490 oLxy. TYPHACES. (J. D. Hooker.) [Sparganium. 
Perianth of 3-6 membranous scales. Stamens 2-3, connective hardly pro- 
duced at the tip. Ovary 1- rarely 2-celled; style very short, persistent, 
stigma unilateral; cells 1-seeded. Drupes obovoid, spongy ; endocarp 
bony, tip perforated. Seed adherent to the endocarp.—Species about 6. 
1. S. ramosum, Huds. Fl. Angl. 401; erect, leafy, leaves linear 
triquetrous at the base, heads sessile on the branches of a panicle, drupes 
sessile shortly beaked. Kunth Enum. iii. 89; Boiss. Fl. Orient. T o 
erectum, Kurz in Journ. Bot. v. (1867) 96. S. stoloniferum, Ham. wn Watt. 
Cat. 4990. S. carinatum, Ham. ex Royle Til. 408. 
Norra West INDIA; from the plains to 5200 ft. in Kashmir. BURMA, Griffith. 
—Distris. N. temp. regions. . Male 
Stems 1-4 ft. Leaves 2-5 ft., 1 in. broad or less; margins concave. e 
heads olive-brown, 4—4 in. diam., deciduous; fem. 1 in. diam. in frt. ; scales linear, 
tips spathulate. Drupe X in. long, angled; stigma linear. 
2. S. simplex, Huds. Fl. Angl. 401; erect, leafy, leaves linear vid 
quetrous at the base rarely floating, fem. heads racemose, male p 
drupe shortly stipitate long-beaked. Kunth Enum. iii. 89; Hos Lt 
Orient. v. 48. S. erectum, var. B Linn. Sp. Pl. 971; Kurz in Journ. bot. Y. 
(1867) 96. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 7-9000 ft., J.D.H. KnasiA Hinzs, alt. 5-6000 ft., 
Griffith, &c. Burma, Grifith.—D1isTRIB. N. temp. regions. 
Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves narrower than in S. ramosum, margins flat. Male heads 
yellow. Scales linear-oblong, tips toothed. Drupes fusiform, simple linear. 
Orpvrer CLXVI. AROIDEZ. 
Perennial herbs with radical leaves, or scandent shrubs. ge 
alternate. Flowers 1-2-sexual, sessile on a spadix which is more or ally 
enclosed in a green or coloured spathe; if unisexual the males poer) 
towards the apex and fem. at the base of the spadix, with often neu 
between them and above the males ; perianth 0 or of scales. Anthers © 
celled, dehiscence dorsal or by pores; pollen various. 
1-3-celled, style short or long, stigma discoid or lobed; ovules any 
more, variously inserted. Fruit baccate. Seeds 1 or few, rarely mo 
often imbedded in pulp; testa various; albumen 0 or copious; 1 teral 
axile, or in exalbuminous genera, thick with the plumule m 4, 
slit.—Genera about 100, species about 1000, for the most part tropic? ` 
0 
I am indebted to the studies of Mr. N. E. Brown for valuable notes 0n ee o 
the Indian species entered in the Kew Herbarium, and for aid in the prep 
the following descriptions :— ) 
Ers A. Flowers monocious (rarely diccious 1n Ars% 
Perianth 0. 
. jn 
, Tribe I. Antnez, Spadiz with a flowerless top (appendage) OF e 
Pistia and Oryptocoryne, Stamens free; anther-cells larger thant s 
nective. Fem. fl. Staminodes 0. Ovary 1-celled, ovules orthotropous- 
^ Submerged or marsh herbs. Ovaries in one whorl 1. CRYPTOCORYNE. 
Marsh herbs. Ovaries spirally disposed 2... 2. LAGENANDBA. 
Floating stemless herb . . . . . . . , . . . OB PISTIA 
Terrestrial tuberous herbs : 
Leaves compound; ovules basal . . . ... . 4 ABISHMA. 
Leaves pedatipartite, appearing after the flowering; 
ovules basal . . . o e o » 
5. SAUROMATUM. ` 
