CVII. ARACEiE 
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yellow, club-shaped appendage included within the spathe. Male 
and female flowers on the same plant ; the male sessile, the 
anthers united and forming a continuous layer. 
Simla, Mushobra, not common ; June, July. — Temperate Himalaya. — 
Afghanistan, Arabia. 
6. Arisaema Jaequemontii, Bl. ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 505. Stems 
1-2 ft., sometimes mottled. Leaves usually 2, digitately com- 
Fig. 178. Aris^ema helleborifolium. 
pound ; leaflets 5-7, unequal, lanceolate, 3-8 x 1-2 in. Spathe 
green, striped with white ; tube long, narrow ; limb broad, 
gradually narrowed into a long, green or purple, thread-like tail. 
Spadix prolonged into a slender, tapering appendage, much shorter 
