. 
Tas. 5267. 
ARISHIMA PR/ECOX. 
Larly-flowering Arisema. 
Nat. Ord. ARoIDEH.—Mona@cia MoNANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4388.) 
ARISEMA precoz ; foliis binis trifoliolatis, foliolis ovatis sessilibus longe subu- 
lato-cuspidatis, spatha extus brunneo- et albo-striata galeato-fornicata, fauce 
anguste dilatata, galea cucullata in lobum late ovatum verticaliter descen- 
dentem cuspidulo subulato reassurgente auctum producta, spadice inclusa, 
appendice subcylindrica stipitata. 
ARisaMa preecox. De Vriese. C. Koch, Berl. Gart. Zeit. 18517, p. 85. Schott, 
Prod. Syst. Aroid. p. 32. 
This pretty plant was sent to the Royal Gardens by Professor 
Miquel of Utrecht. It is a native of J apan, in the Gotto Archi- 
pelago, and is perhaps only a variety of S. ringens, Schott (A. 
Sieboldii, De Vriese), under which name indeed we received it. 
It is aiso nearly allied to the North American <Arisema atro- 
rubens, Bl. (Arum triphyllum, Linn.), figured at Tab. 950 of 
this Magazine. It appears to be easily cultivated, and flowers 
readily in spring, if then removed from a cool pit to the stove. 
Descr. foot rather tuberous, with thick, fleshy fibres. Leaves — s 
two, springing from the root; petiole terete, with membranous 
stipules. Leaflets three, ovato-oblong, acuminate, and produced 
into a filiform point. Nerves numerous, arcuate. Peduncle 
short. Spathe erect, and cylindrical below; then arching sud- 
denly over, and again contracting into a rather small orifice, 
with broad, membranous, reflexed margins; cylindrical portion 
and hood above streaked with green and white bands; the ori- 
fice and lips deep purple; apex acuminate and shortly caudate. 
Spadiz erect ; antheriferous portion short, with pedicelled, four- 
SEPTEMBER lst, 1861. * 
