Cryptocoryne. ] CLXVI, AROIDEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 493 
3. C. retrospiralis, Kunth Enum. iii. 12; leaves lanceolate to nar- 
rowly linear, tube of spathe and glabrous limb both closely twisted. 
Wight Ie. t. 772; Schott Avoid. 8; Syn. 2; Prod. 18; in Bonp an . 
(1857) 222; Engler Arac. 625 & Ic. ined. No. 16. Ambrosinia retrospiralis, 
Zoch, Fl. Ind. iii, 492. 
BENGAL, BURMA, CENTRAL INDIA and the DECCAN. . . 
Leaves 3.12 by 1-3 in., narrowed into a short stout petiole, or sessile, finely 
acuminate, costa slender. Spathe subsessile, nearly as long as the leaves, eep 
green streaked with purple. Ovaries 5-6, 3- or more-ovuled; stigmas orbicular. 
4 €. consobrina, Schott in Bonpland. (1857) 222; Prodr. 16; 
leaves oblong-lanceolate finely acuminate, petiole long, limb of spa 
ovate long-caudate glabrous not twisted. Engler Arac. 626. 
The Deccan PENINSULA, Perrottet, &c. . . : 
Leaves 4-6 by 4-1 in., midrib stout. Spathe about equalling the petiole, its 
tail about three times longer than the blade. 
5. C. cordata, Gri . Notul. iii. 188 ; Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 172; leaves long- 
Petioled broadly ovate "7 oblong-ovate base cordate or emarginate, tube of 
uneled spathe very long, limb small lanceolate not twisted g "nator 
Schott Syn, 2: Prodr. Avoid. lá; in Bonpland. (1857) 220; Engler 
trac, 626 & Te. ined, No. 6; in Beccari Males. i. 298; N. E. Br. in Journ, 
Linn. Soe, xiii, 249, 
Matacca, Grifith.—Drsrxip. Java, Borneo. evo. 
eaves 3-4 Sé petiole usually much longer, Spathe very variable in length 
According to depth of water); tube 10-12 in.; limb 1j in., purplish green, 
Contracted, peduncle 2-3 in. Ovaries 6-8 ; ovules many. 
6. ©. Griffithii, Schott Syn. Aroid. 1; Prodr. Syst. Aroid. 14; leaves 
broadly oblong or orbicular ovate subcordate petiole very long and slender, 
tube of spathe a little longer than the ovate cuspidate lim A oe 
"ac. 631; N. E. Br. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 244. Cryptocoryne, 
P. Griff. Notul. iii. 139; Ie. Plant. Asiat. t. 173, f. 3 (ovules). 
Matacca, Grifith 
elves coriacea obtuse, base very various, rarely rounded sometimes 
"turie]ed, green above purple beneath, nerves obscure ; petiole os allow cone 
2} m., dark livid red and papillose within, and having a dimidia oa Bent 
descending from the base of the convolute portion and enclosing the male fl. 
ovoid, rugose, reddish, few-seeded. 
7. €. Beckettii, Thw. ex Trim. in Journ, Bot. xxiii. (1885) 269; 
leave s lon -petioled oblong-lanceolate uudulate base cordate, tube of small 
bare Spathe narrow straight about twice as long as the sma 
e. 
CErton ; Matale east, Beckett . 
limb hee 2j-4 in., subacute, 5 7-nerved; petiole 4-8 in. Spathe not 1 in. long, 
8 
Tri ortly tailed, Stipes of male infi. shorter than it. Carpels 5.—Descr. from 
"men, 
8. 6. wi Aroid.17; leaves narrowly linear 
`, Wightii, Schott Prodr. Syst. ; 
wowed at both onde stronsiy crisped and waved, tube of lon ~peduneled 
Sbathe very long, limb lanceolate acuminate not twiste Ki er 
Sa 627. o unilocularis, Schott in Bonpland. 1857, 223 (no 
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