520 CLXVI. AROIDEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [Steudnera. 
i tate body 
fem. adnate below to the spathe. Stamens 3-6, connate in a pel! : 
with a flat crenulate crown; anther-cells globose. Ovaries mixed with 
clavate staminodes, subglobose, l-celled ; stigma 4—5-lobed; ovules many, 
parietal, orthotropous.—Species 6 or 8, Indian and Burman. 
1. S. discolor, Hort. Bull. (Cat. 1875, No. 75); leaves 10-12 Ke 
ovate acute with dark blotches between the nerves, base rom 4 B le. 
41 in. ovate acuminate golden yellow on both surfaces, base Min Pe TM 
S. colocasiefolia, Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 6076 (copied in Fl. des Serres, 
t. 2201). S. colocasizefolia, var. discolor, Engl. Arac. 492. 
A i. Bull. 
Stem dort, stout, clothed with brown sheaths. Leaves dark green above, paler 
with dark blotches beneath. Spadia lj in., pale; staminodes 4-5, clavate. 
2. S. colocasiefolia, C. Koch in (str. Bot. Wochenschr. (1860), 
114; leaves 10-12 in. ovate acute concolorous, base retuse, spat e, thin. 
lanceolate caudate-acuminate golden yellow without dark pup d t 633; 
Schott in Bonpland. x. (1862), 222; Regel Gartenft. (1869), 153, and 
André Ill. Hortic. xix. 33, t. 90; Bot. Mag.t. 6762 ; Engler Arac. Gona- 
Te. ined. No. 141 (excl. var. discolor and Hab. Burma, and Syn. 
tanthus). 
MARTABAN, and the Karen Hills, Kurz. . es, à 
Closely allied to S. discolor, but a larger coarser plant, with stronger nerves, 
longer differently coloured spathe, and fewer staminodes. 
ge 
3. S. assamica, Hook. f.; leaves 7-8 in. ovate-oblong wee be 
rounded, spathe 3-3} in. lanceolate caudate-acuminate red purp 
surfaces. Aroid. Wall. Cat. 8953, 
AssAM ; Duphla Hills, Lister (Ic. in Herb. Calcutt). CACHAR, eter ben eath; 
Caudez as thick as the thumb, fibrous above. Leaves bright green, p ^n . male 
petiole 6-8 in., slender. Peduncle 3-5 in. Spathe erect. Spadia CTT" 
inf. cylindric.—Wallich’s specimen is without locality. 
in. 
4. S. Griffithii, Schott in Bonpland. (1862), 222; leaves Le 
ovate-oblong acute or cuspidate base emarginate or shortly 2-lo wd brown 
2-3 in. ovate-lanceolate acuminate yellowish green on both surfaco Prodr. 
purple below the middle within. Gonatanthus Griffithii, Scho 
143.—A rum sp. Griff. Notul. iti. 144; Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 164, f. 1. 
UPPER BURMA, Grifith, at Namtuseek (Kew Distrib. 5970). an’s quill. 
Caudez prostrate, elongate, clothed with fibres, as thick as a SW le inf. 
. a 
Leaves deep green above, glaucous-white beneath. Spadio ł in» m 
cylindric. 
cute 
5. S. colocasioides, Hook. f.; leaves 9-24 in. broadly ovate Le 
base broadly retuse, spathe 5-9 in. narrowly lanceolate acum! 
` . 8944, 
convolute limb creamy-yellow, fem. infi. half free. Aroid. Wall. Cat 
8947. 
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SixkIM. HIMALAYA, King (Ic, in Herb. Calcutt.). SıunET, De Silva. xa 
Keenan (Hort. Kew). omn texture, light 
Cauder elongate, 1} in. diam., fibrous above. Leaves thin in s several, 
green above, glaucous beneath; petiole 12-18 in., green. Pe Wei adis 2 in» 
5-7 in. Spathe erect, tube 1 in., ovoid, green ; limb membranous. d E i 
fem. infl. cylindric above the middle; male as long as the fem. cylindrie. geners s 
globose; staminodes very minute, clavate?— Very different from its con 
size and spathe. 
HAB, 
