512 CLXVi. AEOiDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Typhonium. 



Cat. n. 8931. Arum onspidatum, Blume Cat. Sort. Buitenz. 101. A. 

 flagelliforme, Zodd. Bot. Cab. t. 396; Boxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 602; Wight Ic. 

 t. 791 ; GHff. Bin. Notes, 13, No. 193; Oriff. Notul. iii. 144(flageUiferum). 

 A. angulatum, Oriff'. Notul. iii. 143.— iBAeeie Sort. Mai. ii. t. 20. 



LowEK BENOAt, the Malayan Peninsula and Burma. — Disteib. Malay Islds. 



Tuber eubglobose. Leaves 1-7 in., sometimes almost 3-partita and 6 in. across 

 the linear or oblong lobes, at others quite simple with a rounded or cordate base. 

 Tetiole 6-12 in. Peduncle slender, long or short. Spathe 4r-8 in., lurid red, papillose 

 within. Appendage as long as the spathe or a little longer. 



10. T. gracile, Schott Aroid. i. 12; Prodr. 108 ; loaves pedately 3-5- 

 partite, segments elliptic-oblong acuminate lateral lobed at the outer base, 

 epathe very long and slender from a lanceolate base, neuters above the 

 fern. infl. filiform recurved or revolute, appendage sessile as long as the 

 epathe narrowed from the base to the very slender tip. Ungler Arac. 613. 

 Arum gracile, Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 505 ; Wight Ic. t. 793 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. 

 PI. 228. ? Arissema gracile, Kunth Fnum. iii. 21. — Bheede Sort. Mai. xi. 

 t. 21. 



SiLHET, Roxburgh ; Eeasia Hills, Griffith {Eew Distrib. 6000). — The Pah jab ; 

 Jhelum river, AitcMson. 



Tuber globose. Leaves 4-6 in. broad across the segments, which are sessile or 

 petiolulate, and from broadly oval to oblong or lanceolate, acuminate ; petiole 

 6-12 in. ; petiolules sometimes J in. Peduncle 1-14 in- Spathe 6-8 in. 



8. TKERXOFKONUM, Bhime. 



Characters of Typhonium, but leaves always undivided cordate or sagit- 

 tate, neuter.i all subulate, anthers didymous and the more numerous 

 ovules basilar and pendulous from the top of the ovarian oeU. — All 

 Indian. 



* Anthers beaked, opening by slits. Neuters many, all near the 

 anthers. 



1. T. crenatum, Blume Bnmph. i. 128 ; spathe 4-5 in. suboylindric 

 margins waved and crenate, anthers shortly beaked, neuters ^-^ in. 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 196; Schott in (Estr. Bot. Zeiischr. (1858) 2; 

 Aroid. i. 15, t. 21; Prodr. 102; Engler Arac. 607 (ex-cl. var. rostra- 

 tum); 2V. F. Br. in Journ. Linn. 8oc. xviii. 259. T. Kleinii, Schott in 

 (Estr. Bot. Zeit. 1858 ; Z. c. 3 ; Prodr. 103. Typhonium crenatum, Schott 

 Melet. i. 17. Wall. Cat. 8934. Arum crenatum, Wight in Sook. Bot. 

 Misc. ii. 100 ; Suppl. t. 3 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 228, 



The Deccan, Conoan and Caenatio, Hei/ne, &o. 



Fiiber small. Leaves 3-4 in. long and often as broad, orbicular hastate or cor- 

 dately sagittate ; petiole 4-12 in. Spathe membranous, pale yellow-green ; base of 

 tube broadly truncate, intruded. Spadix half as long as the spathe ; appendage 

 cylindric, dark-purple. 



2. T. Wiffhtii, Schott in (Fstr. Bot. Zeitschr. (1858) 3 ; Prodr. 103 ; 

 spathe 4-6 in. linear-oblong acute, anthers loug-beaked, lower neuters 

 ^-i in. N. E. Br. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 259. T. crenatum, var. 

 rostratum, Engler Arac. 607 {es-cl. syn. arum crenatum). Typhonium 

 minutum, Schott ex Wall. Cat. 8932 {not of Blume). 



The Caenatic, Wight. 



Very near T. crenatum. Leaves sometimes 3-lobed. — Specimens indifferent. 



