ARISiEMA 



TIIK mUM lU)OK 



AinS^MA 



striped witli wliite outside, and 

 j)urple within. 



A Griffith! (.1. Jfookerinnum). — A 

 handsome sjjecies from 8ikkim, 1 to 

 \\ ft. high, with leaves divided into 

 large roundish leaflets. 8pathe large, 

 hooded, brownish-violet, veined with 

 green. The spadix is also brownish- 

 violet, with a disc-like projection at 

 the ba.se, the free end being produced 

 into a long thread-like appendage. 

 This species is probably quite hardy 

 in the mildest parts of the United 

 Kingdom. 



Flo. S**. — Arisxma fimbriatum. (J.) 



A. japonictun. — A dicecious species 

 from China and Japan, having a 

 roundi.sh tuber, and two-leaved stems 

 1 to 2 ft. high. The leaves arc long 

 stalked and deeply lobed. The 

 spathe is green, striped with white, 

 {7Jot. Mag. t. 7910.) 



A. Lacknerl.— A Burmese .species 



related to A. speciosnm, but differing 

 in having long-tailed si)athcs. 



A. nepenthoides.— A Himalayan 

 species, 2 ft. high, with leaves ped- 

 ately divided into five more or less 

 lance-shaped leaflets. Spathe ochre- 

 brown and green, with two auricles 

 above the tubular portion ; spadix 

 yellow. {Bot. Mag. t. 644G.) 



A. Murrayi. — A native of Bombay, 

 about 1^, ft. high (JJoLMa;/. t. 4388). 



A. ringens (A . prcecox ; A . Sicholdi). 

 — A remarkable hardy Japanese 

 species about 6 ins. high, with leaves 

 divided into three ovate-oblong long- 

 pointed segments. Spathe striped 

 with green and Avhite, cylindrical 

 below, suddenly arching over, and 

 then contracting into a rather small 

 deep purple orifice with broad re- 

 rtexcd margins. {Bot. Mag. t. 52G7.) 



A. speciosum. — A native of the 

 moist forests of the temperate Hima- 



layas, about 2 ft. high, with solitary 

 leaves divided into three dark green 



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