Typhonium.] CXLV. AEOIDE.E. 1G95 



long ; terminal appendage very oblique at the base, rather thick and about lin. 

 long in the typical form.— F. v. M. Fragm. viii. 187 ; Bet. Mag. t. 6180 ; Arum 

 ■orixense, E. Br. Prod. 386, but not of Koxb. 



Hab.i Burnett River, F. v. Mueller ; 'Rockha.m^ton and neighbourhood, Thoi.i:t, Bowman; 

 Eockingham Bay, Dallachy ; and many other localities. 

 Hoots eaten after preparation. — lioth and Thozet. 



3. T. augustilobum (lobes narrow), F. r. M. Frcujm. x. 66 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Aiistr. vii. 154. "Wanjallo," Mitchell Kiver, Palmer; "Wu-ri," Batavia 

 River, Roth. Leaf-lobes 3, narrow-linear, 5 to 7in. long and 1 to IJ line 

 broad. Terminal appendage of the spadix 2 to Sin. long. 



Hab.: Gilbert Eiver, /I imi'J; Mitchell lUver, /•'. Patacr. 



Tubers roasted and broken with a stone,, pounded a good deal and roasted several limes 

 'before eaten. ^PaZmc?' <£• Roth. 



4. T. WEillari (after T. Barclay Millar), Bail. But. Bull. 2. Rhizome 

 -attaining to 4 to 6in., flattish and irregular in shape. Leaves glaucous, about 6 

 to a plant ; petioles 6 to lOin. long, finely striate, the broadish sheathing base 

 ■occupying about 2 or 3in., border of sheath tinged with purple ; lamina divided 

 nearly to the base mto 3 narrow attenuated lobes, the middle one of the largest 

 leaves about 9in. long and lin. broad at the widest part, lateral lobes somewhat 

 shorter, usually with an upward tendency, but sometimes horizontally spreading ; 

 midrib and veins prominent on the under surface, the veins few, distantly 

 ■anastomosing. Flower inodorous, usually on a very short scape. Spatha with a 

 :glaucous, smooth, striated, ovoid, convolute base, of about If in.; lamina 8 to 

 12in. long, very broad but tapering to an acuminate apex, bright-green with 

 prominent distant anastomosing veins on the outside, the inside of a uniform dull 

 purple colour, when fully expanded turning an olive-green in the course of a day, 

 a,lmost campanulate, the long tapering upper part of the spatha being thrown 

 back. Spadix terminated by a helmet-shaped, fleshy, smooth, copper-coloured 

 ■appendage 1| to nearly 2in. long, the base obliquely truncate ; immediately below 

 this is a Sfiiooth velvety-brown terete neck of about 3 lines, the next |in. is 

 occupied by the rosy male organs, after which is a bare interval of about lin. of a 

 •deep glossy purple, when fresh this is covered by papillre, between this and the 

 female portion is a ring of recurved fihform neutral organs, the base of the spadix 

 for about -^in. is occupied by the sessile ovaries. Stigma sessile. Berry speckled, 

 1-seeded. 



Hab.: Walsh Elver, T. Barclay-Millar. 



T. Jilillari differs from T. Bi'ownii in its prominently striated petioles, tl'e sheathing bases 

 being widely spread over; in the venation of the leaf-segments being very oblique and not half 

 so numerous ; in its much larger quite scentless flowers. 



2. AMORPHOPHALLUS, Blume. 



(From amorphos, deformed, a,nd phallos, a mace ; alluding to the inflorescence.) 



Spatha campanulate, marcescent, tube short, convolute, limb often broadly 

 expanded, margins often undulate. Spadix stout, often very stout, the 

 appendage large. Inflorescence cylindrical, male and female contiguous ; neuter 

 ■organs none. Anthers densely crowded in groups of 2 to 4, sessile, cells oblong, 

 pores apical. Ovaries 1 to 4-celled. Style short or long, stigma capitate, lobed ; 

 ovules solitary in each cell,subbasilar, anatropous. Berries sub-globose, obovoid 

 or ovoid. Seeds large, endosperm none, embryo macropodous. — Tuberous herbs, 

 flowering before leafing, or together. Leaves tripartite, segments pinnatiseet, 

 veins pinnate, meeting in an intermarginal one. 



The species, of which there are about 50, belong to the tropics of Asia and Africa, the Malay 

 Archipelago, Islands of the Pacific, New Guinea and Australia, 



Ultimate division of leaf exceeding Sin. long and broad 1. A. galbra. 



Ultimate division of leaf scarcely 2in. long, and 2 lines broad 2. A. anguslilohum. 



