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tail-like appendage, green, except the purple base. Male and 
female flowers on different plants. 
Simla, Mushobra, Mahasu, common ; June, July. — W. Himalaya. 
2. Arissema Wallichianum, Hook. f . ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 500. 
Stems l-§-2 ft. Leaf single, digitately compound ; leaflets 3, 
sessile, broadly ovate, shortly pointed, the side ones oblique, 
,3J-10x2^-7 in., the middle one orbicular, 3-7J x 2§-9 in. 
Spathe-tube ribbed, dark green on a pale ground ; limb broad, 
abruptly contracted in a short, tail-like tip, the centre dark purple- 
striped, the margins chequered with pale green veins. Spadix 
prolonged in a very slender, far-protruding, purple, tail-like appen- 
dage. Male and female flowers on different plants. 
Mushobra, Mahasu ; June, July. — Himalaya. 
Commonly known as the Cobra or Snake plant. 
3. Arissema curvatum, Kunth ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 502. Stems 
1^-3 ft. Leaves 2, pedately compound ; leaflets 7 up to 13, 
unequal, sessile, linear-lanceolate, 5-7 x J-J in. Spathe pale 
green, finely ribbed ; tube narrow, mouth contracted ; limb broad, 
ending in a long-pointed tip. Spadix prolonged into a far-pro- 
truding, tail-like appendage, abruptly and strongly curved near 
the base, then turning upwards, green, except the purple base. 
Male and female flowers on different or on the same plants. 
Anthers blue or purple. 
Simla, common ; July, August. — Temperate Himalaya. 
This species rarely comes into flower before the middle of July ; it is in- 
cluded in the FI. Br. Ind. under A. tortuosum , Schott. 
4. Arissema helleborifolium, Schott ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 502. 
Stems 1-5 ft., mottled with purple. Leaves 2, pedately compound ; 
leaflets 9 up to 15, unequal, most of them stalked, ovate-lanceo- 
late, l-jj-4 x in., long-pointed. Spathe green, finely ribbed; 
tube narrow, mouth contracted ; limb broad, ending in a long- 
pointed tip. Spadix prolonged into a far-protruding, tail-like 
appendage, curved near the base, then turning upwards, purple or 
the tip green. Male and female flowers usually on the same plant 
but in very unequal numbers. Anthers white or pale yellow 5 * 7 . 
(Fig. 178.) 
Simla, common ; June, July. — Temperate Himalaya. 
This species is the first to appear ; it is sometimes in flower before the 
rains commence. Included in the FI. Br. Ind. under A. tortuosum, Schott. 
5. Arissema flavum, Schott ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 503. Stems 6-18 in. 
Leaves usually 2, sometimes only one, pedately compound ; leaflets 
9 up to 11, unequal, sessile or nearly so, lanceolate, 3-6 x^-1^ in., 
long-pointed. Spathe purple inside ; tube very short, green ; limb 
pointed, yellow. Spadix short, thick, conical, prolonged into a 
