ARACEAE (AUCTORE ENGLER). 969 
LS. pedatum (Schott Melet. I. 17); folii petiolo longo vi- 
ridi immaculato, laminae pedatisectae segmentis 7—9—11 obovato- 
oblongis acutis, vix vel brevissime acuminatis basi obtusis, costis 
posticis inter segmenta denudatis; pedunculo breviusculo; spathae 
tubo oblongo, supra medium leviter constricto, extus flavido-viridi, 
intus in fundo atropurpureo, quam lamina elongato-angusta , lan- 
ceolata, flavescens, maculis purpureis confluentibus, densissimis, 
totam fere paginam in marginem usque occupantibus colorata triplo 
breviore; spadicis inflorescentia feminea ovoideo-globosa a mascula 
breviter cylindrica, interstitio longo sejuncta; pistillodiis clavatis 
paucis supra inflorescentiam femineam sparsis, spadicis appendice 
teretiuscula, apicem versus levissime attenuata; baccis vertice atro- 
pureis. — Schott Syn. Ar. 24, Gen. Ar. t. 11, Prodr. Ar. 70, Blume 
in Rumphia I. 126, Kunth En. II. 28. Regel Gartenfl. 1866 p. 3. 
t. 495. — Arum pedatum Willd. En. suppl. 54, Link et Otto Ic. 
19 t. 8. — Arum clavatum Desf. Cat. Hort. Paris. 385. 
Tuber 5—7 cm. diametiens. Foliorum petiolus 4—6 dm. lon- 
gus, 1-—1,5 cm. crassus, segmenta 1,5—2 dm. longa, medio 4—5 
em. lata. Pedunculus 4—5 cm. longus. Spathae tubus circ. 1dm. 
longus, 4—5 cm. amplus, lamina 3 dm. longa, basi 5 cm. lata, 
apicem versus sensim sensimque angustata. Inflorescentia feminea 
cire. 1,75 cm. longa atque crassa, a mascula 1— 1,25 cm. longa 
interstitio fere 6 cm. longo, 3—4 mm. crasso remota. Pistillodia 
in inferiore tertia parte interstitii sparsa, cire, 4 mm. longa. Ap- 
pendix 2—3 dm. longa, inferne circ. 7 —8, superne 3—4 mm. 
crassa. 
India orientalis. 
2. 8. abyssinieum (Schott Syn. I. 25); folii petiolo lon- 
giusculo immaculato, laminae pedatisectae segmentis 7 oblongis, 
longe acuminatis acutissimis, basi connexis costis posticis in sinu 
denudatis; pedunculo elongato quam spatha dimidio tantum bre- 
viore ; date tubo oblongo-cylindrico intus in fundo atropurpureo, 
quam lamina elongato-lanceolata, longe acuminata, maculis pur- 
pureis notata duplo breviore; spadicis inflorescentia feminea . . . 
a mascula interstitio ea quadruplo longiore sejuncta ; pistiflodiis? 
.. ; appendice teretiuscula quam spatha paullo breviore. — 
Schott Prodr. 72. — ?Arum abyssinicum Rich. Tent. fl. Abyss. p. 
332. in Lefebure Voyage en Abyss. IIL tome 5. 
