Tas. 4222. 
ARIOPSIS pELTATA. 
Peltate Ariopsis. 
Nat. Ord. ArnorpE#.—Monecra PoLyANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. ARIOPSIS, J. Grak. Spadix inferne spathe marcescentis cymbi- 
formi carinat adhzrens, inferne foemineus, superne masculus. Masc. Authere in 
cavitatibus partis superioris clavate spadicis immerse, annulatim dispositz, 
globose apice uniporose, in singula cavitate 6.—Fam. Ovaria subsex, distiche 
disposita oblique ovata, angulata, stigmatibus 3-5 erectis, sessilibus. Bacca 
subsicca, epulposa, ovata, 3—5-angulata, unilocularis, placentis 3-5 longitudina- 
libus angulis alternantibus, polyspermis. Semina numerosa, in singula placenta 
biseriatim inserta, oblongo-cylindracea, basi incrassata, minutissime striata. Hm- 
bryo fusiformi-cylindraceus.—Herba parva, acaulis, Indica. Rhizoma glomerato- 
tuberiforme, subtus fibrosum. Folia glaucescentia cordata, concava, longe petiolata 
peltata, glabra. Scapi petiolo breviores, e basi vaginante petiol orti, Spatha nutans, 
cymbiformis, carinata, acuta. Spadix parte inferiore foemineus spathe omnino ad- 
herens, reliqua clavata, substipitata, foraminosa. Antheree omnino immerse. 
Artopsis peltata. J. Graham in Cat. Pl. Bomb. Addend. p. 252. 
Ramusatia * vivipara. Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. 0. 3. t. 900 (not ¢. 798, and not 
of Schott.). 
An extremely curious new genus of drordee, discovered by 
our friend J. S. Law, Esq., in the neighbourhood of his residence, 
‘Tanna, district of Bombay, and of which tubers were kindly sent 
by him to the Royal Gardens, where they flowered in August, 
1845. It is one of the best marked and smallest of any genus 
of the Natural Order, and reminds one more of the growth of a 
Cyclamen than of an Aroideous plant. 
Descr. From under the side of and all round a cluster of 
brown tuber-like root-stocks, half buried in the earth, spring the 
* 'The figure of Dr. Wright above quoted leaves not a shadow of doubt in my 
mind of the correctness of this synonyme, but that zealous and ane oe 
considers this plant to be identical with a very remarkable aroideous plant which 
we have long cultivated in our stove, the Arum (Ramusatia, Schott) cwvipariin — 
of Roxburgh, in short, that it is the normal state of that plant ; whereas, in his 
own representation of the two plants, the leaves are quite different, espe ae Bons 
Herin : nor does Schott’s description of the genus Ramusatia at all accord with 
our t. 
APRIL Ist, 1846. 2n2 
