spadix is much shorter than the spathe and the appendix is 
shorter than the flower-bearing part. Evergreen in habit, 
A. Micholitziana is easily grown, and thrives well in a 
shady position ina hot moist stove. It requires an open 
compost, rich in humus, with abundant moisture at the 
root during the season of growth. <A partial rest should 
be given during the winter months, the plant being kept 
somewhat drier at the root, and only sufficient water being 
supplied to enable it to retain its leaves. Propagation is 
readily effected by dividing the stem into sections, potting 
these up and plunging the pots in a moist case in brisk 
bottom heat until new growths are obtained. 
Descriprion.—Jerb ; stock perennial, caulescent, erect, 
about 14 ft. in height, 1-14 in. thick. Leaves sagittate or 
slightly peltate-sagittate, sinuately lobed, above strikingly 
dark green with paler midrib and main-nerves, beneath 
pale green, the anterior lobe 4-10 in. long, 24-54 in. wide, 
elongate deltoid, acute, the basal lobes 4—6 in. long, 
13-21 in. wide, deltoid, blunt, free or slightly united at 
the base; sinus triangular; petiole 8-14 in. long, sheath- 
ing at the base or at times half way up, dull green with 
irregular bands of brown markings. Peduncles 4-6 in. 
long, green irregularly banded with brownish-purple mark- 
ings. Spathe erect, its tube 1-1} in. long, subglobose or 
elliptic, green ; lamina 33-4 in. long, 1-1} in. wide, cymbi- 
form, acute, pale green externally, pale yellowish- or 
whitish-green within. Spadix about as long as the spathe, 
the appendages pale yellowish, much longer than the fertile 
portion. Ovary globose; style very short; stigma sub- 
capitate. , 
Fig. 1, spadix; 2, male flowers, seen from above; 3, a single male flower, seen 
from the side; 4, ovary; 5, the same in vertical cection, showing the ovules ; 
6, an ovule :—all enlarged. 
