153. AROIDEE. 183 
is made into what is sold as Mo-yii fou-fu. Tou-fu is a term 
applied to cheesy-looking stuff extracted in China from beans 
(Soja)."' 
5. Amorphophallus variabilis, Blume, Rumphia, i. p. 146, tt. 35 
& 37H; Kunth, Enum. Pl. iii. p. 33; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 343; 
Engl. in DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. p. 318. 
Brachyspatha variabilis, Schott, Synop. Aroid. p. 35, Gen. Aroid. t. 29, 
et Prodr. Aroid, p. 127; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. p. 200; Gard. Chron. 
ser. 2, vi. (1876) p. 680, figs. 199, 130. 
Kwanetune: Taimoshan (Westland in hb. Hance, 22422 !); 
Honexone (Harland, 300!), Mount Gough (Ford, hb. Hance, 
21368!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Java. l 
1. Colocasia antiquorum, Schott, Melet: p. 18, Gen. Aroid. 
t. 37, et Prodr. Aroid. p. 138; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. p. 202; 
Kunth, Enum. Pl. iii. p.37; Engl. in DC. Monogr. Phan. ii. 
p. 491, cum synonymis varietatibusque, var. illustris, Engl., ex- 
clusa; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 528. 
Colocasia antiquorum et C. nymphæfolia, Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. iii. 
pt. 1, p. 5, t. 786. 
Colocasia prunipes, K. Koch, in Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 1854, App. p.4; 
Walp. Ann. v. p. 871. 
Arum esculentum, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. l, p. 965; Lour. Fi. Cochinch. 
p. 935. 
Krawasr: Kiukiang (Shearer D: Szecnurn (4. Henry, 88301). 
Herb. Kew. 
India, Malay Archipelago, widely cultivated in the tropies. 
1. Alocasia cucullata, Schott, in Oestr. Bot. Wochenbl. iv. 
(1854) p. 410; Prodr. Aroid. p. 155; Engl. in DC. Monogr. 
Phan. ii. p. 498, cum synon.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 525. 
Arum cucullatum, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 536 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 501 ; 
Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. iii. pt. 1, p. 6, t. 787. 
SzkcHUEN: below Chungking (Faber, 29!); Kwanerune: 
Canton (ex Loureiro): Hatnan (A. Henry, 8626!). Herb. Kew. 
Khasia. 
2. Alocasia hainanica, N. E. Br., n. sp. 
Petiolus 7-10 poll. longus, usque ad medium vaginatus; lamina 
7-8 poll. longa, 4-5 poll. lata, peltata, ovata, basi cordato-sagit- 
tata, apice acuta, lobis posticis late ovatis vel triangulari-ovatis 
obtusis ad 2 poll. connatis, sinu triangulari 12-2 poll. profundo 
