TAs. 5275. 
GONATANTHUS sarMEnTosvus. 
Sarmentose Gonatanthus. 
Nat. Ord. ARompE®.—Mone@cia POLYANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Spathe tubus brevissimus, persistens, apice contractus, et lamine 
pars subsequens ventricosa quoque apice constricta, geniculatim cum reliqua la- 
mina elongato-lanceolata hiante confluentes. Spadix exappendiculatus, brevis, 
ad spathe geniculum tantum productus, inferne in tubo proprio spathe ovariis 
obsitus, superne in laminge ima ventricosa dense synantheris tectus, parte media 
subnudus vel synandrodiis depressissimus ornatus. Ovaria astyla, placenta fun- 
difixa pluriovulata, ovulis in funiculo longulo decurvo erectis. Stigma depresse 
hemisphericum. Synandria longe stipitata, loculis vertice aperientibus. Bacce 
tubo spathe a basi discedente et lateraliter aperiente primum obvallatz, lutez, 
diu sistentes. Semina orthotropa, longe funiculata, conico-ovoidea, epidermide 
succulenta crassa lutea obducta, esta ferruginea, verruculosa. Schott. 
GONATANTHUS sarmentosus. 
GonaTANTHUS sarmentosus. Link, Kl. e¢ Otto, Ic. Plant. Rar. Berl. p. 33. t. 14. 
Schott, Prodr. Syst. Aroid. p. 142. 
CALADIUM sarmentosum. Fisch. MS. 
This pretty Aroideous plant was separated from the genus 
Caladium, to which Dr. Fischer had referred it, by Dr. Klotzsch, 
under the name of Gonatanthus, derived from the geniculated 
character of the tube of the spatha; and adopted by Schott in 
his valuable works on Aroidee. As yet, however, the present 
species alone is certainly known to belong to it; and this is a 
native of the Khasia and Himalaya Mountains, having been de- 
tected there by Baron Hugel, and Drs. Hooker and Thomson. 
Two dubious species, imperfectly noticed by Schott, are @.? or- 
natus, Schott, also from Khasia (Hooker fil. and Thomson), and 
G. Grifithii, Schott (Arum, Sp. Griff. Notule,v. 3. p. 144, Icones, 
v. 3. t. 164), gathered in Burmah by Griffith. Our plants, re- 
ceived from the Berlin Garden, flowered in the stove in May. 
Descr. Nostem. Root, or tuberous rhizome, sparsely fibrous, 
OCTOBER IsT, 1861. 
