Arum. 77 



Bull. Soc. bot. Geneve (1912) 156. — A. Magdalenas Sprenger in Bull. Soc. Tose. 

 Ortic. (1894) 277. — A. sanetum Dammann Catal. (1889) 3 et 5 fig. I et in Gartenfl. 

 (1889) 655. — Tuber diseoideum. Foliorum petiolus circ. 2 — 3 dm longus, supremi 

 fere ad medium usque vaginatus, lamina late hastato-sagittala, 1,8 — i dm longa, 

 lobo antico ovato-oblongo obtuso vel breviter acuminato, 1,3 — 1,5 dm longo, 1 dm 

 et ultra lato, lobis posticis 8 — 9 cm longis obtusiusculis in sinu sese obtegentibus 

 vel distantibus, nervis subtus valde prominentibus. Pedunculus quam petiolus brevior. 

 Spathae tubus campanulatus intus viridis vel purpurascens, circ. 4 cm longus, lamina 

 oblongo-lanceolata, leviter angustata, intus ex toto atropurpurea, 1 ; 5 — 1,7 dm longa 

 ätque 4 — 6 cm lata. Spadicis spathae totius circ. 2 / 3 aequantis inflorescentia feminea 

 cylindroidea 1,5 — 2 cm longa, mascula circ. I — 1,5 cm longa, appendix substipitata 

 elongato-cylindracea 1 — 1,5 dm longa, 6 — 8 mm crassa, obtusa, atropurpurea. Pistilla 

 oblongo-ovoidea, viridia, circa stigma pallide purpureum saturale purpurea. Florum 

 sterilium rudimenta e parte basali incrassata verruculosa in subulam setiformem 8 — 



1 mm longam contraeta, inferiora 3 — 4-cjcla inflorescentiae femineae contigua, su- 

 periora inflorescentiae masculae contigua vel ab ea paullum remota, 2 — 3-cycla, atro- 

 purpurea. Odor gratus. — Fig. 1 1 iV. 



Syrische Unterprovinz. — Palästina: am Fuß schattiger Felsen (Boissier, 

 Barbey, Roth:, bei Abugosch (Kotschy n. 439), bei Naplouse (Barbey — Herb. 

 Berlin), Berg Carmel (Boissier), Jaffa (Dingler, J. Bornmüller, It. syr. [1897] 

 147 7, propter florum sterilium rudimenta longa setiformia huc pertinet neque, ut cl. 

 Hruby vult, ad A. Dioscoridis). 



7. A. hygrophilum Boiss. Diagn. pl. Orient. Ser. 1. 13. (1853) 8, Fl. or. V. 

 (1881) 37; Schott, Syn. (1856) 14, Prodr. (1860) 98; Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan. II. 

 (1879) 589 excl. f. albiaervium Hruby in Bull. Soc. bot Geneve (1912) n. 157, 

 Fig. V. — A. longicyrrlium Schott, Syn. (1856) 14. — A. gratum Schott, Syn. (1856) 



11 pr. p. — A. Orientale e. gratum Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan. II. (1879 588; Boiss. 

 Fl. or. V. (1884) 39. — Tuber . . . Foliorum petioli circ. 3 dm longi, ad medium 

 usque latiuscule vaginati, 3 dm et ultra longi, lamina elongato-sagittato-hastata, 1.25 — 

 2,5 dm longa, lobo antico I — 2 dm longo, 4 — 8 cm lato, oblongo-lanceolato, lobis 

 posticis lineari-oblongis obtusiusculis 4 cm longis, 1,5 — 6 cm latis, plus minusve pa- 

 tentibus interdum divaricatis, nervis lateralibus I. et II. tenuibus subtus paullum pro- 

 minulis. Pedunculus 2 — 3 dm longus. Spathae tubus ovoideus, 2,5 cm longus, 1,5 cm 

 amplus, purpureus vel basi albidus, pallidus vel virescens apice purpurascens, lamina 

 oblongo-lanceolata, plus minusve acuminata, circ. G cm longa, 3 cm lata, pallide virens, 

 margine purpureo-limbata. Spadicis spathae medium superantis inflorescentia feminea 

 cylindroidea 1,25 cm longa, mascula duplo brevior, violacea, inflorescentia sterilis in- 

 ferior et superior masculae subaequilonga, appendix indistinete vel vix stipitata circ. 

 5 cm longa, 2 — 3 mm tantum crassa, apicem versus leviter attenuata. Pistilla ellipsoidea 

 pallide virentia vei'tice annulo angusto purpureo notata. Florum sterilium rudimenta 

 inferiora tricycla ovoidea pallide virentia, in filum tenue violaceum i — 5-p'o longius 

 contraeta, superioia 5 — 6-cycla, e globo minute verrueoso viridescente in subulam 

 tenuissimam longiuscularn violaceam attenuata. — Fig. I 2 A, B. 



Mediterranprovinz. — Mittlere Mediterranprovinz. — Syrische Unter- 

 provinz: Tripoli, Tal der Derwicheri (Blanche — Herb. Syr. n. 625, 626); zwischen 

 Beirut und Baalbek bei Murad ^Kotschy, It. syr. n. 1 31 3); Gisz el Hadjar (Ehrenberg — 

 Herb. Berlin); oberhalb der Brücke des Nähr Avule bei Saida (Blanche — Herb, de 

 Syrie n. 95); Libanon, bei Chun um 2000 m (Kotschy, It. syr. n. 1113), Afka 

 und Aksura (E. Peyrou, Fl. syr. exs. 1883), Libanon, in der subalpinen Region des 

 Sanin an quelligen Plätzen oder an eben schneefrei gewordenen nassen felsigen Ge- 

 birgslehnen um 1600 — 1800 m (Bornmüller, Fl. syr. [1897] n. 1475), in der alpinen 

 Region des Dschebel Kenesse (Bornmüller, It. syr. II. [1910] n. 12911): Antilibanon, 

 Damaskus, an Hecken und Gräben bei Zebdaine (Zebdania) um 1300 m (Kotschy, It. 

 syr. [1855] n. 131), am Hermon um 2300 m in der Schneeregion (Kotschy, It. syr. 



