Plesmoium.] clxvi. aroidb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 519 



Arac. 303. Amorpliophalltis margaritiferua, Eunth Enum. iii. 34. Arum 

 margaritifer, Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 512; Wight Ic. t. 795. Oaladium 

 disoretum, Herb. Ham.— Wall. Oat. 8937 A. 



HlNDOSTAN ; Somiurffh. Benoal, at Dacca, Clarice. 



Tuber 6 in. diam. or less, bulbilliferous all over. Leaves IJ ft. diam., S-sect; 

 segments pinnatiseot, lateral forked ; leaflets few, 4-6 in., linear, acuminate ; 

 petiole 14^2 ft., green. Peduncle 12-18 In., stout, pale green streaked with 

 darker green. Spathe 5-6 in. by 4 broad, erect, broadly ovate, obtuse, concave, 

 loosely convolute below the middle, pale yellow-green, flushed with pink within, 

 dark purple at the base. Spadix very stout,' stipitate, obtuse, as long as the spathe ; 

 male infl. much the longest ; neuters as large aa peas, white. Anthers crowded, 

 very short, pores confluent. Ovaries scattered, globose, narrowed into a short 

 style ; stigma large, 2-3-lobed.— P. dubium, Sehott (Prodr. 125 ; JBngler Arac. I. c.) 

 founded on a very imperfect spathe and spadix from Pegu {McLelland) is distin- 

 guished by its auther by the neuters being (in a dried state) turbinate with acute 

 margins aU round. 



13. ARZOPSXS, Mmmo. 

 Small ttiberoiis terb. Leaves entire, peltate. Spathe small, cymbiform, 

 open (tube 0) persistent. Spadix shorter than the spathe, appendage ; 

 male fl. cylindrio ; fem. adnate to the base of the spathe. Male fl. em- 

 bedded in the tissue of the spadix ; anthers connate in groups of 3, each 

 2-celled, surrounding a pore into which all open. Ovaries few, oblong, 

 1-ceUed ; stigma sessile, 4-6-fid ; ovnles many, orthotropous, 2-seriate on 

 4-6 parietal placentas. Berries 3-6-angled, many-seeded, stigmas stellate. 

 Seeds pendulous, albuminous ; embryo axile. 



This genus has hitherto been ascribed to Graham, in whose " Catalogue of the 

 Plants of Bombay and its vicinity" it first appeared, and where the letter N. 

 following the name was assumed by Sehott and all subsequent authors to mean 

 " Nobis." It really means " Nimmo," Graham's coadjutor in the work, an excellent 

 botanist. 



1. A. peltata; Nimmo in Grah. Gat. Bomb. PI. 252 ; Sehott Syn. 

 40; Gen.t. 85; Prodr. 135; Bot. Mag. t. 4222; Eiigler Arac. 528. A. 

 protanthera, N. E. Br. in Rep. B. Qard. Kew, 1877, 57. Remusatia vivi- 

 para, Wight Ic. t. 900 {rwt of Sehott). Caladium ? ovatum, Serb. Ham. — 

 Aroid. Wall. Gat. 8956, 8957. 



Westeen suBTEOPioAi. HIMALAYA, from Nepal to Sikkim, alt. 4-6000 ft. Buema ; 

 in the Karen Hills, Kurz. Westben Ghats j from the Concan to Travancore, 

 Hei/ne, ^e. 



Tubers small, clustered. Leaves 1-6 in. diam., orbicular or cordate, tip 

 rounded or acute, membranous, glaucous beneath ; petiole 2-7 in., slender. Peduncle 

 1-4 in., very slender. Spathe 1 in. , incurved, apiculate, violet with a green dorsal 

 ridge, paler within. Spadix decurved ; male infl. dark purple ; fem. green, stigma 

 yellow. — A. protanthera, owes its origin to the fact, that whereas all the Himalayan 

 specimens then in Kew Herbarium from various collections showed that flowering 

 had preceded leafing by a considerable interval ; all those from the Western Ghats 

 showed that those processes had been contemporaneous. Specimens of the Himalayan 

 plant recently received from the Calcutta Herbarium, have invalidated the above 

 character. 



14. STEUDNERA, C. Koch. 

 Herbs ; caudex stout. Leaves ovate, long-petioled, peltate. Spathe 

 shortly convolute at the base, limb ovate-lanceolate, expanded, reflexed, 

 maroescent. Spadix very short, dense-fld. ; male infl. olavate or capitate ; 



