gO A. Engler. — Araceae-Lasioideae. 



\S. A. variabilis Blume in Rumphia I. (1835) H6, t. 35, 37; Kunth, Enum. 

 PI. III. (4 84 33; Engl, in DC. Monogr. Phan. II. (1879) 3 4 3. — irachyspatha 

 variabilis Schott, Syn. (1856) 35, Gen. Ar. t. 29, Prodr. (1860) 4 27; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III. 

 (4 855) 200, Gardn. Ghron. (1876) Fig. 4 29, 4 30, non Benth. Fl. Austr. VII. (4 87 8) 4 54. 

 — AmorpJwphallU'S xeylatiicus Engl. Araiceaie exsicc. et iliustr. ined. n. 4 55. — Tuber 

 depressum supra excavatum, ad marginem gemmas conicas foliiferas proferens, rugoso- 

 tuberculatum, ochroleucum. Folii petiolus circ. 4 dm longus, laevis, e viridulo pallide 

 variegatus vel viridis, lamina trisecta, segmentis I. 2 — 3 dm longis, pseudo-dichotomis, 

 segmentis II. pinnatisectis, segmentis ultimis alternis, lanceolatis vel obovato-lanceolatis 

 aeuminatis, basi ad proxima usque decurrentibus, infimis infra dichotomiam ovato-lanceo- 

 latis sessilibus, haud decurrentibus, 2 — 3 cm longis, nervo collectivo a margine haud 

 longe remoto. Cataphjlla pedunculum involventia lanceolata, Pedunculus 2,5 — 3 dm 

 longus ex glauco virescenti-maculatus. Spatha circ. 4,2 5 dm longa, 4 — 5 cm lata, 

 erecta oblongo-ovata, acuminata, intus alba, extus maculata, margine rosea. Spadicis 

 quam spatha ad duplum usque longioris inflorescentia feminea 2 cm longa, mascula 4 cm 

 longa^ appendix 4 — 4,5 dm longa, elongato-conoidea, supra inflorescentiam leviter in- 

 crassata, straminea vel ochracea. Pistillorum ovarium viride, depresso-globosum, stilus 

 quam ovarium brevior, stigma conicum, lobatum. Baccae obovoideae, 6 — 7 mm longae. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Java (Perrotet, Zollinger n. 585); Dorf- 

 wald bei Bogor (Warburg n. 2267, 2269. — Blühend im Juli 4 885. — Herb. Berlin); 

 Buitenzorg (Usteri — Blätter im August 4 893. — Herb. Berlin). 



Provinz der Philippinen (Lobb), Mindanao, Todaya in Distr. Dovao um 

 900 m ü. d. M. (G. B. Göpel and in Governm. Herb. Manila n. 4 264). 



Var. euspidifoliolatus Engl, et Gehrm. n. var. — Laminae segmenta ultima 

 obovata vel elliptica, abrupte cuspidata. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Java. Cult. in Hort. Bot. Berol. 



4 9. A. Eichlöri'(Engl.) Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. (4 889) t. 7094; N. E. Brown in This. 

 Dyer, FI. Trop. Afr. VIII. (4 904) 4 54. — Hydrosme Eichleri Engl, in Eichl. Jahrb. Berl. 

 II. (4 883) 285, t. 4 0, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XV. (4 892) 458; Durand et Schinz, Consp. 

 Fl. Afr. V. (4894) 474, Etudes Fl. Congo I. (1896) 276. — Tuber depresso-globosum 

 roseum, Folii petiolus circ. 3 dm longus, 7 mm crassus teres laevis, viridis, lamina 

 trisecta, segmentis I. circ. 2 dm longis dichotomis vel subbidichotomis, segmentis II. 

 vel III. pinnatisectis, extimis maioribus circ. 4 dm longis, 4 — 5 cm latis oblongis vel 

 obovato-oblongis cuspide 6 — 8 mm longa instructis, basin versus cuneatim contractis, 

 costae longe decurrentibus, segmentis minoribus 3 — 4 cm longis. Pedunculus 2 cm 

 longus, 7 mm crassus cataphyllis lanceolatis carneis paucis superatus. Spatha 6 — 9 cm 

 longa oblique cupuliformis antice subclausa, extus venis sordide viridescentibus exceptis 

 pallida, intus in tubo purpurea, margine lato valde crispato patente sordide purpuras- 

 cente. Spadicis subsessilis quam spatha duplo fere longioris inflorescentia feminea circ. 

 4,5 cm longa, mascula 2,5 cm longa cylindrica, appendix circ. 4 dm longa, crassitudine 

 valde varians, inferne 0,8 — 4,5 cm crassa, ab infima tertia parte apicem versus valde 

 attenuata, conoidea, minute verrucosa et hinc inde rugosa, sordide rosea. Flores mas- 

 culi 2 — 3-andri. Stamina 4,5 mm longa, thecae filamento crasso instructae poris 

 apicalibus aperientes. Spadix infra appendicem staminodia pauca staminibus subaequalia 

 nisi minora proferens. Pistillorum ovarium 4,5 mm longum subglobosum, 2-loculare, 

 loculis uniovulatis, stigma sessile bilobum. 



Westafrikanische Wuldprovinz, Zone des unteren Kongolandcs und 

 An|golaß: »Fürst Bismarck« -Insel im Kongo, 7" 35' s. Br. (Teusz 4880. — Gült.); 

 Angola, amQuango (A. v. Mechow n. 509b. — Blühend im August 4 880. — Herb. 

 Berlin). 



«0. A. Johnsonii N. E. Brown in This. Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (4 904) 4 56. — 

 Tuber depressum. Folii petiolus 4 — 6 dm longus, lamina circ. 6 dm diametiens, plrrics 

 partita, segmentis terminalibus 4,2 — 4,5 dm longis, 3 — 4 cm latis, oblongis aeuminatis 

 vel cuBpidalo-acuminatis, basi euneatis secus cosLam decurrentibus. Pedunculus 7,5 — 



