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than the spathe, the tip curved forwards and protruding to one 
side. Male and female flowers on different plants. 
Simla, common ; June, July. — Temperate Himalaya. 
2. SAUROMATUM, From the Greek sauros, a lizard, refer- 
ring to the spotted spathe. — Tropical Asia and Africa. 
Sauromatum guttatum, Schott ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 508. Root 
tuberous, large, globose ; stems 2-4 in., spotted with purple, 
sheathed at the base by membranous, spotted scales. Leaf 
solitary, appearing after the flowers, radical, pedately compound ; 
stalk 12-18 in., spotted ; leaflets 9-11, oblong-lanceolate, unequal, 
more or less united at the base, very variable in size and shape, the 
central one 6-13 X l|-4 in., outer ones gradually smaller. Spathe 
12-24 in., green-purple outside ; tube 3-4 in., cylindric or globosely 
inflated, margins united, the inner surface speckled purple on 
yellow ground, the base deep purple ; limb lanceolate, narrowed 
into a long, linear, curved tip, the inside irregularly blotched with 
purple and white, the margins purple. Spadix prolonged into a 
tapering, dark purple appendage 6-10 in. long. Male and female 
flowers on the same plant. Female flowers crowded round the base 
of the spadix with a few club-shaped, neutral organs above them ; 
ovary obovate, ovules 1-2. Male flowers crowded in a ring 
2 or 3 in. above the female. Berries scarlet, 1-seeded, in a 
globose head more or less enveloped in the withered base of the 
spathe. 
Simla, in woods. Dhobis ghat, Annandale. — Himalaya. — The evil-smelling 
flowers appear in April-May, the leaf in July-September. 
3. TYPHONIUM. Name of mythological origin applied to 
some Aroid. — Tropics of the Old World. 
*Typhonium diversifolium, Schott ; FI. Br. hid. vi. 510. 
Root tuberous, globose ; stems 3-9 in., slender. Leaf solitary, 
rarely 2, appearing with the flowers, very variable in shape and 
size, usually about 3-6 in. long and as much across, hastate or 
sagittate or pedately divided into 5 broadly lanceolate or narrow 
lobes ; stalk 3-12 in., slender. Spathe 2-8 in., erect, green, striped 
and tinged with purple ; tube short, margins free, overlapping ; 
limb lanceolate, finely pointed. Spadix terminating in a terete, 
obtuse, dark purple appendage 1| in. long, protruding or enclosed. 
Male and female flowers on the same plant. Female flowers 
purple, crowded round the base of the spadix, having a few club- 
shaped, neutral organs above them : ovary 1 -celled. Male flowers 
sessile, crowded in a ring about | in. above the female, the inter- 
posed, neutral organs being flat scales. Berries ovoid, 1- or 2- 
seeded. 
Sutlej valley, 6000-8000 ft., Rampore, common in Kumaon ; June-August, 
— W. Himalaya. — The flowers have a highly unpleasant smell. 
