Arisa.ema. 193 



Vorderindisches Gebiet. 



a. Provinz des westlichen Gebirgslandes der Malabarküste: Nord-Canara 

 (Talbot n. 5Ü, 1258 — Herb. Bot. Gart. Calcutta). — Nilgiris, um 1900 m (Gamble 

 — Herb. Calcutta — blühend im Juni). 



b. Ceylon: Ziemlich häufig im Regenwald bis 1300 m (Thwaites n. 3H8, 

 Hügel n. 4379); ohne Standortsangabe (Wight n. 2772, 2773 in Herb. Peninsulae 

 orientalis). 



§ 8. Speeiosa Engl. 



Spadicis appendix supra stipitem in partem conoideam ultra faucem exsertam 

 demum deflexam incrassata, deinde in partem filiformem longissimam attenuata. 

 Spathae lamina marginibus ad faucis latera revolutis instructa, maxima. Antherarum 

 thecae haud fissura lunata dehiscentes. Foliorum lamina tripartita. 



A. Folii lamina trisecta. Spatha minor, lamina circ. 3 — 4 cm 



lata 67. A. intermedium. 



B. Folii lamina tripartita. Spatha major, lamina circ. 5 — '8 cm 



lata . 68. A. speciosum. 



67. A. intermedium Blume in Rumphia I. (1835) 102; Kunth, Enum. III. (1841) 

 18; Schott, Syn. (1856) 27, Prodr. (1860) 28; Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan. II. (1879) 

 540; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. (1893) 500. — A. Stracheyanum Schott in Österr. 

 bot. Zeitschr. (1857) 533, Prodr. (1860) 27; Engl, in Arac. exs. et illustr. t. H . — 

 A. dolosum Schott in Bonplandia VII. (1859) 26, Prodr. (1860) 28. — Monophyllum, 

 dioicum. Tuber globosum. Cataphylla lineari-lanceolata, summum circ. 2 dm longum. 

 Folii solitarii petiolus circ. 3 — 5 dm longus, inferne 1 — 1,5 cm crassus, viridis, lamina 

 trisecta, segmentis ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis acutis, sessilibus vel brevissime ansatis 1 — 

 2 dm longis, 5 — 12 cm latis, intermedio late elliptico basi acuto, lateralium latere ex- 

 teriore quam inlerius saepe triplo latiore, nervis lateralibus I. inter se 1 — 1,5 cm dis- 

 tantibus in nervum collectivum a margine 5—8 mm remotum conjunctis venis remote 

 reticulatis. Pedunculus vix quartam partem petioli aequans, 1 — 2 dm longus, quam 

 petiolus multo tenuior; spathae pallidae tubus late purpureo-vittatus oblongo-cylindricus 

 circ. 5 cm longus, sensim in laminam curvatam cum cuspide longissima et angustissima 

 circ. 1 dm longam et circ. 3 — 4 cm latam transiens. Spadicis masculi inflorescentia 

 circ. 2 cm longa, sparsiflora, feminei inflorescentia densiflora circ. 1,5 cm longa, appen- 

 dix inferne paullum attenuata, deinde subcylindrica, supra tubum valde attenuata, in 

 filum longum capillare flexuosum spatha duplo longius producta. Pistilla oblongo-ovoidea 

 in stilum breviorem attenuata. 



Subtropischer Himalaya: von 2000 — 2900 m, Kumaun, Khati (Strachey und 

 Winterbottom); Simla um 2600 m (Hooker f. in Hooker f. et Thoms. Herb. Ind. 

 or.), ohne nähere Standortsangabe (Jacquemont in Herb. Mus. Paris). 



68. A. speciosum (Wall.) Mart. in Flora (1831) 458; Schott, Melet. I. (1832) 

 17, Syn. (1856) 26, Prodr. (1860) 27; Blume in Rumphia I. (1835) 107; Kunth, 

 Enum. III. (1841) 18; Bot. Mag. (1872) t. 5964; Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan. II. '(1*879) 

 539; Elwes in Gard. Chron. new ser. XII. (1879) 584, 585, Fig. 96; XIII. (1880) 338; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. (1893) 500. — Arum speciosum WM. Tent. Fl. napal. (182 4) 

 29, t. 20. — Monophyllum, dioicum. Tuber horizontale cylindricum, articulatum circ. 7 — 

 9 cm longum, 2,5—6 cm crassum. Cataphylla plura lineari-lanceolata, sursum angus- 

 tata acuta, rosea, summum circ. 1,5 dm longum, 2,5 cm latum. Folii solitarii petiolus 

 3 — 6 dm longus, inferne 1,5 — 3 cm crassus, atropurpureo-guttatus, lamina trisecta 

 segmentis lateralibus breviter (0,5 — 1 dm) .ansatis, intermedio ansa 1 — 1,5 cm longa 

 suffulto oblongo vel oblongo-lanceolato 2 — 4 dm longo 1 — 2 dm lato subaequilongis 

 vel paullum brevioribus oblique ovato-lanceolatis latere exteriore basi rotundato quam 

 interius basi cuneatum duplo latiore, omnibus acuminatis acutis rubromarginatis, nervis 

 lateralibus I. et II. crassiusculis, rubentibus subtus prominentibus, inter se 1 — 1,5 cm 



A. Englun Das Pflanzenreich. IV. (Embryophyta siphonogamaj 23F. \ 3 



