503 CLXVI. ABOiDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Aris<Bma. 



16. A. g-aleatum, N. E. Br. in Oard. Chron. (1879) ii. 102 ; leaf 

 solitary, leaflets all petiolulate, lateral dimidiate-ovate or -cordate acumi- 

 nate crenulate, median elliptic or ovate, tube of green spathe cylindrio 

 top incurved galeate much longer than the ovate-lanceolate acuminate 

 pendulous limb the lower margins of which are recurved, appendage 

 gradually narrowed from an elongate conic truncate base into a long 

 thread. Bot. Mag. t. 6467. 



SiKKiM Himalaya ; Gammie {Horf. Kew). 



Tuber small. Fetiole 1-2 ft. ; leaflets 7-14 in., median broadest, nerves broadly 

 reticulate ; petiolules 1-14 'U. Peduncle much shorter than the petiole. Spathe 

 4-5 in., striped with white; limb li in., hanging half-way down the tube. SpadiiB 

 white ; appendage sessile in the f em., stipitate in the male, thread pale purple 



ft Appendage of spadix far exserted bearing many neuters. 



17. A. fimbriatum, Masters in Gard. Ghron. (1884) ii. 680, f. 119 ; 

 leaf solitary, leaflets subsessile broadly ovate caudate-acuminate, tube of 

 purple spathe shorter than the large erect or incurved ovate-lanceolate 

 limb, appendage filiform clothed with filiform neuters. Regel Oartenfi. 

 (1886) 357, f. 40; Bot. Mag. t. 7160 ; Journ. of Sortie. 1886, f. 19. 



Lan&kawi Isles., north of Penang {Kort. Sanier), Ourtis. 



Rootstock tuberous. Fetiole 6-10 in. ; leaflets 5-7 in., nerves deeply sunk. 

 Peduncle as long as the petiole. Spathe about 6-7 in., tube 2^ in., stripedjgreen 

 and white, limb striped purple and white. Spadix very slender throughout ; appen- 

 dage twice as long as the tube, pendulous, red-purple, liase not swollen ; neuters 

 nearly 1 in., flexuous ; male fl. with a few ovaries scattered amongst the lower flowers. 

 — The Philippine Isld. locality recorded in Q-a/rd. Chron. is probably an error. 



B. Pbdatisbcta. Leaves pedatisect. (Sp. 18-23.) 

 * Appendage of spadix elongate, far exserted. 



18. A. tOTtuosum, ScTwtt Meletem. i. 17 ; %«. 29 ; Prodr. 36 ; 

 leaves 2-3, leaflets 5-18 sessile or petiolulate ovate- or linear-lanceolate 

 Bubcaudately acuminate, tube of green spathe about as long as the large 

 incurved broadly cymbiform acuminate limb, appendage narrowed from 

 the base to the tip erect then porrect and again erect. Kunth JSnum. iii. 19 ; 

 Blume Rumph. i. 106 ; Engler I.e. 545, and Ic. ined. n. 58. A. curva- 

 tum, Kunth I.e. 20 ; Sehott 8yn. 29 ; Prodr. 37 ; Balz. & Oibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 258 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5931 ; Angler I. c. 544, and le. ined. No. 57. A. 

 Stendelii, Sehott in Bonpland. (1839) 26 ; Prodr. 37 ; Engler I. a. and Ic. 

 ined. n. 61. A. helleborifolium, Sehott Syn 29; ProcZr. 36. A. commu- 

 tatum, Sehott in Bonpland. (1869) 26 ; Prodr. 36. Arum onrvatnm, Boxh. 

 PI. Ind. iii. 606 ; Wight Ic. t. 788. A. tortuosnm, Wall. PI. As Bar ii. 

 1. 10.— ArisEBma, Wall. Cat. 8926, 8927. 



Tempebatb and Sitbteopical Himalaya, alt. 8000 ft., from Simla to Bhotan. 

 The Khasia Hills, Munnieobb, the Western Ghats, from the Concan to 

 Malabar. 



Tubers spheroidal, attaining 5 in. diam. Fetiole 1-3 ft., green or with the 

 sheaths mottled with purple; leaflets 8-18 in., distant or crowded, or almost 

 radiately disposed. Peduncle 2-4 ft. Spathe 4-6 in., pale green or purplish, tube 

 snbcylindric, gaping, gradually dilating into the limb. Spadix uni- or bisexual ; 

 appendage like a rat's tail, quite smooth. — .Very common and varying greatly in 

 stature, the numbers and proportions and breadth of the leaflets, colour of the 

 spathe, and monoBoious or dioecious flowers. In A. Steudelii there are a few neuters 

 above the male fl. The recorded Ceylon habitat is an error. 



