242 AROiDE.i:. 



jl. rubescens Schott. \'ar. con-mnc/uuieum Exul. iu DC. Mouogi". Pliaa. II. 

 p. 558. 



Hab. Mt. Arisau: Ximaudaira, ail 7000 ped. alt.; Heisliaua, ad 7500 iied. alt 



Tuber valde depresso-globosuui 2-2i cm. latum 1 cm. lougum, radicibas 

 facie suiieriore tuberis radiatim sitis. Petioli folii 60 cm. longi basi cum vaginis 

 13 mm. lati pm-jRU-eo-marmorei vel nou marmorei, lamina radiatim 10-11-secta, 

 segmeutis lanceolatis lineari-lanceolatis vel obovato-lanceolatis 10 cm. longis (ex- 

 ceptis capillis) 2 cm. latis apice subito acumiuatis ad ajiicem capillis tenuissimis 

 7 cm. longis instructis basi atteuuatis margine subiutegris vel remote serrulatis 

 interdum pm-pureo-marginatis tenuiter herbaceis. Pedunculi spadicis 18 cm. 

 longi in longitudiue dimidium petioli req^uantes parte vaginifoi'mi jietioli 

 inclusi sm-sum liberi. Spatha cum tubo laminaque (exceptis capillis) 13 cm. 

 longa circ. 4cm. (in lamina) lata, tubo cylincb-ico latere uno usque ad basin tisso 

 convoluto basin angustato haud ventricoso 5 cm. lougo ore subtiimcato, lamina 

 ad medium fornicata basi margine recurva apice subito acuminata ad capilhira 

 23 cm. longum abeimti multi-nervia intus viridi vel fusco-purpm-eti albo-striata. 

 8padix floris masculiuus : parte florifera cylinckica 3 cm. longa circ. 5 mm. hita 

 sursum latior, ai^pendice clavato-columniformi 3 cm. longa 8 mm. lata apice 

 rotvmdato-clavata deorsiun leviter augustiori a tubo spath» vix exserta laivi 

 ad apicem alba vel atro-pm-pm-ea vel interdmn toto viridi ; flores $ : laxe 

 dispositi ; stamina 2, filamentis brcvissimis se connatis, antheris reniformibus 

 2-locularibus, loculis purpmeis sub microscopio minute tuberculatis ; pollina 

 purpiirea. Spadix floris fceminei: parte florifera lcm. longa vel longiore ovoideo- 

 conica basi 11 mm. lata apice 3 mm. lata, appendice 41 cm. longa sursum latiore 

 deorsum angustiore vel + contracta apice Ifevi vel minute tuberculata deorsum 

 remote laxeque setulosa, setulis mollis 2 mm. longis ; appendice in colore varia- 

 bili. Bacca sanguineo-rubra polygono-oblouga lcm. longa 6mm. lata 4-sperma. 

 Semina polygona facie plana dorso rotundata ad extremitatem altram acuta et 

 caudata ad altram extremitatem trimcata umbonata alba, testa membranacea ; 

 albumen copiosum osseum ; embiyo centro albuminis situs sijathuliformis 3 mm. 

 longus, cotyledone complanata plana l^ mm. hit;i. 



The description of the fruit above giveu is drawu from a specimen found 

 at a place where A. consanguineum grew. The fruit-beariug sjiecimen having 



