154 CXXXV. AROIDER. [ Zyphoniun. 
uell. F ^ 
6180 ; Arum orixense, R. Br. Prod. 336, but not of Ro 
Queensland. Burnett River; F. Mueller ; Rockhampton and neighbourhood, 
Thozet, Bowman ; Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. : E 
. S. W - Port Jackson, R. Brown; Hastings River, Beckler; ? 
England, €. Stuart. 
Var. eliosurum, F. Muell. Leaf-lobes 
narrow, terminal appendage of the spadix 
2 to 3 in i 
long.—Manly Beach, Wilhelmi. 
- T. angustilobum, F. Muell. Fragm. x. 66.— Leaf-lobes 3, nat 
row-linear, 5 to 7 in. long and 1 to 12 lines broad. All the other chi 
racters given apply entirely to the Z, Brownii var. eliosurum. 
Queensland. Gilbert River, Armitage. A single specimen, of which I have bet? 
unable to examine the spike. 
2. BRACHYSPATHA, Schott. 
Spatha broadly convolute at the base, the lamina open, shorter os 
the spadix. owers unisexual, the females at the base of the spadit, 
the m i 
celled, sessile in pairs (or 4 l-celled), the cells opening in termino 
pores. Ovary sessile or nearly so, 2-celled, with 1 erect ovule in "rg 
oe peltate-capitate, on a very short style. Berry usually 
S Seed albuminous.—Herbs with a broad depressed tuberous 
rhizome. Lea 1, with 2 0 
ves rad 
sheathing scales at their base. de 
The genus as limited by Schott comprises very few species from Ceylon and 
Archi , of which the Australian species is one. 
l. B. variabilis, Schott, Syn. Aroid. 35.—Leaf-petiole often abo 
1 ft. long, the common rhachis divided into 3 branches, each bran 
ual seg 
ments, mostly acuminate, some oblong-elliptieal and 3 to 4 in. = 
others ovate and 1 in. or shorter, all membranous, penniveine 
ther numerous fine veins, tapering at the base and shortly petiol 
