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Arisaema (Fifty species of this genus)

The fifty species of this genus are mostly native of temperate and sub-tropical Asia, a few being North American and one Abyssinian. To those described on pp. 111-2, Vol. I., the following should now be added: A. fimbriatum (fringed).* fl., spadix cylindrical, slender, the free end covered with slender, purplish threads; spathe brownish-purple, longitudinally banded whitish, oblong, acute or acuminate, convolute at base. l. two, deeply divided into three ovate, acute, glabrous segments; petioles long, pale purplish-rose, spotted purple. Philippine Islands, 1884. See Fig. 3, for which we are indebted to Mr. William Bull. (G. C. n. s., xxii., p. 689; R. G. 1886, 357.) A. utile (useful). fl., spadix purple; spathe reddish-brown, with greenish ribs and veins, the tube 3in. to 4in. long, the lamina decurved, rarely sub-erect, 3in. to 4in. across. May and June. l. in pairs; leaflets three, shortly and stoutly petiolulate or sessile, the middle one broader than long, 5in. to 8in. in diameter. Sikkim Himalayas, 1880. (B. M. 6474.)