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ARIOPSIS (from 4ywm, an allied genus, and opsis, 
resemblance). Orp. Aroidex. A monotypic genus. The 
species is a small, stove, tuberous herb, closely allied to 
Arum. For culture, see Caladium. 
A. peltata (peltate). 7., spathe violet, with a green dorsal 
ridge, paler within, incurved, apiculate, lin. long ; spadix shorter 
than the spathe, decurved, dark purple and green ; peduncle lin. 
to 4in. long, very slender. J. entire, peltate, orbicular or 
cordate, lin. to 6in, in diameter, rounded or acute, membranous, 
Jaucous beneath ; petioles 2in, to Tin. long. Himalayas. (B. M. 
foo.) Syn. A. protanthera. 
A. protanthera (flowering first). A synonym of A. peltata. 
Fic. 78. INFLORESCENCE AND LEAF OF ARISZMA 
FIMBRIATUM. 
ARISZEMA. The fifty species of this genus are 
mostly natives of temperate and sub-tropical Asia, a few 
being North American and one Abyssinian. To those 
described on pp. 111-2, Vol. I., the following should be 
added : 
A. anomalum (anomalous). jl., spathe 2in. long, the tube 
opel purplish-brown, the limb dark brownish-purple striped 
with white, the lower margin forming a recurved border round 
* the mouth of the tube; spadix appendage narrowed upwards ; 
peumele Qin. high. 2. solitary, 9in. high, with three to five 
anceolate leaflets Jin. to 6in. long and 1jin. broad, Root- 
mL) Tris-like. Straits of Malacca, &c., 1890. Stove. (B. M. 
A. atrorubens (dark red). The correct name of A. triphyllwin. 
Syn. Ariwm triphyllum zebrinum (B. M. 950; L. B. C. 320). 
A. Bakerianum (Baker's). This is probably only a small- 
spathed form of A. fimbriatuwm. 1897. 
A. consanguineum (related).* #., spathe green, Jin. to Tin. 
long, excluding the long, filiform tip, the limb broadly ovate 
or ovate-lanceolate, incurved ; spadix hardly longer than the 
tube. J. solitary; leaflets ten to twenty, narrowly linear- 
lanceolate, 3in. to 16in. long, with long, capillary tips; petiole 
lft. to 4ft. long, and (as well as the peduncle) mottled with 
dark pink and red or brown. Tuber lin. to 5in. in diameter. 
Temperate Himalayas, 1893, Syn. A. Giraldii. 
Arisema— continued. 
A. Dracontium (Dragon). The correct name of Arum Dra- 
contium (B. R. 668; L. B. C. 1165). 
A. enneaphyllum (nine-leaved). A garden synonym of 
A, flavum, 
A. fimbriatum (fringed).* j., spadix cylindrical, slender, the 
free end covered with slender, purplish threads ; spathe brown- 
ish-purple, longitudinally b°nded whitish, oblong, acute or 
acuminate, convolute at base. 7. two, deeply divided into 
three ovate, acute, glabrous segments; petioles long, pale 
purplish-rose, spotted purple. Philippine Islands, 1884. See 
Fig. 78, for which we are indebted to Mr. William Bull. (B. M. 
7150 G. C. n. s., xxii, p. 689; J. H. 1886, f. 19; R. G. 1886, 
:) 
A. flavum (yellow). j., spathe yellow, green, or the limb 
faintly purple below, lin. to 2in. long; spadix conical, 
included. 72. two; leaflets nine to eleven, 2in. to 4in. long, 
the lateral ones sessile, oblong or lanceolate, acuminate, the 
median one sessile or petiolulate; petioles 8in. to 12in, long. 
Rootstock globose. Temperate Himalayas, 1891. SYN. 
A, enneaphyllum, of gardens (R. G. 1891, p. 578, f. 103). 
