N. 0. AR0IDE.E. 1333 



to Bhutan. The Khasia Hills, Manipore ; the Western Ghats, 

 from the Konkan to Malabar. 



Tuberous herbs. Tubers spheroidal, attaining 5in. diam. 

 Petiole l-3ft., green or with the sheaths mottled with purple. 

 Leaves 2-3. Leaflets 8-18in., distant or crowded or almost 

 radiately disposed, sessile or petiolulate ovate-or linear-lanceo- 

 late, subcaudately acuminate. Peduncle 2-4ft. Spathe 4-6in., 

 pale-green or purplish, tube subcylindric, tapering, gradually 

 dilating into the limb. The limb incurved broadly cymbiform, 

 acuminate. Spadix uni-or bisexual ; appendage like a rat's tail 

 quite smooth, narrowed from the base to the tip erect. Ovary 

 ovoid, attenuated into a short style. Berry 4-5-seeded. A very 

 variable plant. 



Collett describes the following two species separately as 

 included by Hooker under A. tortuosum. Schott—as growing 

 at Simla — (1) A. curvatum, Kuwth : — Male and female flowers 

 on different or on the same plants. Anthers blue or purple. 

 (2) A. helleborifolium. Schott — Male and female flowers on 

 the same plant, but in very unequal numbers. Anthers white 

 or yellow. 



Uses : — It is stated to have poisonous qualities. In Kulu, 

 the seeds are said to be given with salt for colic in sheep. 

 The root is used to kill the worms ivhieh infest cattle in the 

 rains. (Stewart.) 



1310. A. Leschenaultii, Blume. h.f.b.i.,vi. 504. 



Vern. :— -Wal-kidaran ( Singh). 



Habitat : — Western Ghats, from the Konkan southward. 

 Ceylon. 



Monoecious or dioecious. Tuber large, globose 2in. diam. 

 Stem 6in. stout, clothed with long mottled sheaths Leaf soli- 

 tary, pedatipartite. Leaflets 5-11-whorled, sub-sessile, lanceolate, 

 serrulate, caudate acuminate, dark-green above, with a stout 

 mid-rib, pale beneath, base acuminate. Petiole stout, 1ft. long, 

 pale-green, irregularly barred or mottled with pale-purple, 

 Spathe emerging from the sheath of the petiole, very shortly 

 peduncled, 6-18in. long, dark-green, externally striped with 



