483 



Spec. Chah. Leaves peltatisect, segmentB 7 — 8, sessile, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate ; spadix club-shaped, obtuse, flattish at the 

 apex, shorter than the sub-fomioate, subulate, much acuminated 

 spathe. 



Interior of Bengal. 



(6) A. TOETUOSTTM. fSohott.J 



Ident. Schott. 1. c. — Blume 1. c. p. 106. 



8yn. Arum tortuosum, Wall. 



Engram. "Wall. pi. As. rar. II. t. 114. 



Spec. Chak. Leaves pedatisect, segments 7 — 19, lateral ones 

 sessile, intermediate ones somewhat ansate, lanceolate-elliptic, acute, 

 sub-repand: spadix subulate, tortuously ascending, exceeding the 

 acute fornicate spathe. 



Neilgherries. 



(7) A. eEACiLE. (Kunfh.) 



Ident. Kunth. Enum. pi. III. p. 21. 



Syn. Arum gracile, Roxb.flor. Ind. III. p. 605. 



Engrav. "Wight's Icon. t. 793. — Eheede Mai. xi. t. 21. 



Spec. Chab. Stemless : leaves deeply 3-parted or sub-temate, 

 lobes acute, the middle one oblong, lateral ones semi-hastate : spathe 

 flageUiform, the length of the ffagelliform spadix : nectarial scales 

 simple and revolute. 



Silhet. 



GE]S"D"S III. TTPHONIIJM. 



Monoeoia. Xiiineandrla. Sex: Syst: 



Gen. Chae. Spathe convolute at the base : spadix interruptedly 

 androgynous below, rudimentary organs collected below the stamens, 

 • apex subulate : anthers distinct : cells opposite, dehiscing length- 

 ways: ovaries many, free: ovule 1, basilar, erect from a longish 

 thread, orthotropal : stigma terminal, sessile, depresso-hemispherical : 

 berries 1-seeded : seed sub-globose, erect, sessile : testa coriaceous, 

 thick, wrinkled : embryo albuminous : radicle superior. — Stemless 

 herbs with a tuberous rhizome : leaves simultaneous, long-petioled, 

 nerved, cordate or hastate, entire : scape long exserted from the 

 sheathing bases of the leaves : spathe of the same colour. 



