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Xanthosoma—continued. Xanthosoma—continued. Ec 
portion constricted; female shorter, dense - flowered, blade digitately-palmate, divisions entire, unequal, strongly 
e S nerved, the median lobe lft. to lift. long, of a dull $ 
attenuated above; peduncles one or several, rarely elon Brazil, 1882. Plant caulescent. See Mig 235. eR. H. 1882, p. 260.) 
gated. Leaves sagittate, hastate, or pedatisect, on long X. belophyllum (arrow-leaved). /l., spathe Sin. long, the tube 
greenish - white within, the 
lamina paleyellow, acuminate; 
ECH whitish, much shorter 
_ than the spathe. l. large, 
opaque and slightly pruinose 
above, cinereous or often pale 
nish beneath, 1}ft. to 2ft. 
ong, cordate-hastate ; middle 
lobe shortly apiculate : basal 
ones semi - ovate, slightly 
acute. Stem short and thick. 
Venezuela and G 
X. helleborifolium (Helle- 
bore-leaved). /l., spathe Ain, 
to 44in. long, the tube green, 
ovoid, nearly gero the 
TIS TAS 
-lanceo! sho - 
date Bo ae. ee ; 
uncles or slightly 
Stegen the petioles. l on 
spotted and aoa oi dark 
pedatisect, 
a 4 A dh i 
cumi a , grad 
Ame k G eae 
Venezuela, &c., 1793. SYNS. 
Acontias helleborifolius, Arum 
helleborifolium. 
X. Jacquini (Jacquin’s). 
spathe tube ‘greon ont, 
gi od cti in, 2fin. , 
the lamina pale 
yellow outside, whitish within, 
about 4in.long;spadix whitish, 
sessile, about equalling the 
spathe ; peduncles about 4in. 
Fic. 233, XANTHOSOMA BARILLETI. long, nearly iim. thick. “ om 
: _long petioles, roadly cordate- 
RE rer; petioles. The best-known species are here | SÉ Hun Zei e ane s — on Lag st - 
escribed. They thrive in any rich, light, well-drained | shortly apiculate; bata’ one se, 
i P ; id ` Stem thick, about 2ft. high. Venezuela, 
soil. Propagation is effected by cutting up the stem or | Pa m middle one. Stem, te , 
rootstock into small portions, and planting these in light ` Lindeni (Linden’s).* I hastate-oblong, 1ft. long, glabrous 
soil, or in cocoa fibre, in bottom heat. After a stem has ern the midrib, deep green, the midrib and numerous well- 
been cut off, a large num- 
ber of shoots are developed, 
which strike readily when 
submitted to the same 
rites as that recom- 
men or root - cuttings. 
Some of the species ‘a 
a. for sub-tropical 
: ey should have a 
stena place in a well- 
tained bed, principally 
made up of leaf mould, and 
an abundance of water. 
X. auriculatum (eared). ji 
ort greenish outside, white 
thin, 8in. long, the tube 
is oid-oblong, the lamina ob- 
ong late, acuminate; 
Spadix as long as the spathe. 
B amigo cordate-has- 
middle lobe oblong, 
e, euspidate ; basal 
recurved, spreading, 
petioles reddish, or 
rufous-striolated or 
Yarierated. Brazil IB69. (R. G. 
