526 CLXVI. AROIDEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Alocasia. 
SINGAPORE, Gaudichaud. . "T 
I have seen only two leaves of a cultivated specimen of A. singaporensis which 
so conform to the description and habitat of A. denudata, that I conclude they are 
referable to that species, one has a triangular ovate hastate leaf with divaricate 
lobes, the other more sagittate with approximate lobes as long as the terminal. 
##* Leaves peltate, basal lobes connate for 5-4 (rarely 3) their length. 
6. A. macrorrhiza, Schott in (str. Bot. Wochenbl. (1854), 409; 
Syn. 45; Gen. t. 40; Prodr. 146; leaves broadly ovate-sagittate repand 
basal lobes rounded connate for An their length, sinus narrow, peduncles 
short, tube of spathe half as long as the coriaceous incurved cymbiform 
cuspidate limb, stigma subsessile disciform entire. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. m 
205; Engler Arac. 502 & in Mart. Fl. Bras. iii. Pt. ii. 202, t. 46, 47. H 
odora, C. Koch Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. (1854), App. 5; Engler Arac. 303. 
A. commutata, Schott in Œstr. Bot. Wochenbl. (1854), 409. Colocasia 
macrorrhiza, Schott Melet. i. 18; Thw. Enum. 336; C. odora, Brongn. 
Ann. Mus. Par, iii. (1834), 145, t. 7; Kunth Enum. iii. 39. C. odorata, 
Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3935. C. mucronata, Kunth l. c. 40. Caladium maeror 
rhizon, Br. Prodr. 336. ©. odorum, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 641. C. odoratis: 
simum, C. Koch in Berl. Allg. Gartenz. (1857), 90. O. glycirrhizum, 
Fraser in Hook. Bot. Misc. i. (1830), 259. Philodendron? peregrin gz 
Kunth l.c. 51. Arum macrorrhizon and peregrinum, Linn. Sp. PL Cat. 
966. A. odorum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 499 ; Wight Ic. t. 797 ; Lodd. Bot. Cot. 
t. 416.—Colocasia, Wall. Cat. n. 8941. , 
TROPICAL and SUBTROPICAD INDIA, wild and cult. Cult. in the tropics 
generally. 0-12 
Stem 6-16 ft, attaining 1 ft. diam. Leaves 2-4 by 6-18 in., nerves 10" 
pairs, very stout, basal lobes incurved ; petiole 2-4 ft., base sometimes as thick © in 
arm. Peduncles 2 (or more?) in each axil, 6-8 in., stout. Spathe 6- " 
limb hooded and cuspidate at the top. Spadiz nearly as long as the E^ ary 
appendage nearly equalling the infl., cylindric, obtuse, sinuously sulcate. v 
incompletely 4-celled. Berries size of a cherry. 
7. A. decipiens, Schott in Bonpland. vii. (1859), 28; Prodr. ie 
leaves oblong sagittate twice as long as broad cuspidate, posticous l n 
half the length of the anticous united for -5 their length, petiole. ong 
slender, peduncles long, tube of spathe shorter than the oblong cymbifo 
acuminate limb, style short, stigma capitate entire. 
Prev, McLelland. ANDAMAN Isrps., Prain. . nerves 
Leaves 9-18 by 4-9 in.; lobes 7 in., ovate-oblong, sinus broad open dage ? 
6-7 pairs ; petiole 2-3 ft. Peduncle 12-24 in. Spathe 4 in., tube 1} in. ; appen 
i ds 
Ovaries globose. iti DO. : 1-1} in. See 
1.1 in, Aën Fruiting tube of spathe ellipsoid or pyriform, 1-13 
8. A. fornicata, Schott in Gistr. Bot. Wochenbl. (1854), 410; Sy 
47 ; Prodr. 157; leaves ovate-lanceolate sagittate basal lobes much 8 nus 
than the anticous connate } or 3 their length obtuse or subacute 8! 
narrow acute, tube of spathe about half as long as the oblong CY lob 
acuminate limb, ovary narrowed into a distinct style, stigma 4- 
Engler Arac. 506. Colocasia? fornicata, Kunth Enum. ui. 4l. . Grif. 
fornicatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 501; Wight Ic. t. 792 (not t. 789) 5 
Notul. iii. 130, 132, t. 167.—Oolocasia, Wall. Cat. 8941, 8945. 
BENGAL, SILHET, AssaM and Ourrracoxo, Roxburgh, ke. 
