Pleemoium.] CLXVI. AROIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 519 
im 303. Amorphophallus margaritiferus, Kunth Enum. iii. 34. Arum 
Se, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 512; Wight Ic. t. 795. Caladium 
retum, Herb. Ham.— Wali. Cat. 8937 A. 
BINDOSTAN ; Hoaburgh. BExNGAL, at Dacca, Clarke, 
er 6 in, diam. or less, bulbilliferous all-over. Leaves 1} ft. diam., 3-sect ; 
mg veer) lateral forked; leaflets few, 4-6 ìn. linear, acuminate ; 
a ft., green. Peduncle 12-18 in., stout, pale green streaked with 
loosely conval Spathe 5—6 in. by 4 broad, erect, broadly ovate, obtuse, concave, 
3 lc at te below the middle, pale yellow-green, flushed with pink within, 
ht mad e base, Spadiz very stout, stipitate, obtuse, as long as the spathe ; 
"y i ort uch the longest ; neuters as large as peas, white. Anthers crowded, 
style; sti mE confluent. Ovaries scattered, globose, narrowed into a short 
founded P a large, 2-3-lobed.—P. dubium, Schott (Prodr. 125; Engler Arac. l. c.) 
ished by its auibus perfect spathe and spadix from Pegu (McLelland) is distin- 
margins all round. r by the neuters being (in a dried state) turbinate with acute 
13. ARIOPSIS, Nimmo. 
qe fa tuberous herb. Leaves entire, peltate. Spathe small, cymbiform, 
wale fl. ov]; ) persistent. Spadix shorter than the spathe, appendage 0; 
d th ric; fem. adnate to the base of the spathe. Male fl. em- 
elei, it e tissue of the spadix; anthers connate in groups of 3, each 
Lea" s rounding a pore into which all open. Ovaries few, oblong, 
) pariet eee sessile, 4-6-fid; ovules many, orthotropous, 2-seriate on 
8 ai placentas. Berries 3-6-angled, many-seeded, stigmas stellate. 
Pendulous, albuminous ; embryo axile. 
Plants A Zi bas hitherto been ascribed to Graham, in whose “ Catalogue of the 
e pombay and its vicinity" it first appeared, and where the letter N. 
“Nobis, It name was assumed by Schott and all subsequent authors to mean 
tanist, really means ve N immo," Graham's coadjutor in the work, an excellent 
l. 
D Gen’ Peltata, Nimmo in Grah. Oat. Bomb. Pl. 252; Schott Syn. 
thera M Prodr. 135; Bot. Mag. t. 4222; Engler Arac. 528. A. 
Wi te . E. Br. in Rep. R. Gard. Kew, 1877, 57. Remusatia vivi- 
Aoi y Ic. t. 900 (not of Schott). Caladium ? ovatum, Herb. Ham.— 
a all. Cat, 8956, 8957. 
in the pe’ SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, from Nepal to Sikkim, alt. 4-6000 ft. BURMA ; 
Beyne, Eege Hills, Kurz. WESTERN GHATS; from the Concan to Travancore, 
Tub 
lor ei clustered. Leaves 1-6 in. diam., orbicular or cordate, tip 
lti Yer ale membranous, glaucous beneath ; petiole 2-7 in., slender. Peduncle 
1 er, Slender, Spathe 1 in., incurved, apiculate, violet with a green dorsal 
Yellow within. Spadix decurved; male Ant. dark purple; fem. green, stigma 
Petimeng tik rofanthera, owes its origin to the fact, that whereas all the Himalayan 
tad Preceded ] |n Kew Herbarium from various collections showed that flowering 
thoweg that win bya considerable interval; all those from the Western Ghats 
Dla t recent} Ose processes had been contemporaneous, Specimens of the Himalayan 
tharacter, J received from the Calcutta Herbarium, have invalidated the above 
14. STEUDNERA, C. Koch. 
Herh . 
thortly co ander stout. Leaves ovate, long-petioled, peltate. Spathe 
Rareescent Ze at the base, limb ovate-lanceolate, expanded, reflexed, 
` Spadix very short, dense-fld.; male infl. clavate or capitate ; 
