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1. D. vulgaris (SchoU Melet. I. 17) tubere crasso rolundato, 

 foliorum petiolis pedunculum eis longiorem vaginis arcte amplexantibus 

 caulem simulanlibus ad vaginas maculatis, lamina pedatisecla ampla 

 transverselaliore segmentis 1 1-15 saepe oblique albo-lineatis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis decurrenlibus medio latiore, spatlise tubo ventricoso 

 laniina oblonga vel lanceolata acuminata atropurpurea mullo breviorc, 

 spadicis appendice atropurpurea e stipile tenuiore faucem lubi supe 

 rante in ciavam elongatam spathae saepe spquilongam incrassata, 

 inflorescenlia mascula et feminea subaequiiongis, genitalibussterilibus 

 supra antheras paucis conicis interdum nullis ^ . Schott Aroid. 

 tab. 23 et 24. — Arim Dracunculus L. Sp. 1367. — Ic. Fl. Grsec. 

 tab. 946. — Drac. poluphyllus G. Bauh. — Rchb. Ic. Germ. tab. 12. 

 — Dr. Crcticus Schott Prodr. 120. 



Hab. in umbrosis Atticae (Sprun! Heldr!), Baeotiai (Engl.), Eubece (Beckf) 

 Lesbi (Post!j, Macedonise (Friv!), Byzantii (Murm!), Lydioe (Boiss!), Gretae, 

 (Sieb!), Rhodi (Bourg!), Lycise et Pamphyliae (Bourg !). 



Variat macularum ad vaginas dispositione et forraa, appendicis cum ejus 

 stipite et cum spathi proportione , spatha interdum sesquipedalis et longior. 



Ar. Geogr. Lusitania australis?, Gallia australis, Italia, Dalmatia, Croatia. 



ARISiEMA (Marl. FI. 1831, p. 458). 



Flores dioici vel monoici. Spatbse tubus convolulus fauce amplia- 

 tus, lamina fornicata. Spadix liber vej alius femineus et alius mascu- 

 lus vel androgynus, in appcndicem variam saepe valdeeiongatam pro- 

 ductus. Fem. Flores 2-5-andri sessiles vel stipitati, antherce connec- 

 tivum indistinctum, thecse poro vel rima dehiscentes. Fem. Ovariuni 

 uniloculare intus in apice cavitatis processu spongioiifero prffiditum 

 ovatum in styium brevem attenuatum, ovula 1-9 orlhotropa erecta 

 placentae basilari affixa. Staminodia abortiva subulata in planta temi- 

 nea supra ovaria. Bacca oligosperma, semina sphceroideo-ovata apice 

 subconica. — Herbaj tnberosae foliis synanthiis triparlilis vel trisectis, 

 vel pedatisectis. 



1. A. abbreviatum (Schott (Esterr.Woch. 1857 p. 382) tubere 

 rotundo, foliis binis longe peliolatispedatisectis segmenlis 9-11 ovato- 

 oblongis vel lanceolatis acuminatis basi connata sessilibus, pedunculo 

 petiolos subsuperante, spathte brevis tubo ovoideo lamina cymbi- 

 formi acurainata tubosublongiore ovata vix incurva cuspidata, spadice 

 plerumque androgyna, appendice inflorescentia masculabreviore non 

 stipitala sensim incrassala apice truncata spatham vix superante y. 



Hab. in saxosis calidis valliB Kuram AfTghania; ad rivum Shendtoi C-7000' 

 Aitch. Journ. Linn. Soc. 1880 p. 99) Non vidi. 



Petioli C-l2-pollicares alte vaginati, segmenta inlermedia 2-3-polIices longa, 

 spalha 1-2-pollicaris, appendix 3 lineas tantum longa. 



Ar. Geogr. Rejio Himalaica. 



