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A It TIM NEPENTUOTDES. 
fhe berries are not so thiclc, and of an oblong shape; (lie seeds reniform. The natives 
of IVipal eat the fruit of both plants, the pulp of which has a sweetish, but otherwise 
insipid taste.—Can Thunberg’s two Jlaiunia *, qvinata and hexaphylla (Flor. japon. p, 
148 et 140) possibly belong to this genus? 
ARUM NEPENT1IOIDES, Wall. TAR. 18 
Caulcscens, erectuin, laeve, dioicum, vaginis petiolisque variegatis ; foliis binis, pel- 
tatim quinatis, foliolis lanceolatis, acuininatis; spathd terminali, pedunculate, limbo 
trilobo : tobis lateralibus reniformibus, horizontalibus, intermedio acuto, fornieato; clava 
spadicis obtusissiina, liudu, vix exsertit, basi truncatO*retusa, staminihus ptstillisqve sfo- 
rilibus nullis. 
Legi in sylvis Sheopore montis, florens et fructigerum tempore pluvioso. 
Tuber depresso-orbiculatum, carnosum, fuscum, undulatum, laeve, intus rufescens, 
vertice comosum radiculis longis, crassis, teretibus, pallide rubris, parum fibiillosis. 
Caulis erectus, carnosus, teres, hi- usque ad quadri-pedalis, laevis, nitidus, basi pollicem 
ad duos crassus, vaginis aliquot indutus reinotis, alternantibus, oblongis, arete adpres- 
sis, obtusissimis, liinc fissis, infimis brevissimis; medio diphyllus, superne gracihor, nu- 
dus, florifer, pennA cvgueA vix crassior; tot us variegatus niaculis parum elevatis, scabrius- 
culis, transversalibus et subannularibus, lateritiis, striisque hisce alternantibus, perpen- 
diculftribus, copiosis, parallelis, violaceis. Folia dua, subopposita, erecto-pateulia, pe- 
tiolata. peltatim-d igitata, quinata, circumscriptionc orbiculato-cordata. Foliola lan- 
ceolata, in acumen gracile attenuata, sessilia, deorsum angustata, basi subacuta, do- 
drantalia ad spithamaea, inferiora duo bine gibbosiora; membranacea, laevissima, supra 
atroviridia, nitida, subtus glauca, costA elevate, nervisque gracilibus, reinotis, alternan¬ 
tibus Petiolus teres, laevis, attenuatus, foliolis duplo longior, striis violaceis medio 
confluentibus annulate basi Ml. pennam cygneam crass!, infra apicem vagin* <«g. 2 ) 
in ligulam. brevissimam, obtusissimam productas inserts. Sjmlha (fig. 1.) solitaria, 
terminalis, apiee caulis spithamaeA pedunculi in modum elevata, laevis, erecta, sex 
ad octo pollices longa, extus ex alho viridiuscula, pulchcrrime picta; intus emacu- 
lata fuseescens; subenervia et subavenia ; dimidia inferior pars convoluta in cylindrum 
pollicem crassum, ornatum striis brevihus, violaceis, numerosissimis, geminatis, lon- 
gitudinaliter seriatis ; limbus patens, trilobus : lobi laterales orbieulato-reniformes, hori¬ 
zon taliter patentissimi, obtusissiini, sesquipollicares, supra convex!, fuscescentes, ra- 
diatim punctati, subtus concavi, albicantes, parallel^ veuulosi; intermedins triplo majoy, 
rec t6 adscendens, ovatus, fornicates, apice lcviter decurvus, suhacuminatus, marginibus 
vix repandis, baseos parum contract® lateribus recurvatis, sensimque in lobos istos la¬ 
terales auricuheformes abcuntibns, dorso convexo, inscriptus hncis qumque albicantibus, 
latiusculis, parallelis, minime elevatis. Spadix erecta, laevis, tubo spathae parum lon¬ 
gior, apieeque leviter supra fauceni elevata, dioica; mascula foemineaparum gracilior, et 
ima cum s path a brevior ; pars dimidia inferior teres, e basi ultra medium dense staminifera 
vel pistillifcra; code rum nuda, absque genitalibus sterilibus, aliisve appendicibus, teres, 
gracilis, violaceo-punctata ,* pars dimidia superior, seu clava, cuneilormi-cylimlriea, alba, 
punctulata, laevis, obtusissiina, intus spongioso-fibrosa, medio contraeta, basi itenim 
parum dilatata, subtruncata etretusa Filamenta ralde numerosa, distincta, brevis si- 
mo> subeonica, seriebus quinque vel sex spiraliter ordinata, apice gerentia anthems ties 
vcl quatuor vcrticiHulas, mulas, globosas, uniloeulares, vertice dehiscentes rimd brevi 
transversa ; illue staininum superiorum sunt majores, violacete, subreniformes : inferioruni 
vero ininores, citius cmarcescentes, flavicanteg, globos®: omnes tamen pollimlerte. 
Ovaria tig. 8, 4, 5,0.) in distincta spadice, ovato-subrotunda, numerosissima, seriebus 
cireiter duodecim dense imbricata, umlocularia, vertice purpuraseentia, continentia ovula 
