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178 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. gooo— 
10,000 ft. July 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 4851. 
Very near to the Himalayan species Arisaema nepenthordes 
(Wall.) Mart., but with trifoliolate leaves, and various minor 
differences in the spathe. No. 4851r was referred in Notes 
Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb., vol. vii, p. 276, to Arisaema nepen- 
thoides (Wall.) Mart. The ene of that specimen are scarcely 
developed. 
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Arisaema lichiangense, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis Arisaemati ringenti, Schott; proxima A. 
talenst, Engl. MSS. (in Herb. Berol. et Herb. Edinb.) sed foliolis 
latissimis, spatha majore latiore auriculata purpurea luteo- 
striata recedit. 
Planta 20-30 cm. alta. Tuber subrotundum 3-4.5 cm. 
diametro, fibris multis praeditum. Folium solitarium, petiolo 
20-24 cm. longo, basi squamis foliaceis (plerumque duabus) 
6-12 cm. longis, ellipticis, tenuiter membranaceis purpureo- 
maculatis instructum ; lamina trisecta segmentis sessilibus (vel 
intermedio fere sessili) 4-9 cm. longis, 3-9 cm. latis, latissime 
ovatis vel suborbicularibus, apice breviter et abrupte acumi- 
natis, basi late cuneatis vel rotundatis, integris, nervis reti- 
culatis subtus paulo distinctioribus; segmentis lateralibus 
intermedio paulo minoribus, basi nunc aequilateralibus nunc valde 
inaequilateralibus. Pedunculus petiolum plus minusve aequans. 
Spatha purpurea, luteo-striata, apice longe acuminata inclusa 
7-10 cm. longa, in sicco 1.2-1.8 cm. lata, lamina late ovata, e 
tubo abrupte ampliata, basi breviter auriculata, intus pulchre 
luteo- et purpureo-marmorata. Inflorescentiae masculinae pars 
antherifera circ. 1.5 cm. longa ; pars superior circ. 5 cm. longa, 
caudiformis apice subacuta, deflexa, nigrescens. Flores feminini 
desunt 
“Plant of 9-12 inches. Spathe purple, striped yellow. Dry 
open situations amongst pine scrub on the eastern flank of the 
Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° <i N. Alt. gooo—r0,500 ft. June 
1gto.” G. Forrest. No. Type. 
“ Plant of g-12 inches. Spathe purple, striped green. Open 
situations on the margins of pine forests on the eastern flank 
of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. gooo~11,000 ft. 
June Igto.” G. Forrest. No. 5797. 
The species is closely akin to Forrest No. 4840, —_ 
talense, Engl. var. latisectum, Engl. (adhuc nomen), but wi 
much broader leaflets and a different spathe. The eu 
of the male flower is quite that of Arisaema talense, Engl. in 
Forrest No. 2465. 
