into the petiole, entire, with undulating margins, and the 

 mid-rib prominent beneath, dark green, sometimes with white, 

 sometimes with green markings, shining. Peduncle shorter 

 than the leaves, terete, glabrous, olive-green. Spathe 10-15 

 cm. long, with a tube 4-5 cm. long and 1*8-2 cm. in diameter, 

 with an ovate acuminate limb, varying in colour from almost 

 white to a deep rose or aster purple (R.C.S.) in the upper 

 portion, greenish-yellow below, without a dark blotch round 

 the base of the spadix. Spadix stout, with male flowers on 

 the upper half and female flowers on the lower half. Ovary 

 glabrous ; stigma sessile. Fruit a berry. Seeds subglobose. 



Plate 15. — Fig. 1, plant, reduced ; Fig. 2, spadix ; Fig. 3, ovary. 

 F.P.S.A., 1921. 



