Tas. 6446. 
ARISAMA NEPENTHOIDES. 
Native of the Eastern Himalaya. 
Nat. Ord. Aroinr#.— Tribe ArisarEx, 
Genus Arisama, Mart. ; (Schott Prodr. Syst. Aroid. p. 24). 
AniszMa nepenthoides ; foliis 2-nis radiatisectis petiolis pedunculogue transverse 
variegatis, foliolis 5 late v. anguste elliptico-lanceolatis lateralibus interdum 
basi ineequalateris extus dilatatis, omnibus basi sessili longe angustata apice 
tenuiter caudato-acuminato, marginibus planis v. undulatis, spathe elongate 
tubo cylindraceo, fauce aperta, limbi erecti lamina ovato-lanceolata 
acuminata supra medium incurva tubo equilonga, basi utrinque in auriculam 
amplam rotundatam recurvam vittatam nitidam dilatata, spadice erecto 
exserto, appendice stipitata ¢ylindracea obtusa, basin et apicem versus 
incrassata, vertice rotundata. 
As nepenthoides, Mart. in Flora, 1831, p. 458; Schott Prodr. Syst. Aroid. 48. 
Arum nepenthoides, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. p. 26, t.18; Cat. Herb. Ind. Or. n. 
8919. : 
Already several species of Himalayan <Arisema have been 
figured in this work; and the list of those in cultivation at 
Kew and elsewhere is by no means thereby exhausted, for 
thanks to the exertions of Mr. Gammie, and Elwes especially, 
at least six unfigured species have lately been introduced 
into, and flowered in England. Of these the subject of the 
present plate is by no means the finest, for I shall soon have 
the opportunity of figuring the two gigantic species, 4. utile 
and 4. Hookerianum, which have both flowered with Mr. 
Elwes at Preston. Ariscema nepenthoides is remarkable for the 
broad ear-like strongly-coloured appendages at the base of the 
lamina of the spathe, which curve backwards and downwards 
and are very variable in length and breadth. I am indebted 
to Mr. Elwes for the specimen figured, which flowered in his 
garden in March of the present year. It is abundant in 
Nepal and Sikkim, at 9-11,000 feet elevation. 
Drscr. Leaves two to each plant, one to two feet high; 
petiole rather slender, pale green, transversely barred, dull 
red-purple ; leaflets five, radiating horizontally from the top 
AuGUsT Isr, 1879. 
