Cryptocoryne. | CLXVI. AROIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 495 
^M. C. Thwaitesii, Schott in Bonpland. 1857, 221; Prodr. 14; 
leaves broadly ovate or subobovate base cordate or emarginate, tube of 
pM cylindric one-third shorter than the linear hardly twisted limb. 
Mier Arac. 630 ; Ic. ined. No. 7; Thw. Enum. 334. 
CEYLON, in forests, Thwaites. 
Leaves 2-24 by 14-1} in., densely papillose above, petiole rather shorter than the 
de, margin undulate. Spathe subsessile, 14 in. long, limb oblong, gradually 
narrowed into a slender tail, tube hardly swollen at the base. Ovaries 6; styles 
rather long, stigmas oblong. 
l6. ©. Gomezii, Schott in Bonpland. 1857, 221; Prodr. 14; leaves 
long-petioled ovate or ovate-oblong obtuse base cordate, spathe long- 
peduncled, limb broadly lanceolate not twisted three times as long as 
the oblong ovoid tube narrowed into a long tail Engler Arac. 630. 
—Aroid. Wall. Cat. 8958. 
Stuer, Gomez, 
Leaves 2-3 by 1-14 in., base often unequal-sided, tip obtuse acute or rounded. 
be of spathe 4-4 in., limb 12-2 in., broad below and concave. 
16. ©. elliptica, N. E. Br. mss. ; leaves orbicular- or ovate-cordate, 
tube of peduncled spathe 2-21 times as long as the lanceolate limb, which 
5 twisted and bent forward at the apex. 
PERAK; at Larut, King’s Collector. . 
Allied to. C Grifithi but leaves smaller not so deeply cordate, and limb of 
‘pathe much smaller narrower and not papillose within. Leaves l-l} by lj in. 
obtuse fleshy, brown beneath; petiole 2-3 in., sheath short. Spathe with the 
peduncle hardly lengthening in fruit; tube white, 14 in., base slightly inflated; limb 
Hin, black within. Fruit 6-celled, stigmas small. 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES, 
C. DALZELLI, Schott. in Bonpland. 1857, 221; Prodr. 15; leaves lanceolate 
margin erosely serrulate, lateral nerves 4 on each side ascending, fruit ovoid 
Š'gynons, seeds biseriate oblong subtrigonous.—Bombay, Dalzell. 
2. LAGENANDRA, Dalzell. 
„Habit and characters of Cryptocoryne, but the fem. inflor. consists of a 
4 ,'OW of many free ovaries, with peltate or discoid stigmas, and the 
It is baccate and indehiscent.—Species 4, Indian. 
Léi L. toxicaria, Dalzell in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. (1852) 289; v. (1853) 
> petiole.as long as the oblong or elliptic-oblong obtuse or acute leaf, 
na very slender divergent from the stout costa, spathe lanceolate 
li nate-acuminate slightly twisted, tube much shorter than the long-tailed 
En , Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 257; Schott Syn. Aroid. 3 (excl. syn.); 
Seer Arac. 621, L, ovata, Thwaites Enum. 334. Cryptocoryne ovata, 
oe we Melet. i, 16; Blume Rumph. i. 86; Kunth Enum. iii. 12, Caladium 
ge Vent. in Roem, Arch. ii. 357. C. montanum, Herb, Heyne. Arum 
Cat. ggg "”” Sp. Pl. 967.—Rheede Hort. Mal. xi. t. 23.—Aroid. Wall. 
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Wie i i i iaceous, base 
"€ creeping. Leaves with petiole 8-36 by 2-5 in., cória » b: 
MON rounded ; sheath of petiole elongate. Spathe longer than the compressed 
> 9-8 in, long; tube broad, limb lanceolate. Syncarp globose, 14-2 in. 
