Arisaema. 



209 



(1827) 347. — Saepius diphyllum, dioicum. Tuber depressum, 6 — 7 cm diametiens. 



Cataphylla inferne tubulosa superne lineari-oblonga, obtusa, summum 1,5 — % — 2,5 dm 



longum. Foliorum petiolus 2 — 4 dm longus, fere ad S J A longitudinis obtuse vaginatus, 



variegatus, lamina subtus glaucescens radiato-5-secta, segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis, exti- 



mis interdum basi extus lobulatis, omnibus acuminatis, in apiculum mucroniformem exe- 



untibus, nervis lateralibus I. inter se 



6 — 8 mm distantibus in nervum col- 



lectivum a margine 3 — 4 mm remo- 



tum conjunctis. Pedunculus ultra 4 dm 



longus; spathae tubus variegatus in- 



fundibuliformis 4 — 5 cm longus, supra 



1,5 cm amplus, fauce aperta margi- 



nibus latis subreniformibus circ. 2 cm 



latis, 1 cm longis patentibus, a spathae 



lamina angulo acuto separatis, lamina 



oblongo-ovata acuminata, fuscescens, 



4,5 — 5 cm longa, 3 — 4 cm lata. Spa- 



dicis masculi inflorescentia leviter co- 



noidea, 2 cm vel paullum ultra longa, 



laxiflora, feminei inflorescentia cylin- 



droidea densiflora 2 cm longa, appendix 



tenuiter (masculi circ. 8 mm feminei 



circ. 1 mm) stipitata, feminea 4 — 



5 cm longa, inferne truncata, supra 



basin 5 — 6 mm crassam leviter con- 



stricta, deinde claviformis superne 5 — 



7 mm crassa. Flores masculi sub- 



sessiles 3 — 4-andri, thecis subglobosis 



poro apicali dehiscentibus. Pistillorum 



ovarium obovoideum, 2 — 3-ovulatum, 



in stilum brevem stigmate discoideo 



coronatum contractum. Bacca trun- 



cato-subglobosa. — Fig. 49. 



Temperiertes Ostasien und temperierter Himalaya: Nepal, Bergwälder 

 von Sheopore (Wallich n. 8919, Scully n. 75 — Herb. Hort. Calcutta); Sikkim, um 

 2300 — 3600 m (Hooker f. in Herb. Ind. or.); Lachung (Gammie d. III l), Darjeeling, 

 um 3000 m (Gamble n. 9484 — Herb. Hort. Calcutta), Sandukfu, um 3600 m 

 (Gammie); Bootan, Chinchilla (Mokim — Herb. Hort. Calcutta — blühend im März 

 1892); Hoch-Yünnan, in feuchten Coniferen- Wäldern am Ostabhang des Tali Range, 

 bei 25° 40' N um 3000—3600 m ü. M. (G. Forrest n. 4851 — Herb. Edingburgh). 

 .Monsungebiet. 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Khasia (Gammie n. 409), Jowai (Prain — 

 blühend im März). 



§ 13. Ringentia Engl. 



Spadicis appendix distincte stipitata et supra stipitem basi sua truncata, supra 

 stipitem dz cylindroidea. Spathae lamina galeata et faucis margines auriculati. An- 

 therarum thecae haud rima lunari dehiscentes. Foliorum lamina trisecta. 



Species unica 86. A. ringens. 



86. A. ringens (Thunb.) Schott, Melet. I. (1832) 17, Syn. Ar. (1856) 26; Mio;. 

 Prol. Fl. jap. (1866) 135, 358; Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan. II. (1879) et Arac. exsicc. 

 et illustr. n. 69; Hance in Journ. of bot. XVII. (1879) 15; Henry in Transact. of the 

 Asiat. Soc. of Japan. (1898) 100, teste N. E. Brown in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. (1903) 



A. Engler Da« Pflanzenreich. IV. (Embryophyta Biphonogama) 23 F. 4 4 



% 



Fig. 49. Arisaema nepenthoidcs (Wall.) Mart. DSpatha 



E Spadix masculus. F Spadix femineus. — Icon. 



origin. — J. Pohl delin. 



