ARUM SPECIOSUM. 
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longc excedens, prdale et ultra ; in spadice mascnld (fig. 2.) basi vix incrassata, flagtllo 
quadripollicari. JJascula: Jilamenta sparsa, distantia, teretia, brevia, carnosa, termiuata 
verticilIo antherarum quinque vel sex reniformium, lutcarum.— Foeminca (fig. 4): ovaria 
(fig. 5, 6, 7.) densissinie imbricata, Iaevia, ovata, oligospora; stigmata subsessilia, sub- 
Iruncata. 
Observation. 
This handsome species is readily distinguished by its leaves, which are strongly marked 
with innumerable parallel, closely approximated nerves, proceeding in an oblique direc¬ 
tion Irorn the strong middle rib towards the margin, and here and there united by means 
ot a few short ramifications. The spatlie is beautifully striped on both sides and keeled 
within : the stripes unite under the apex of the limb by a double line. 
ARUM SPEC I OS U At, Wall . TAB. £0. 
Acaule, laeve, dioicum ; radicc repen to; folio solitario, ternato, foliolis ovato-cordatis, 
repandis, acurainatis, petiolatis, distantcr nervosis, petiolo variegato; scapo brevissimo; 
spatha striata, ecostat&, basi cylindraceo-convolula, fauce nuda, Itmbo lato-ovato, integro, 
fornicato, in acumen liueare, Jonguui attenuato; davit cimeatA, apice tilitormi, spathd tlimi- 
di6 longiore. 
Habitat in monte Sheopore. I'lorcns sub pluviis. 
Radix crassa, carnosa, repens, quatuor ad sex polliees longa, diametro bipollicari, 
sqtiamis multis lanceolatis, membranaceis, aridis, ferrngineis obtecla, e latere inferiore 
demittens Jibras longas, teretes, albicantes, ramulosas. Folium unicorn; radicale, erec- 
turn, uti omnes paries laeve, circumscriplione irilobo-cordatum, lobis distantibus, pedale. 
Peliolus crassus, teres, carnosus, bipedalis, zonis plurimis, parallelis, radiatis, purpureis 
annulatus, basi tubulosa scapum fere totum involvente, ostio obliquo, nudo. Vagi nee 
duae, unilatcrales, dimidiatm, membranaceaj, fuscse, striatulae, lanceolate© : inferior brevis, 
superior attenuato-aenminata, petioli dorso adpressa, scapum longitudine parum excedens. 
—Foliola ovato-cordata, decem-pollicaria, ad pedalia, acuminata, purpureo-marginata, 
repanda, vix undulata, coriacea, petiolis partialibus suftulta pollicaribus, crassis, sulcatis, 
submarginatis; pagiiut superiore lucidA, inferiore pallid:!, costa mediocri, nervis remotis, 
grac'dibus, parallelis, versus marginem arcualim anastomosantibus ; tonuissime et reticu- 
lalim venosa ; lateralia vix minora, semicordata, lobis rotundatis. Scapus teres, erectus, 
a Ibus, petiolo quater brevior, ejusque basi vaginatns; apice tripollicari exsertus, purpu- 
rascens, superne vix dilatatus. Infiorescentia leviter nutans, dioica, inodora, speciocis- 
sima, purpurea, basi intus albicans, absque costis vel carinis, striis ornata usque ad apicem 
fere parallel^ decurrent ibus ; mnscula vix minor. Jitbus spath&i convol uLus, cylindricus, 
quatuor polliees longus, diametro sesquipollicari, intus albicans, extus striis rufescentibus 
notatus ; faux pervia, nuda ; limbus maximus, integer, adscendens, ovatus, subfornical us, 
pedal is, palmam latus, basi intus pallidus, superne striatus, venulosus, apice nutantc atte- 
nnalus in acumen graciilimum, lineare, tripoUicarc, versus tubum incurvum, atropurpu- 
reum. Tota spadicis (fig. 1.) basis obtecta organis fructificationis, absque appemlicibus ; 
data digitum fere crassa, cuneata, seiui-inclusa, fiava, attenuata in llagellum dcscendcns, 
teres, gracile, decernpollicare, purpureum, undulatum, limbo spathic dimidi6 circiter h>n- 
Mnscula : filamenttt longiuscula, teretia, sparsa, approximala; anther* priecedentis 
•speeiei —Foetninea (fig. 1» 2, 3, I.) prim is. 
