508 CLXVI. AROIDEE, (J, D. Hooker.) [Arisema. 
The Concan; in the Ghats, Gibson, Sc. . . . 
Zuber large. ` Leaf solitary, ec the flowering ; petiole 10-14 35 and 
subequal pc duncle greenish mottled with red-brown ; leaflets 4-6 in, Spathe vi 
tube green. striated, $-1 in. diam.; limb rather broader, margins not recurva , 
except round the mouth of the tube. Spadix narrowed from the base upward ; 
appendage 1—1j in., sessile; male fl, scattered, with a few neuters above them. 
38. A. caudatum, Engler Monog. Arac. 559; leaflets 7 cuneately 
elliptic acuminate with long capillary tips, tube of spathe nto a 
cylindric, limb incurved ovate-lanceolate rather abruptly narrowe hott 
very long subulate tail, margins below recurved, appendage rather 8 
not thickened below included. 
The Concan, Stocks (Ic. in Herb. Kew). duncle irro- 
Tuber depressed globose. Leaf solitary; petiole stout, and pedunc f the 
rately barred and streaked ; leaflets petiolulate, 5 by 2 in. exclusive, a exe 
thread-like tips which are 1-3 in. long. Peduncle very short. Spathe than the 
clusive of the 3 in. caudate tip. Spadiz androgynous; appendage shorter 
flowering portion, tip rounded,— Described from a drawing by Stocks ; I bave seen 
no specimen, 
UNRECOGNIZED SPECIES. 
AP? PENTAPHYLLUM, Schott Meletem. i. 17; Syn. 28; P rodr. $9; Kents 
Enum, iii. 20; Blume Rumph. i. 109; Engler Arac. 560. Arum pentapny t? 
Linn. Sp. Pl. 964.— Ind. Or. ; China. e Schott 
A? HEPTAPHYLLUM, Blume Rumphia i. 109; Kunth Enum. m. 20. 
Syn. 31; Prodr. 59; Engler Arac. 560.—Ind. Or. 
5. SAUROMA' TUM, Schott. 
Tuberous herbs, leafing after flowering. Leaf solitary, pedatipar tt 
Spathe shortly peduncled, tube cylindric short, margins connate ` male 
limb very long, reflexed, narrow, open. Spadix sessile, very long à avate 
and fem. infi. widely distant, short, dense fid., with a few large © long 
scattered neuters close above the fem.; appendage slender, Le lled; 
as the spathe. Anthers subsessile, 4-celled. Ovaries oblong, SÉ 
stigma sessile ; ovules 1-2, basal, erect. Berries obpyramidal, Ise 
Species tropical Asiatic and African. 
` inn. 
71. S. sessiliflorum, Kunth Le: Schott l c.; N. E. Br. in Journ. H 
Soc. xviii. 256. S simlense, Schott in Gistr. Bot. Zeitschr. (1899) tatum, 
Prodr. 72; N. E. Br. l. c. ; in Gard. Chron. (1880), ii. 134, 198. S. uno? 
C. Koch in Berlin Wochenschr. i. 963; N. E. Br. in Gard. Chrony, 
l. 
Enum. Suppl. 54; Link. et Otto Ic. 19, t. 8. A. sessiliflorum, Bont: iy. 
Ind. ii. 507; Wight Ic. t. 800. A. venosum, Lindl. Bot. Reg. v 
A. clavatum, Desf. Cat. Hort. Par. 385. 
to 
The PANJAB, UPPER GANGETIO PLAIN, and the HIMALAYA, from Nepal 
Simla, ascending to 5000 ft.? The Concan, Herb. Stocks. ts or lobes 
Tuber large. Petiole stout, 12-18 in.; leaf 6-12 in. broad, segmen ied or tbe 
7-15, very variable, 2-15 by 1-3 in., lobes of young leaves sometimes roun Peduncl® 
lateral dimidiate-ovate or cordate, when numerous oblong or lanceolate. bgloLose ; 
1-2 in., very stout, green or spotted, Spathe 12-28 in., tube ovoid or SUPE 
