Theriophonum. 107 



Vorderindien (John — Herb. Berlin, Klein — Herb. Willd. n. 17 729). 



2. Th. Wightii Schott in Österr. bot. Zeitschr. VIII. (1858) 3; N. E. Brown in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. XVIII. (1880) 259; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. (1893) 512. — 

 Th. crenatum var. rostratum Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan. II. (1879) 607 (excl. syn. Arum 

 crenatum). — Typhonium minutum Schott ex Wall. Cat. 8932 (non Blume). — 

 Foliorum petioli 0,8 — 1,2 dm longi, circ. ad medium usque vaginati, lamina hastato- 

 triangularis subtriloba, circ. 4 — 6 cm longa, basi lob? antici quam laterales fere duplo 

 longioris 2,5 cm lata, lobis subacutis aut hastato-tripartita, 1 — 2 dm longa, partitioni- 

 bus vel laciniis elongato-triangularibus usque fere linearibus, tantum 3 — 5 mm latis, 

 partitionibus lateralibus quam antica 2 — 3-plo brevioribus. Pedunculus circ. 5 cm 

 longus; spathae tubus ovoideus circ. 2 cm longus, lamina oblonga ultra 1 dm longa, 

 2,5 — 3 cm lata, integra haud crenata. Spadicis inflorescentia feminea brevis, pistillis 

 subbiseriatis a mascula interstitio brevi nudo separata, florum sterilium rudimenta tenuia 

 subuliformia patentia vel apice sursum curvata ad basin inflorescentiae masculae lon- 

 giora (3 — 4 mm), spadicis circ. 6 mm occupantia, ad apicem inflorescentiae duplo bre- 

 viora curvata atque summa brevissima spadicis ultra 1,2 cm obtegentia; appendix cy- 

 lindrica 6 — 8 cm longa, 2 — 2,5 mm crassa, purpurea. Staminum connectivum ultra 

 thecas longe productum trianguläre acutum. 



Nota. Verisiniiliter etiam haec species, cujus specimina pauca tantum vidi, cum priore 

 conjungenda erit, si specimina numerosa comparari possunt. 



Vorderindien. — Provinz der Gangesebene: Baipur (Martin — Gült, in 

 Hort. Calcutta — blühend im Mai). — Hindostanische Provinz: Madras (Wight — 

 Herb. Kew). 



3. Th. zeylanicnm N. E. Brown in Journ. Linn. Soc. XVIII. (1880) 258; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. (1893) 513. — Arum divaricatum Thwait. Enum. (1862) 334 (excl. 

 syn.). — Theriophonum crenatum Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon IV. (1898) 355. — 

 Tuber subglobosum circ. 2 — 2,5 cm diametiens. Foliorum petioli tenues 1,5 — 2,5 dm 

 longi, inferne vaginati, lamina hastato-tripartita 6 — 9 cm longa, partitionibus elongato- 

 triangularibus usque linearibus acutissimis, lateralibus quam antica duplo vel tertia 

 parte tantum brevioribus fere horizontaliter patentibus. Pedunculus circ. 8 cm longus; 

 spathae tubus oblongus 1,5 cm longus, vix 1 cm amplus, lamina oblongo-lanceolata 

 5 — 7 cm longa, 1,5 cm lata, albida. Spadicis inflorescentia feminea brevis a mascula 

 interstitio nudo 4 — 5 mm longo separata, florum sterilium rudimenta tenuia subuli- 

 formia decurva ad basin inflorescentiae masculae longiora (2 — 3 mm), spadicis circ. 

 4 mm occupantia, ad apicem inflorescentiae fertilis circ. 1 cm longae duplo breviora, 

 4 — 5 mm obtegentia, appendix stipitata, circ. 2 — 3 cm longa, pallida. Pistilla oblonga, 

 stigmate discoideo coronata. Staminum antherae breves connectivo brevissimo late 

 apiculato. 



Nota. Verisimiliter haec planta nil nisi- varietas profundius partita Theriophoni erenati. 



Ceylon: an grasigen Plätzen in den trockeneren Teilen des Landes: Trincomalie 

 (Glenie), Puttalam (Pole), Anuradhapura, Wellasce, nach Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon; 

 ohne Standortsangabe (Thwait es, Ceyl. PI. n. 3666 — Herb. Berlin). 



Sect. II. Calyptroeoryne (Blume) Engl. 



Calyptroeoryne (Blume) Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan. II. (1879) 60. — Typhonii sect. 

 Calyptroeoryne Blume in Bumphia I. (1835) 134; Kunth, Enum. III. 27; Schott, Melet. 

 I. (1832), Aroideae I. (1853) 13, Syn. (1856) 20. — Genus Calyptroeoryne Schott in 

 Österr. bot. Wochenbl. VII. (1857) 262, Gen. Ar. (1859) t. 16, Prodr. (1860) 104. — 

 Tapinocarpus Dalzell 1. c. ; Schott, Gen. Ar. t. 15, Prodr. 104. — Theriophonum 

 Schott, Aroideae I. p. 1 5 pr. p. — Vide supra p. 105. 



4. Th. indicum (Dalzell) Engl. — Tapinocarpus indicus Dalzell in Hook. Journ. 

 Bot. III. (1851) 346. -~ Theriophonum Dahellii Schott, Aroideae I. (1853) 15, Syn. 

 (18 56) 21; Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan. II. (1879) 608; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 



