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AROIDE^E. 



A. rubescens SCHOTT. var. consanguineum ENGL. in DC. Monogr. Phan. II. 

 p. 558. 



HAB. Mt. Arisan: Nimandaira, ad 7000 ped. alt.; Heishana, ad 7500 ped. alt. 



Tuber valde depresso-globosum 2-2J cm. latum 1 cm. longum, radicibus 

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

 13 mm. lati purpureo-marmorei vel non marmorei, lamina radiatim 10-11-secta, 

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

 ceptis capillis) 2 cm. latis apice subito acuminatis ad apicem capillis tenuissimis 

 7 cm. longis instructis basi attenuatis margine subintegris vel remote serrulatis 

 interdum purpureo-marginatis tenuiter herbaceis. Pedunculi spadicis 18 cm. 

 longi in longitudine dimidium petioli asquantes parte vaginiformi petioli 

 inclusi sursum liberi. Spatha cum tubo laminaque (exceptis capillis) 13 cm. 

 longa circ. 4cm. (in lamina) lata, tubo cylindrico latere uno usque ad basin fisso 

 convoluto basin angustato haud ventricoso 5 cm. longo ore subtruncato, lamina 

 ad medium fornicata basi margine recurva apice subito acuminata ad capillum 

 23 cm. longum abeunti rnulti-nervia intus viridi vel fusco-purpurea albo-striata. 

 Spadix floris masculinus : parte florifera cylindrica 3 cm. longa circ. 5 mm. lata 

 sursum latior, appendice clavato-columniformi 3 cm. longa 8 mm. lata apice 

 rotundato-clavata deorsum leviter angustiori a tubo spathse vix exserta Isevi 

 ad apicem alba vel atro-purpurea vel interdum toto viridi ; flores $ : laxe 

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

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

 purpurea. Spadix floris fceminei : parte florifera 1 cm. longa vel longiore ovoideo- 

 conica basi 11 mm. lata apice 3 mm. lata, appendice 4| cm. longa sursum latiore 

 deorsum angustiore vel + contracta apice Isevi vel minute tuberculata deorsum 

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

 bili. Bacca sanguineo-rubra polygono-oblonga 1 cm. longa 6 mm. lata 4-sperma. 

 Semina polygona facie plana dorso rotundata ad extremitatem altram acuta et 

 caudata ad altram extremitatem truncata umbonata alba, testa membranacea ; 

 albumen copiosum osseum ; embiyo centre albuminis situs spathuliformis 3 mm. 

 longus, cotyledone complanata plana 1 mm. lata. 



The description of the fruit above given is drawn from a specimen found 

 at a place where A. consanguineum grew. The fruit-bearing specimen having 



