Ariscema.] CLXVI. AROIDEJJ;. (J. D. Hooker.) 499 



** Appendage much longer than the spathe, tapering into a very long 

 filiform pendulous tip. 



f Appendage naked. 



a Limb of spatlie broad, rounded truncate retuse or 2-lobed. All 



7. A. verrucosum, Schott in (Estr. Sot. Wochenbl. (1857) 341; 

 Prodr. 29 ; leaf solitary, petiole sheath and peduncle warted, leaflets sessile 

 rhomboidly orbicular or lateral ovate, limb of spathe very broad obcordate 

 cuspidately acuminate decurved, base of appendage dilated into a lobed 

 disc. Engler Arac. 537. 



EASTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 8-11,000 ft, J.D.H. Clarke. 



Tuber large, depressed. Petiole 8-10 in., very stout, dull dark green, studded 

 with minute warts ; leaflets 2-7 in., dark-purple beneath, margins waved purplish, 

 nerves stout beneath. Peduncle like the petiole. Spathe 5-7 in., tube white 

 closely striped with dark purple ; limb twice to five times as broad, reticulated with 

 white and dark purple ; apex -2 in. long. Spadix stout shortly stipitate, dark 

 purple, base intruded, narrowed above it into a fusiform body that tapers into an 

 exserted thread 12-18 in. long or more. Very near to A. utile, from which the 

 warted petiole and peduncle distinguish it. The colours are taken from a drawing 

 of my own, and no doubt vary much. 



8. A. Griffith!!, Schott Syn. Aroid. 26; Prodr. 54; leaves 2, 

 leaflets sessile all rhombic-orbicular acuminate crenate, limb of spathe 

 galeate many times broader than the tube which it overhangs deeply 

 2-lobed, with a long linear interposed tail that embraces the filiform tail 

 of the appendage. Engler Arac. 538 ; Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 

 386 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6491. A. Hookerianum, Schott in (Estr. Bot. WochenbL 

 (1857) 334; Prodr. 30. A. Hookeri, Schott Gen. Aroid. t. 6, f. 11-19. 

 Pythonii Sp. Griff. Itin. Notes, 201, No. 1179. 



EASTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; Sikkim, alt. 7-10,000 ft. BHOTAN, alt. 

 3-5000 ft., Griffith. 



Tuber depressed, 3-5 in. diam. Petiole as thick as the middle' finger, green, 

 smooth ; leaflets 6-10 in. , sometimes broader than long, margins faintly yellow, 

 nerves deeply sunk. Peduncle much shorter than the petiole. Tube of spathe 

 2-3 in., purple ribbed with white ; limb 5-8 in. broad, incurved, head rounded, 

 lobes forming two broad dull violet flaps, reticulate with green; sinus 23 in. deep ; 

 tail 2-4 in., purple. Spadix stout ; appendage purple, stipitate, suddenly narrowed 

 from a broad disciform lobed intruded base into a tortuous capillary tail 1-3 ft. 

 long. Variable in colour and size. Clarke observes that. in ascending from 8000 to 

 12,000 ft. the spathe varies from 6-8 in. broad curved and ridged, to 1 in. broad 

 scarcely dilated with obscure ridges ; but possibly other species were confounded 

 with Qrrffithii. 



9. A. utile, Hook. f. in Schott Prodr. Aroid. 30 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6474 ; 

 leaves solitary, leaflets sessile rhombic-ovate or obovate crenate, limb of 

 spathe broadly obcordate or obovate oblong retuse or 2-lobed with a short 

 interposed tail that embraces the filiform tail of the appendage. Engler 

 Arac. 537 and Ic. ined. No. 55. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Kashmir, alt. 7500 ft., Clarke, eastwards to 

 Sikkim, alt. 9-13,000 ft., J.D.H., &c. 



A smaller plant than A. Griffithii with the same habit, but with pale green 

 leaves with undulate golden margins and a much narrower limb of the spathe 4 in. 

 broad or less, which is not longer than the tube, is red brown or purplish and coarsely 



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