Befufjiuiii Bo tanicum. ] 
[June, 1871. 
TAB. 283. 
Natural Order Aroide^. 
Genus Typhonium [Schott in Wien. Zeitschr. 1829, iii. p. 7Q). Spatha 
concolor, basi arete convoluta. Spadix appendice nudo longo, 
organis neutris ad ovaria contiguis, ab aiitheris remotis. Antherae 
connectivum baud exsertum. Ovula 1 rare 2 basifixa. Herbae 
Indiae orien talis babitu Ari. — Schott, Prodr. Avoid, p. 105. 
T. RoxBURGHii {Schott, Avoid, i. p. 12). Foliis deltoideo-bastatis acutis 
4 — 6 poll, longis plus minus profunde trilobatis lobis lateralibus 
patentibus, spatbae lamina ovata spadice subaequante, organis 
neutris refractis, spadice breviter stipitato. — Schott, Pvodr. p. 106. 
A native of the East Indies. 
Root of numerous fleslij^ fibres. Petioles slender, green, six to 
nine inches long. Leaves hastate -deltoid, more or less deeply 
three-lobed, four to six inches long, acute, the lateral divisions 
spreading ; texture rather fleshy ; both sides green ; the three 
divisions feather-veined, the erecto-patent veinlets uniting in a 
distinct undulated loseudo-nerve a short distance v/ithin the edge. 
Peduncle shorter than the petioles. Spathe purple, fleshy, six to 
nine inches long, convolute at the base, so as to hide all below 
the ring of anthers. Ovaries crowded close below the ring of 
deflexed neutral organs, which are separated from the anthers by 
a vacant space. Barren appendage of the sp)adix four to six 
inches long, lurid purple, shortly stipitate, three to four lines 
thick at the base, tapering graduall}^ upwards. 
Tab. 283. — 1, spadix complete, life size ; 2, fertile stamens ; 3, neutral 
organs ; 4, ovary ; 5, vertical section of ovary : all magnified. — J. G. B. 
An interesting little Aroid, requiring moist stove treatment 
while in the growing state, and to be removed when at rest to a 
cooler and drier temperature, and then but little supplied with 
water. I am indebted to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew for 
this species, which I obtained from that establishment in May, 
IS{j6.—W. W. S. 
