516 
Plants of the Punjab. 
Henrss, UNBRANOHED, WITH ALTERNATE HXSTIPULATE COMPOUND LEAVES, 
Ariszema tortuosum, 
Kiriki kukr. 
ARACE or 
AROIDER. 
F. B. I. vi. 500. 
Himalaya, 
east of the Sutlej, 
6-8,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett), 
Ariszema flavum, 
ARACE Or: 
AROIDER. 
F. B. I. vi. 503. 
Himalaya, 
5-9,000 ft. 
Simla, Mashobra 
(Collett). 
Kashmir. 
Ariszema 
Jaequemontii, 
ARACE or 
AROIDER. 
FABLE vis b00; 
Himalaya, 
7-8,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Murree (Douie), 
Kashmir. 
PETALS NONE. 
rootstock tuberous, spheroidal up to 5 in. diam., 
leaves 2-3, pedately compound that is palmate with the 
lateral leaflets on a common stalk, leaflets 9 up to~15, 
unequal, most of them stalked, ovate-lanceolate, long- 
pointed, spathe tube narrow, mouth contracted, limb 
green, broad, ending on a long-pointed tip, spadix prolonged 
into a far protruding, tail-like extremity, first erect then 
curved down and again erect, purple or the end green, male 
and female flowers usually on the same plant, anthers 
white or pale yellow or blue or purple ; otherwise like the 
last species. In Collett’s Flora Simlensis A. hellebori- 
folium and A. curvatum take the place of this species. 
The root is used to kill the worms which infest cattle in 
the rains. 
rootstock round, leaves usually 2, sometimes only 
one, pedately compound, leaflets 9 to 11, unequal, nearly 
sessile, lanceolate-long-pointed, spathe purple inside, tube 
very short, green, limb short-pomted, yellow spadix short, 
thick conical, yellow, club-shaped, enclosed in the spathe, 
male and female flowers on the same plant, male sessile, 
anthers united, forming a continuous layer ; otherwise like 
the last species. 
rootstock tuberous, nearly round, stems 12-24 in., 
sometimes mottled, a much more elegant plant than any of 
the other species, leaves usually two, sometimes one, digi- 
tately compound, leaflets 5-7, unequal, lanceolate, 3-8 
by 1-2 in., spathe green-striped with fine white lmes, longi- 
tudinal tube long, narrow, limb fairly broad tapering into 
a slender long, green or purple thread-like, erect or droop- 
ing tail, spadix prolonged into a thin tapering extremity, 
much shorter than the tail of the spathe, dhe tip curved 
forwards and protruding to one side ; otherwise like the last 
species, 
