Ariscema.~\ CLXVI. AROIDE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 507 



33. A. filicaudatum, N. E. Br. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 253 ; 

 leaflets 5-7 shortly petiolulate oblanceolate cuspidately acuminate, tube 

 of spathe short cylindric, limb about as long very broadly ovate abruptly 

 caudate, tail very long and slender tip clubbed, spadix very slender, 

 appendage slender exserted erect hardly thickened at the base tip 

 clavellate smooth. 



CEYLON, at Morowe Korle, alt. 3000 ft., Thwaites. 



Leaf solitary ; petiole 1 ft.; leaflets petiolulate, 6 by 2-2 in., very thin. 

 Peduncle about equalling the petiole. Tube of spathe 1 in., limb short, incurved, 

 tail filiform 6 in.. Spadix unisexual ; male fl. scattered, subsessile. Only one 

 specimen seen. 



34. A. fraternum, Schott in Banpland. (1859), 26; Prodr. 45; 



leaflets 7-9 elliptic-lanceolate finely acuminate, tube of green spathe 

 cylindric shorter than the broadly ovate erect cuspidately acuminate (not 

 caudate) limb, appendage sessile stout subclavate top rounded. A. 

 Leschenaultii (in part), Engler Arac. 552. 



KHASIA HILLS ; Churra, alt. 4000 ft. Griffith. 



Tuber depressed globose. Leaf solitary ; petiole 6-12 in., reddish barred with 

 duller streaks ; leaflets 3-5 in., sessile, tips not filiferous. Peduncle shorter than 

 the petiole. Spatfie 4-5 in., suberect, limb recurved at the base. Spadix very 

 stout, shortly exserted, of male sessile, green. Griffith's are the only specimens that 

 I have seen, but there is a fine drawing in Herb. Calcutt. without a habitat. 



35. A. Wig-htii, Schott in Bonpland. (1859), 26 ; Prodr. 43 ; leaflets 

 5-8 cuneately obovate cuspidately acuminate, tube of spathe as long as the 

 ovate-lanceolate caudate acuminate limb margin below recurved, append- 

 age stipitate slender, narrowed from a conical base to the tip. A. 

 Jacquemontii (in part), Engler Arac. 555. 



NILGHIBI HILLS, Wight, King. 



Tuber spherical. Petiole 8-12 in. ; leaflets 4-5 by lj-2 in., sessile or shortly 

 petiolulate. Spathe 4-6 in., apparently striped white and purple, limb rather broader 

 than the tube, gradually narrowed into a tail f-2 in. long. Male spadix 2 in. 



36. A. ochraceum, Schott in Bonpland. (1859), 27; Prodr. 49; 

 dioecious, tube of spathe cyliodric rather swollen below as long as the 

 ovate cymbiform erect shortly cuspidate limb, appendage stipitate stout 

 cylindric contracted in the middle tip rounded base swollen lobulate 

 truncate intruded. Engler Arac. 559. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; summit of Tonglo, alt. 10,000 ft.J.D.H. 



Leaves radiatisect. Peduncle stout and tube of spathe pale red streaked with 

 brown. Spathe 5- in. long ; limb yellowish with brown stripes, lower margin not 

 re volute. Fern, spadix stout, appendage nearly as long as the limb of the spathe, 

 yellowish ; ovaries green with purple stigmas. Founded on a drawing of mine of a 

 female spathe and spadix, and note as to the leaves being radiatisect. 



*** Monoecious or rarely dioecious. Neuters or few. 



37. A. Murray!, Hook. Sot. Mag. t. 4388; leaflets 5-9 ovate- or 

 oblong-lanceolate acuminate, tube of spathe broadly cyliudric base almost 

 truncate, limb as long or longer broadly ovate cymbiform acute (not 

 caudate) incurved lower margins dilated round the mouth of the tube, 

 appendage curved narrowed from the base to the tip included or exserted. 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 258 ; Schott Syn. 31; Prodr. 44; Engler Arac. 

 552 ; Fl. des Serres, t. 1322. Arum Murrayi, Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 229. 



