, King. . 
GET spherical. Petiole 8-12 in.; leaflets 4-5 by 1j-2 in., sessile or shortly 
Petiolulate, Spathe 4-6 in., apparently striped white and purple, limb rather broader 
the tube, gradually narrowed into a tail 3-2 in. long. Male spadiz 2 in. 
d A. ochraceum, Schott in Bonpland. (1859), 97; Prodr. 49; 
ous, tube of spathe cylindric rather swollen below as long as the 
oh mbiform erect shortly cuspidate limb, appendage stipitate stout 
me contracted in the middle tip rounded base swollen lobulate 
cate intruded. Engler Arac. 559. 
Sikxx ry HIMALAYA; summit of Tonglo, alt. 10,000 ft.— J.D. H. 
n" Tadiatisect. Peduncle stout and tube of spathe pale red streaked with 
` Spathe 54 in. long; limb yellowish with brown stripes, lower margin not 
em. spadix stout, appendage nearly as long as the limb of the spathe, 
3 Ovaries green with purple stigmas.— Founded on a drawing of mine of a 
*Spathe and spadix, and note as to the leaves being radiatisect. 
Moneecious or rarely dicecious. Neuters 0 or Sew. 
97, A, ie. 
Wii" Murrayi, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4388; leaflets 5-9 ovate- or 
iuf lanceolate acuminate, tube of spathe broadly cylindric base almost 
tandate) ; mb as long or longer broadly ovate cymbiform acute (not 
- Seet ‘neurved lower margins dilated round the mouth of the tube, 
A D Curved narrowed from the base to the tip included or exserted. 
2; pg "he Bomb. Fl.958; Schott Syn. 31; Prodr. 44; Engler Arac. 
pt Serres, t. 1322. Arum Murrayi, Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 229. 
