CXLI. ARACEiE. 821 



subcaudately acumiuate, distant or crowded or almost radiately arranged. 

 Peduncle 2-4 ft. long. Spathe 4-6 in. long, green outside ; tube about 

 as long as the linib, subcylindric, gaping, gradually dilating into the 

 limb, pale purplish inside; limb ovate or ovate-oblong acuminate, 

 broadly cymbiform, incurved. Spadix 1- or 2-sexual ; male flowers 

 stalked ; appendage very long, much exserted, tapering, like a rat's 

 tail, quite smooth, usually erect at first, then porrect, and again erect. 

 Ovaries ovoid, attenuated into a short style. Berry 4-5-seeded. 

 PL B. I. V. 6, p. 502 ; Engler, in DC. Monog.Phan. v. 2 (1879) p. 545; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 427 ; Prain, Beng. PI. 

 p. 1106; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 312. Ariscema curvatum, 

 Dal z. & Gibs. Bo. FL (1861) p. 258 (not o£ Kunth); Hook, in Bot. 

 Mag. (1871) t. 5931. 



Konkan: Stocks]; Western Ghuts, Woodrow. — Distrib. India (Manipur, Sikkim- 

 Himalaya, Bengal, W. Peninsula). 



2. Arisaema Leschenaultii, Blume, RumpJda, v. 1 (1835) p. 93. 

 Monoecious or dioecious ; tubers 2 in. in diam., globose ; roots from the 

 upper side of the tuber. Leaf solitary ; petiole stout, 2 ft. long, usually 

 mottled and banded with I'ed and brown ; leaflets 5-11, whorled, 4-6 

 by ] g-2| in., sessile, lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, dark green above, 

 paler beneath, base tapering; midrib stout. Peduncle short. Spathe 

 4-12 in. long, dark green, striped externally with purple ; tube as long 

 as the limb, eylindric, narrow, ribbed, erect, gradually dilated into the 

 limb ; limb slightly decurved, ovate-lanceolate, cymbiform, terminating 

 in a straight obtusely acuminate tip of variable length. Spadix shorter 

 than the spathe, about 3 in. long, gradually passing into a very narrowly 

 clavate pale-green smooth appendage with a rounded, sometimes verru- 

 culose tip. Anthers 3-4-nate, sessile, with a few subulate neuters 

 above them. Ovaries many, minute, densely crowded. Fl. B. I. v. 6, 

 p. 504; Engler, in DC. Monog. Phau. v. 2 (1879) p. 552; Trim. Fl. 

 Ceyl. V. 4, p. 352 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 427 ; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 311. Arum erubescens, Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bo. FL (1861) p. 258 {not of Schott). 



Konkan : Western Ghats, Woodroto. S. M. Country : between Edmghat and 

 BelgauLu in the rains, Balzell ^ Gibson. — Distrib. India (Nipal, Khasia Hills, 

 W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



3. Arissema Murrayi, Hool\ in Bot. Mag. (J 848) t. 4388. Tubers 

 of the size of small potatoes with root-fibres from the upper side. 

 Leaf solitary, coming up after the flowers, peltate, divided to the base 

 into 5-10 ovate-lanceolate acuminate segments 3-6 by 1-2 in. ; petiole 

 reaching 12 in. long. Peduncle 6-10 in. long, slender, reddish, I'ound, 

 smooth, coming up before the leaves. Spathe striate, 3-5 in. long, 

 green at the base, forming a wide tube for more thau ^ its length ; 

 limb ovate, convex, acute, somewhat cucullate, pure white with a purple 

 base. Spadix narrowed from the base upwards ; appendfige curved, 

 narrowed from the base to the tip, included or exserted. Male flowers 

 scattered, with a few neuters above them. Ovaries numerous, crowded, 

 bright red when ripe, variously compressed. Heads in fruit conical. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 6, p. 507 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 258; Engler, in DC. Monog. 

 Phan. V, 2 (1879) p. 552 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) 



