Tas. 7940. 
SAUROMATUM brevires. 
Native of the Sikkim Himalaya. 
Nat. Ord. ARnoIDEZ.—Tribe ARINER. 
Genus Savromatum, Schott; (Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 966.) 
Saurnomatum brevipes; acaule, tubere parvo oblato tuberculis perplurimis 
coronato, foliis 1-3 longe petiolatis pedatim 5-9-partitis segmentis 4-6 
poll. longis anguste lanceolatis caudato-acuminatis supra lete viridibus 
subtus pallidis costa utrinque rubra, petiolo 4-15 poll. longo erecto 
tereti roseo, spathis confertis breviter pedunculatis, pedunculo curvo 
hypogzo, spathe tubo 13 poll. longo ampulleformi basi inflato fere polli- 
cem viametro dein in collum breve cylindraceum apice fissum in laminam 
desinense constricto extus pallide flavo-virescente maculis pallide roseis 
ornato fauce basique limbi intas rubro-purpurea, limbo 4-5 poll. longo 
basi ad $ poll. lato arcuato anguste lineari-lanceolato acuminato convoluto 
torto extus pallide sordide roseo v. griseo, spadice sessili spathe equilonga 
gracili parte florifera 1-1} pollicariin ventre spathe inclusa in appendicem 
gracilem exsertam ascendentem cylindraceam apice obtusam infra 
medium roseam dein aurantiacam desinense, ovariis minimis in 
columnam oblongam viridem ad 3 poll, longam densissime confertis 
ovoideis 1-locularibus 2-ovulatis stigmate minuto sessili, ovulis 2 basi- 
laribus erectis, organis neutris paucis clavatis, antheris minutis 
2-locularibus in columnam cylindraceam confertis infimis minimis 
deformatis papilleeformibus, loculis globosis. 
S. brevipes, VE. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1903, vol. ii. p. 93. 
Typhonium pedatum, Schott in Gisterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 1857, p. 262, partim. 
T. brevipes, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. vi. p. 511. 
_ The genus Sauromatum consists of about five species of 
K. Indian and tropical African plants closely allied to 
Arum. Of these one has been previously figured in this — 
work, 8. guttatum, Schott, tab. 4465, a N.W. Indian 
Species, conspicuous for its large spathe spotted with dark 
purple. 8S. brevipes was first found by myself near Dar- 
jeeling, in the Sikkim Himalaya, in 1848, but in fruit only. 
It has since been collected in flower by Mr. C. B. Clarke, 
F.R.S., and Mr. G. A. Gammie, now Professor of Botany 
at Poona, in the same neighbourhood, at elevations of 
7,000 to 7,500 feet. Owing to the difficulty of ascertaining 
the true nature of the spathe in dried specimens it was 
referred to the genus T'yphonium (see tabs. 339, 2324, Arum, 
and 6180), with which it agrees in all other points, except 
Fesrvary Ist, 1904, 
