502 CLXVI. AROIDE-E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Arisoema. 



16. A. g-aleatum,, N. E. Br. in Gard. CJiron. (1879) ii. 102 ; leaf 

 solitary, leaflets all petiolulate, lateral dimidiate-ovate or -cordate acumi- 

 nate crenulate, median elliptic or ovate, tnbe of green spathe cylindric 

 top incurved galeate much longer than the ovate-lanceolate acuminate 

 pendulous limb the lower margins of which are recurved, appendage 

 gradually narrowed from an elongate conic truncate base into a long 

 thread. Sot. Mag. t. 6457. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; Gammie (Hort. Keiv). 



Tuber small. Petiole 1-2 ft. ; leaflets 7-14 in., median broadest, nerves broadly 

 reticulate ; petiolules 1-1 in- Peduncle much shorter than the petiole. Spathe 

 4-5 in., striped with white; limb Ii in., hanging half-way down the tube. Spadix 

 white; appendage sessile in the fern., stipitate in the male, thread pale purple 



ft Appendage of spadix far exserted bearing many neuters. 



17. A. fimbriatum, Masters in Gard. Chron. (1884) ii. 680, f. 119 ; 

 leaf solitary, leaflets subsessile broadly ovate caudate-acuminate, tube of 

 purple spathe shorter than the large erect or incurved ovate-lanceolate 

 limb, appendage filiform clothed with filiform neuters. Regel Gartenfl. 

 (1886) 357, f. 40; Sot. Mag. t. 7150 ; Journ. of Hortic. 1886, f. 19. 



LANGKAWI ISLDS., north of Penang (Hort. Sander), Curtis. 



Rootstock tuberous. Petiole 6-10 in. ; leaflets 5-7 in., nerves deeply sunk. 

 Peduncle as long as the petiole. Spathe about 6-7 in., tube 2 in., striped {green 

 and white, limb striped purple and white. Spadix very s ! ender throughout; appen- 

 dage twice as long as the tube, pendulous, red-purple, l>ase not swollen; neuters 

 nearly 1 in., flexuous ; male fl. with a few ovaries scattered amongst the lower flowers. 

 The Philippine Isld. locality recorded in Gard. Chron. is probably an error. 



B. PEDATISECTA. Leaves pedatisect. (Sp. 18-22.) 

 * Appendage of spadix elongate, far exserted. 



18. A. tortuosum, Schott Meletem. i. 17; 8yn. 29; Prodr. 36; 

 leaves 2-3, leaflets 5-18 sessile or petiolulate ovate- or linear-lanceolate 

 subcaudately acuminate, tube of green spathe about as long as the large 

 incurved broadly cymbiform acuminate limb, appendage narrowed from 

 the base to the tip erect then porrect and again erect. Kunik Enum. iii. 19 ; 

 Blume Humph, i. 105 ; Engler I.e. 545, and Ic. ined. n. 58. A. curva- 

 tum, Kunth I.e. 20 ; Schott Syn. 29 ; Prodr. 37 ; Dalz. & Gibs Bomb. 

 FL 258 ; Sot. Mag. t. 5931 ; Angler 1. c. 544, and Ic. ined. No. 57. A. 

 Steudelii, Schott in Bonpland. (1839) 26 ; Prodr. 37 ; Engler 1. 'c. and Ic. 

 ined. n. 61. A. helleborifolium, Schott Syn 29; Prodr. 36. A. commu- 

 tatum, Schott in Bonpland. (1859) 26; Prodr. 35. Arum curvatum Roxb 

 FL Ind. iii. 506 ; Wight Ic. t. 788. A. tortuosum, Wall. PI. As. Ear ii.' 

 t. 10. Arissema, Wall. Cat. 8926, 8927. 



TEMPERATE and SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 8000 ft., from Simla to Bhotan. 

 The KHASIA HILLS, MUNNIPOEE, the WESTERN GHATS, from the Concan to 

 Malabar. 



Tubers spheroidal, attaining 5 in. diam. Petiole 1-3 ft., green or with the 

 sheaths mottled with purple; leaflets 8-18 in., distant or crowded, or almost 

 radiately disposed. Peduncle 2-4 ft. Spathe 4-6 in., pale green or purplish, tube 

 subcylindric, gaping, gradually dilating into the limb. Spadix uni- or bisexual ; 

 appendage like a rat's tail, quite smooth. Very common and varying greatly in 

 stature, the numbers and proportions and breadth of the leaflets, colour of the 

 spathe, and monoecious or dioecious flowers. In A. Steudelii there are a few neuters 

 above the male fl. The recorded Ceylon habitat is an error. 



