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Plants oj the Punjab. 



Herbs, Unbranohbd, with Alternate Exstipulate Compound Leaves, 



Petals none. ♦ 



Arissema tortuosum, 



Kiriki kukri. 

 Araoe^ or 



AROIDBiE. 



F. B. I. vi. 500. 

 Himalaya, 

 east of the Sutlej, 

 6-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Arissema flavum, 



ARACEiE or 



Aroide^. 



p. B. I. vi. 503, 



Himalaya, 



5-9,000 ft. 



Simla, Mashobra 



(CoUett), 



Kashmir. 



Arissema 

 Jacquemontii, 



Arace^ or 

 Aroide^. 

 F. B.I. vi 606. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Murree (Douie), 

 Kashmir. 



rootstock tuberous, spheroidal up to 6 in. diam., 

 leaves 2-3, pedately compound that is palmate with the 

 lateral leafieti on a common stalk, leaflets 9 up to 15, 

 'unequal, most of them stalked, ovate-lanceolate, long- 

 pointed, spathe tube narrow, mouth contracted, limb 

 green, broad, ending on a long-pointed tip, spadix prolonged 

 into a far protruding, tail-like extremity, first erect then 

 curved down and again erect, purple or the end green, male 

 and female flowers usually on the same plant, anthers 

 white or pale j^-ellow or blue or purple ; otherwise like the 

 last species. In Collett's Flora Simlensis A. hellebori- 

 foiium and A. curvatum take the place of this species. 

 The root is used to kill the worms which infest cattle in 

 the rains. 



rootstock round, leaves usually 2, sometimes only 

 one, pedately compound, leaflets 9 to 11, unequal, nearly 

 sessile, lanceolate-long-pointed, spathe purple inside, tube 

 very short, green, limb short-pointed, yellow spadix short, 

 thick conical, yellow, club-shaped, enclosed in the spathe, 

 male and female flowers on the same plant, male sessile, 

 anthers united, forming a continuous layer ; otherwise like 

 the last species. 



rootstock tuberous, nearly round, stems 12-24 in., 

 sometimes mottled, a much more elegant plant than any of 

 the other species, leaves usually two, sometimes one, digi- 

 tately compound, leaflets 6-7, unequal, lanceolate, 3-8 

 by 1-2 in., spathe green-striped with fine white fines, longi- 

 tudinal tube long, narrow, limb fairly broad tapering into 

 a slender long, green or purple thread-like, erect or droop- 

 ing tai], spadix prolonged into a thin tapering extremity, 

 much shorter than the tail of the spathe, the tip curved 

 forwards and protruding to one side ; otherwise like the last 

 species. 



