101 
cylindrical, shortly acuminated, convolute, with margins 
singularly waved, and crenate, and red, ventricose and trun- 
cate at the base, contracted just above the base; its colour 
pale yellow-green, striated. Spadix about half the length of 
the spatha, cylindrical, dark-purple, and naked above, the very 
base surrounded with germens: the middle part antheriferous : 
above and below the anthers are filamentose glands. Anthers 
sessile, 2-celled, sharp-pointed, opening laterally. Germen 
subglobose, below trigonous, 1-celled, with 3 ovules, of which 
only 1 becomes a perfect seed. Stigma us orbicular, 
wavy round the edge. 
Found in shady places, or in wet sandy soil, fiowénad iud 
ripening its fruit during the rainy and wet seasons of the year. 
[In his MSS., Dr. Wight justly alludes to the similarity of 
this plant to the Arum divaricatum, L. (Rheede, Mal. v. 11. 
p. 20,) but that has a remarkably attenuated spadix, exceed- 
ing the spatha in length. The A. mucronatum, Lam., too, 
agrees with it in many points, judging from the character 
given of it by Sprengel; but that species is, according to the 
references in Rumphius, (v. 5. p. 106,) caulescent, 8 or 10 
feet high, and esculent. I think there can scarcely be doubt 
of this being an hitherto undescribed plant.—Z.] 
SuppL. Taz. III. Fig. 1, Spadix, with the lower part of the 
spatha laid open. Fig. 2, Stamen. Fig. 3, Section of an 
unripe berry pres No peti 
V r 
MICROCARPÆA SPATHULATÁ. 
DrawpRra Mowoovwra. Nat. Ord. Sacre s. 
Gen. Cuar. Cail. tubulosus, 5-gonus, 5-fidus (nunc 3-fidus.) 
Cor. bilabiata. Stam. 2, antherifera, sterilia nulla. Caps. 
bivalvis dissepimento contrario. Br. 
Microcarpeea spathulata ; repens, foliis lineari-spathulatis 
longitudine scapi. H. (SuPPr. Tas. IV.) 
Peplidium capense. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v.1. p. 43. Wight, MSS. 
Limosella diandra. Linn. Mant. p. 952. Willd. Sp. Pl. 
p. 342. 
