Ariscema.] clxvi. aroidb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 499 



„,. ** -A-PPendage much longer than the spathe, tapering into a very lone 

 fihtorm pendulous tip. r o j s 



t Appendage naked. 



a Limb of spathe broad, rounded truncate retwae or 2-lobed.—AU 



7. A. verrucosum, Sclott in CEstr. Bat. Wochenhl. (1857) 341 ; 

 Troir. 29 ; leaf solitary, petiole sheath and peduncle warted, leaflets sessile 

 rhoniboidly orbicular or lateral orate, limb of spathe very broad obcordate 

 ciispidately acuminate decurved, base of appendage dilated into a lobed 

 disc. Engler Arac. 537. 



Eastern Tempbeate Himaiaya, alt. 8-11,000 ft., J.D.H. Clarice. 



Tuber large, depressed. Petiole 8-10 in., very stoat, dull dark green, studded 

 with minute warts j leaflets 2-7 in., dark-purple beneath, margins waved purplish, 

 nerves stout beneath. Peduncle like the petiole. Spathe 5-7 in., tube white 

 closely striped with dark purple ; limb twice to five times as broad, reticulated with 

 white and dark purple ; apex i-2 in. long. Spadix stout shortly stipitate, dark 

 purple, base intruded, narrowed above it into a fusiform body that tapers into an 

 exserted thread 12-18 in. long or more. — Very near to A. utile, from which the 

 warted petiole and peduncle distinguish it. The colours are taken from a drawing 

 of my own, and no doubt vary much. 



8. A. Griffitbli, ScAoff Syn. Aroid. 26; Prodr. 54; leaves 2, 

 leaflets sessile all rhombic-orbicular acuminate orenate, limb of spathe 

 galeate many times broader than the tube which it overhangs deeply 

 2-lobed, with a long linear interposed tail that embraces the filiform tail 

 of the appendage. Engler Arac. 538 ; Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 

 386 ; Bat. Mag. t. 6491. A. Hookerianum, Schotf in CEstr. Bat. Wochenhl. 

 <1857) 334; Prodr. 30. A. Hookeri, Schott Gen. Aroid. t. 6, f. 11-19. 

 — Pythonii 8p. Qriff. Itin. Notes, 201, No. 1179. 



Eastben Tempekate Himalaya ; Sikkim, alt. 7-10,000 ft. Bhotan, alt. 

 3-5000 ft., Griffith. 



Tvier depressed, 3-5 in. diam. Petiole as thick as the middle finger, green, 

 smooth; leaBets 6-10 in., sometimes broader than long, margins faintly yellow, 

 nerves deeply sunk. PedivMcle much shorter than the petiole. Tuie of spathe 

 2-3 in., purple ribbed with white ; limb 5-8 in. broad, incurved, head rounded, 

 lobes forming two broad dull violet flaps, reticulate with green; sinus 2-3 in. deep ; 

 tail 2-4 in., purple. Spadix stout ; appendage purple, stipitate, suddenly narrowed 

 from a broad disciform lobed intruded base into a tortuous capillary tail 1-3 ft. 

 long. — Variable in colour and size. Clarke observes that in ascending from 8000 to 

 12,000 ft. the spathe varies from 6-8 in. broad curved and ridged, to 1 in. broad 

 scarcely dilated with obscure ridges ; but possibly other species were confounded 

 with Qriffithii. 



9. A. utile, Sook. f. in Schott Prodr. Aroid. 30 ; Bat. Mag. t. 6474 ; 

 leaves solitary, leaflets sessile rhombic-ovate or obovate creuate, limb of 

 spathe broadly obcordate or obovate oblong retuse or 2-lobed with a short 

 interposed tail that embraces the filiform tail of the appendage. Migler 

 Arac. 537 and lo. ined. No. 55. 



Tempebate Himaiata, from Kashmir, alt. 7500 ft., Clm-lce, eastwards to 

 Sikkim, alt. 9-13,000 ft., J.D.B., &c. 



A smaller plant than A. OriffithU with the same habit, but with pale green 

 leaves with undulate golden margins and a much narrower limb of the spathe 4 in. 

 broad or less which is not longer than the tube, is red brown or purplish and coarsely 



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