Amorphophallus.] olxvi. aroidejj. (J. D. Hooker.) 515 



linear-oblong J stigma 2.fld.— Described from tiie figure in Bot. Mag. Rheede'a 

 figure represents fem. infl. much shorter than in A. campamilaius. 



4. A. long-istylus, Kurz Andaman Bep. 50 (name) ; spathe long- 

 peduncled, limb acute or acuminate hardly broader than the convolute 

 ovoid tube, appendage oylindrio narrowed to the tip many timea longer 

 than the infl. and spathe. 



AUDAMAir ISLDS. ; Kun. 



Tuber a depressed sphere, not bulbilliferous. Leaf very large, leaflets 3-5 by 

 2-2^ in., broadly elliptic ovate or obovate, base contracted ; petiole 2-3 ft., green 

 spotted with purple ; sheaths closely wrapping the base. Spathe 13 by 5 in,, dull red 

 purple with darker blotches, sides infolding above the middle convolute low down. 

 Spadii sessile ; infl. shorter than the spathe; male ^ in., fem. shorter j appendage 

 7 in., dark violet-purple. Anthers very short. — Described from a drawing in Serl. 

 Calcutt. 



** Style very short or 0. 



t Spadix not or very little longer than, the spathe. 



5. A. bulMfer, Blume Bumph. i. 148 ; spathe long-peduncled tube 

 broad turgid limb rather longer ovate oymbiform obtuse, spadix very stout 

 shorter or a little longer than the spathe, appendage as long as infl. and 

 broader than elongate conoid or oblong top rounded. Kunth JEnum. iii. 

 34 ; Begel Gartenfl. (1871), t. 688 ; EngUr Arac. 317, and Ic. ined. No. 156. 

 Arum bulbiferum, Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 510 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2072, 2508 ; Orah. 

 Cat. Bomb. PI. 229; Wall. Cai. 8935, 8936 (spathe). A. ocoultatum and 

 taccoides, Serb. Ram. Pvthonium bulbiferum, Schott Melet. i. 18. 

 Conophallus bulbifer, Sohott Syn. 84; Gen. t. 30 ; Prodr. 128. 



Easiebn Bengal, Sieeim, the Khasia Hills, and Bubma, ascending to 

 5000 ft. The Concan, Graham. 



Tuber globose. Leaf 12-18 in. diam., ultimately bulbilliferous at the base, forks, 

 and nerves above; leaflets 3-8 in., obovate or lanceolate; petiole 3-4 ft., and peduncle 

 8-10 in., green and pink streaked with green or black. Spathe 5-8 in., erect, pale 

 pink or yellowish clouded with pink, rose-pink within. Spadix sessile; infl. 3 in. 

 by ^ diam. ; appendage 3-4 in., pale flesh-colrd. or white. Anthers short. Stigma 

 2-lobed. 



6. A. commutatus, Ungler Arac. 319 ; spathe long-peduncled erect 

 ovate-lanceolate obtuse base shortly sheathing, spadix about as long as the 

 spathe, appendage three or four times longer than the infl. but not 

 stouter, tapering from the sessile base upwards. Conophallus commu- 

 tatus, Schott in Bonpland. (1859), 28 ; Prodr. 128. 



The Concan ; Stocks. 



Tuber and leaf unknown. Peduncle 1-3 ft. Spathe 6-10 by 1^-4 in., rough 

 at the base within, tip obtuse. Spadix columnar, sessile; male infl. 1^—2 in., fem. 

 |-li in., both cylindric ; appendage not contracted above the infl., smooth, tip obtuse. 

 Anthers very shortly oblong. Stigma sessile, disciform. 



7. A. purpurascens, Kum mss.; leaflets elliptic-obovate, spathe small 

 very long-peduncled oymbiform acute base shortly convolute, spadix shorter 

 or rather longer than the spathe stout, appendage rather longer but little 

 broader than the infl. stout elongate conoidal tip rounded. 



Pebu, Mabtaban, and in the Ibeawaddy and Sittang Talleys, Kum. 

 Tuber small, 2 in. diam., not bulbilliferous. Leaf small, 10 in. diam., 3-sect 

 with segments 3-5 by 1-2 in., petiole 18 in., pale green. Peduncle 16 in., red-purple, 



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