523 OLXVI. AROIDEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Remusatia. 
i . . "T . quel 
reflexed broadly orbicular-obovate cuspidate. Kunth Enum. iii. 36; Mique 
Fl. Ind. Bat. i 205; Dalz. & Gibs. Tomb. Fl. 259; Grah. Cat. Bomb. P 
228; Wall. Cat. 8939; Engler Arac. 496. Caladium viviparum, 40d 
Bot. Cab. t. 981. Colocasia vivipara, Thw. Enum. 336. Arum viviparam 
Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 496; Wight Ic. t. 798.—Rheede Hort. Mal. xà. t. 9. 
SunTEROPICAL HIMALAYA ; alt. 2-3000 ft. from Kumaon to Sikkim. The Kusi 
HiLLs and BURMA. BEHAR, on Parasnath, alt. 4500 ft., Clarke. The WESTER) 
Gaars, and CEYLON.—DISTRIB. Java. . . 
Tuber size of a hazel or walnut, viviparous shoots 6-11 in., bulbils geed 
crinite. Leaf 5 by 3} to 18 by 12 in. membranous, orbicular ovate or corda ? 3 ip 
or acuminate ; petiole 1 ft. or less. Spathe 4-5 in. long, tube green, lim ' 
broad, golden yellow. Spadix 1-14 in. 
2. R. Hookeriana, Schott in (str. Bot. Wochenbl. (1858), b 
Prodr. 187; bulbilliferous shoots slender prostrate or pendu y 197. 
branched, limb of spathe erect ovate-oblong acuminate. Engler . 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; Simla to Sikkim, alt. 4-7000 ft. :nate 
Tuber as in R. vivipara. Leaves ovate-oblong, cordate, Leg esst 
beneath between the nerves; petiole 2-9 in. Spathe 13-23 in., limb 4-$ m 
sometimes coppery, more or less convolute. 
17. GONATANTHUS, Klotzsch. 
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Tuberous herbs, with the habit foliage and bulbilliferous shoots der 
Remusatia, but the shoots are branched and the spathe has a a fem. 
elongate convolute limb, there are no neuters between the male an 
infl., and the ovules are numerous and basilar. 
. 2 44. s 
G. sarmentosus, Klotzsch in Link & Kl. Ic. Pl. i. 33, n m Prodr. 
ovate-cordate. Kunth Enum. iii. 36; Schott Syn. 44; Gen. t. Arac. 51. 
142; Bot. Mag. t. 5275; Gartenfl. (1868), 227, t. 588; Engler ^h. Enum. 
Caladium pumilum, Don Prodr. 91. Colocasia? pumila, Kun 
iii. 40.—Aroid. Wall. Cat. 8952. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Kumaon to Sikkim, alt. 4-6500 ft. Rui 
alt. 4-5000 ft. site bul 
Tuber small and slender branched shoots with the small erinto 
Remusatia Hookeriana. Leaves peltate, acuminate, dark green ^ o on; 
4-8in, Peduncle 2-3 in. Spathe 6-10 in. long, tube 45 in., ovoid, BM eet 
of limb as long or longer than the tube, inflated, reclined, the res completely 
with a long recurved tip, golden yellow, contracted at the base, marge re 
convolute. Spathe with the fem. infi. in the tube, the stipitate clava f male int. 
male in the swollen base of the limb. Spadia 1-1} in. long; stipes ° few closely 
angular and crown of anthers chocolate-brown ; fem. infi. short, ovaries fu 
packed, globose, stigma a disciform area. Berries yellow. Seeds on long 
ovoid ; testa rough, with a fleshy yellow coat. 
Ruiz 
bils of 
petiole 
. leaves 
2. G.? ornatus, Schott in (str. Bot. Zeitschr. (1858), 121; © 
lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate base cordate. 
T. T. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, Thomson. Kuasra Hits, alt. 5000 ft., J. D. F 1. differs 
In the absence of inflorescence this is an altogether doubtful plan’ ich in the 
from G. sarmentosus in the much narrower leaves, 5-10 by 14-34 M., betwee’ 
originally described Khasia specimens were of a fine coppery-purple of 
green nerves and the broad green margin. In specimens apparent y con 
lant from both Sikkim and the Khasia Hills, the leaves are green aD 
o bulbilliferous shoots have been seen, 
