38 ARACEiE Ai-um. 



inferne purpur^ce lubo oblongo lamina lanceolala acuminala Iriplo- 

 breviore, appendice purpurca tenuiter cylindrica non clavala spatha 

 terlia parle breviore, annulo florum femineorum masculis duplo lon- 

 giore, ovariis verruculoso-luberculalis, genitalibus aborfivis inter an- 

 nuios paucis, superioribus siipra annulum antherarum ab eo brevi 

 spatio sejunctis numerosis a basi verruculosa longe setaceis deflexis 

 purpureis ^. .4. Ehrenhergii Schotl (Est. Bot. Zeit. 1858 p. 386! 



Hab. ad aquas Syiioe ad Berythum, Tripolin, Sidonem (Bl ! Gaill !), ad 

 Zebdani Antilibani (Boiss ! Ky. 131!}, Cyproprope Kylrteam (Sint !). 



(S riipicola. — Pedunculus petiolis sublongior. Folia oblonga cor- 

 data auriculis brevioribus latioribus oblongo-triangularibus obtusis 

 niinus divergentibus, spalha virens, genitalia slerilia inter annulos 

 numerosiora, superiora annulo slaminum subconligua. — A. rupicola 

 Boiss. diagn. Ser. 13 p. 7. 



Hab. in rupestribus umbrosis Antilibani supra Zebdani (Boiss !). 



Petioli in forma typicii 1-1 V^ pedales in varietatc breviores, foliorum lobi 

 in typo sa'pe 3-5 pollicares in ^ breviores et latiores. Specics insignis spatha 

 parvii 2 V^-S-pollicari, appendice tota longitudine tenuiter cylindrica non 

 clavata, ovariis verruculosis. 



6. A. Griffithii (Scholt Syn. p. 15. — N. E. Brown Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. XVIIl p. 257) lubere globoso, peliolis ad medium usque 

 in vaginam dilatatis, lamina hastato-oblongS petiolo 2-3-plo breviore 

 lobis lateralibuselongato-oblongis obtusis intermedio acuto subduplo 

 brevioribus, pedunculo petiolis aequilongo vel longiore, spathai laminci 

 angustelanceolala acuminata tubo subcylindrico longiore extus viridi 

 purpureo-suffusa intus purpurea, appendice spatha breviore purpu- 

 rea cylindrica obtusa basi attenuata, antheris purpureis, genilalibus 

 abortivis a basi inflata liliformibus tortuosis inter stamina et ova- 

 ria 4-5-seriatis supra antheras paucioribus purpureis ^. 



Hab. in AfTgliania ad Otipore Bharowul (Griff. exs. 60011. in valle Kurum 

 inter Pewar Kotal et Alikhel (Aitch.). Non vidi. 



Petioli sa.'pe sesquipedales, spatlia 3 Vj-4-poIlicaris. Affine licitar A.hygro- 

 philo. 



7. A. Kotschyi (Boiss. et Hoh. Diagn. Ser. I. 13, p. 8), 



tubere foliis longe petiolatis oblongis sinu brevi aperto rotunda- 



dis obtusis auriculis basilaribus breviter ovatis obtusis, pedunculo 

 petiolos subsuperante, spathae brevis viridis tubo ovato lamina 

 angusle lanceolata duplo breviore, appendice rubella tenuiter cylin- 

 drica spatha dimidio breviore, annulo femineo masculis multo lon- 

 giore, ovariis verruculosD-tuberculatis, genilalibus sterilibus purpu- 

 reis paucis sub et supra antheras '^- 



Hab. in Persire borealis fauce Dudera montis Elbrus et ad Derb«nt prope 

 Teheran (Ky. 725 !). 



Foliorum lamiua 2 V»-3 V>-pollicaris, spathae minimis inspecimine 2-3-pol- 



