ornamental Arvid (Colocasia Jenningsii), which I found in 
the Khasia mountains. The specimen here figured flowered 
in Mr. Bull’s nursery in May, 1873. 
Drscr. Rootstock one to two inches high, and one and a 
half in diameter, clothed with brown sheaths. eaves few, 
six to ten inches long, terminal, oblong-ovate, acuminate, 
peltate, concave, with a shallow notch at the base, midrib 
strong, as are two nerves that proceed backwards from the 
insertion of the petiole; lateral nerves numerous, spreading ; 
upper surface dark green, under glaucous green, with dark 
brown blotches between the nerves; petiole one foot long 
terete, green. Peduncle, shorter and more slender than the 
petiole, terete. Spathe four inches long, broadly-ovate, 
acuminate, quite open, slightly concave, recurved after opening, 
yellow, with a suffused pale red-purple disk. Spadiv one 
and a half inches long, upper one-third free, subclavate, 
obtuse, clothed densely with hexagonal anthers; lower two- 
thirds dorsally adnate to the spathe, densely clothed with 
ovaries, and each surrounded by five to eight short clavate 
staminodes. Anthers shortly columnar, apex of connective 
flat dilated ; cells seven to eight, linear, parallel, surrounding 
the thick connective. Ovary hemispheric, 2-celled; stigma 
discoid, 5-angled ; cells several-ovuled, ovules attached to the 
axis.— J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Spadix and its attachment :—of the natural size; 2, anther; 3 
ovary and staminodes; 4, transverse section of ovary :—all magnified. 
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