A. Giraldii (Giraldi’s). A synonym of 4. consangwinewm.. 
A. Leschenaultii (Leschenault’s). l., spathe green, with 
broad, dark purple bands, 3in. to 8in. long, the tube as long 
as the cymbiform, long-caudate-acuminate limb; spadix 4in. 
long, nearly cylindric. J. solitary; leaflets five to eleven, 
oblanceolate, acuminate, serrulated, 4in. to 6in. long, l4in. to 
2sin. broad; petiole lft. to 2ft. long, usually mottled and 
banded with red and brown. ‘Tuber large. Western Ghats, 
1864. Syn. A. papillosum (B. M. 5496). 
A. Murrayi (Murray's). _jl., spathe 3in. to 5in. long, the tube 
green, striated, Zin. to lin. in diameter, the limb white, rather 
broader. J. solitary; leaflets five to nine, ovate- or oblong- 
lanceolate, acuminate, 4in. to 6in. long; petiole 10in. to 14in. 
long and (as well as the sub-equal peduncle) mottled with 
reddish-brown. Tuber large. India, 1847. Stove. (B. M. 4388 ; 
F. d. S. 1322.) 
A. neglectum (neglected). 7., spathe green, Sin. to 4in. long, 
the tube swollen at base, the limb oblong-cymbiform, acumin- 
ate, recurved at tip; spadix rather stout, much longer than the 
spathe. 7. one or two; leaflets four to seven, sessile, elliptic or 
oblanceolate, cuspidate-acuminate, usually broadest in the 
middle ; petioles green or clouded. Tuber globose. Ceylon, &c., 
1864. SYN. A. Wightii (B. M. 5507). 
A. papillosum (papillose). A synonym of A. Leschenaultit. 
A. pulchrum (pretity).* ., spathe purplish, striped with green, 
3in. long, the limb narrowed into a decurved tail as long as 
the tube; spadix much shorter than the spathe. 7. solitary ; 
leaflets eight to twelve, cuneate-oblanceolate, cuspidate, Jin. to 
6in. long, dark green above, somewhat glaucous beneath ; 
petiole (and peduncle) stout, clouded and speckled with pale 
reddish-brown. Tuber globose. India, 1879. 
A. tortuosum (tortuous). The correct name of A, eurvatwm 
(B. M. 5931). 
A. utile (useful). jl., spadix purple; spathe reddish-brown, 
with greenish ribs and veins, the tube din. to 4in. long, the 
_ lamina decurved, rarely sub-erect, 3in. to 4in. across. May 
and June. J. in pairs; leaflets three, shortly and stoutly 
etiolulate or sessile, the middle one broader than long, 5in. to 
in. in diameter. Sikkim Himalaya, 1880. (B. M. 6474.) 
A. Wightii (Wight’s). A synonym of A. neglectwm. 
A. Wrayi (Wray’s).* ., spathe Sin. to Tin. long, erect, the limb 
pale yellowish-green or lilac, with darker stripes; spadix very 
slender, the appendage far exserted; peduncle taller than the 
petioles. 7. one to three; leaflets five to nine, petiolulate, 
narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, 6in. to 10in. long, lin. to 2in. broad, 
the tips apiculate or filiform; petioles lft. to Lift. long, mottled 
green and white and dotted with red. Tuber rooting all over. 
Perak, 1889. (B. M. 7105.) 
ARISARUM. Only three species compose this genus, 
which is confined to the Mediterranean region. To that 
deseribed on p. 112, Vol. I., the following should be 
added : 
A. proboscideum (proboscis-like). /l., spathe erect, greyish- 
white and inflated below, the upper part olive-green, narrowed 
into a proboscis which is often Sin. long; spadix included. 
February. * 7. solitary or few, 3in. to 4in. long, lin. to 2in. broad, 
hastate ; petioles 4in, to 6in. high, stout, cylindric. Upper Arno 
and the Apennines. (B. M. 6634.) Arum proboscidewm is 
synonymous with this species. 
A. simorrhinum (monkey's nose). /., spathe purplish, or the 
blade greenish; spadix appendage short, thick; peduncle 
shorter than the petiole. December. /. solitary, sagittate-ovate, 
triangular-sagittate, or hastate-triangular; petiole three or four 
times longer than the blade. Algeria, 1596. (B. M. 6023, under 
name of A. vulgare.) 
A. vulgare (common), of Hooker. A synonym of A. simor- 
rhinum. 
