Tap. 6457. / 
ARIS ASMA GaLeaToM. 
N ative of the Sikkim Himalaya. 
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Nat. Ord. AnoipEm.—Tribe ARISAREZ. 
Genus Arisarum, Mart.; (Schott, Prodr. Syst. Aroid. p. 24.) 
Arts=ma (Trisecta) galeatum ; dioicum, folio solitario 3-foliolato, foliolis breviter 
petiolulatis decurvis ovatis acuminatis basi acutis v. rotundatis marginibus 
crenulatis rubris reticulatim nervosis, nervis supra impressissubtus prominentibus 
rubris, petiolo tereti cylindraceo viridi, pedunculo petiolo multo brevivre viridi, 
spatha 4-pollicari, tubo subelongato cylindraceo leviter curvo 1 poll. diam. 
viridi ad 10-costato costis pallidis, vertice decurvo galeato levi in laminam 
brevem pendulam ovato-oblongam marginibus recurvis abrupte desinente, 
spadicis masculi parte florifero brevi rubro, antheris sparsis, appendice a basi 
truncato elongato-conico in filum longissimum sensim desinente. 
A. galeatum, VV. Brown in Gard. Chron., 1879, p. 102. 
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This is not the least remarkable species of that curious 
_ genus, to the numerous unfigured species of which now in 
cultivation I have called attention under Tab. 6146; 
though it falls far short, in stature, colour, and singularity 
of spathe, of the A. wtile and Hookerianum, which have yet 
to be figured. In many respects it resembles 4. nepenthoides, 
but differs remarkably in the long cylindrical tube of the 
spathe, in wanting the large auricles at its mouth, and in 
the curious boss or hood that crowns the tube. Like so 
many of its congeners, it is a native of Sikkim, from 
whence tubers were sent to Kew by our indefatigable 
correspondent, Mr. Garmmie, through Dr. King, of the 
Caleutta Botanic Gardens. It flowered in Kew in May of 
the present year, as it also did in the gardens of the Royal 
Horticultural Society, Chiswick, from which plant the 
drawing here published was made. = 
Desor. Leaf solitary; petiole two feet high, cylindric, 
smooth, green, unspotted ; leaflets three, decurved, shortly 
stoutly petiolulate, ovate, acuminate, ten inches long, the 
OCTOBER lst, 1879. 
