528 OLXVI. AROIDEE, (J. D. Hooker.) [ Alocasia. 
i d dage as 
the anticous, tube of spathe as long as the cymbiform limb, appen 
long as the inf. A. perakensis, Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. xvii. (1887), 209. 
PERAK; Wray, Scortechini. . . 
Stem subseandent, rooting, as thick as a swan’s quill. Leaves thickly Sieg 
or fleshy, nerves 3—4 pairs, sender, depressed, posticous lobes par ^ Dé DER 
in., slender, sheath very short. Peduncle as long as the petio o e scattered, 
white or green, tube oblong; appendage cylindric, obtuse. | a m 
obovoid; style long, stigma disciform, 3-lobed. Seeds globose, iin. . 
DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES. 
+ 188 
A. ALBA, Schott in (Estr. Bot. Zeitschr. (1852), 59; Syn. 48; P wee ey 
Javan species, attributed to Ceylon on the faith of a specimen 
Burmann (in Herb. Delessert. ` ht Ie. 
A. PORTIO LA (Caladium), Road. of Wight Ic. t. 789 (not of Fl. Ind. § Wig 
t. 792).—]Ic. Roxb. n. 1655. : 7b 
Stem as thick as the wrist, annulate. Leaves ovate-cordate, acuminate s T 
5 in., basal lobes connate for A of their length, sinus very ar "m. Spathe 
pairs; petiole 8-12 in., sheathing half way up.  Peduncles binate, : ida te, open, 
4 in. tube 1 in., ellipsoid, green; limb 14 in. broad, obovate, ra conical, 
yellow. Spadix as long as the spathe, pale yellow; appendage “style with 3 
acuminate, as long as the infl. Ovary ovoid, narrowed into a Indian species; 
3-fid stigma. Seed broadly ovoid.—I cannot identify this with Wë the Northern 
it is probably one of Roxburgh's plants collected near Samulcottah in 
Circars. . Spo 
ALOCASIA, sp. Malacca, Grifith (Kew Distrib. 6308, 6009), sl, A a 
Malacca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1549, 1549?) may both be new, but 
good state, and may be referable to Malayan species unknown to me. 
20. AGLAONEMA, Schott. 
he 
Herbs, caudex erect or prostrate. Leaves ovate or oblong: D 
erect, deciduous, tube convolute, limb cymbiform gaping Or te; male an 
convolute. Spadiz equalling the spathe, or shorter, stipita ea: append: 
fem. infl. usually contiguous, with rarely neuters intersper 8 remote with 
age 0. Stamens 2-4, distinct, subclavate ; anthers short, cells al discoid 
apical pores. Ovaries few, l-rarely 2-celled, stigma large or Tar ' Berri 
or cupular; ovules solitary in the cells, anatropous, subbasila ‘about 20; 
capitate. Seeds exalbuminous; embryo macropodal.—Species 
Tropical Asiatic and African. 
. lender. 
* Nerves of leaf numerous, close, parallel, all uniform, very $ 
(See also 10. A. pumilum). 
in. linear 
L A. Grifüthi, Schott Syn. 123; leaves 12-16 by 34 im e 
oblong obtuse, petiole 2-3 ft., stigma cup-shaped. A palustre, an Jour? 
Binnend. in Naturk. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxv. (1863), 305; Tor hott Geh 
As. Soc. Beng. xiv. pt. ii. (1876), 153. Aglaodorum Griffithi, 
t. 58; Prodr. 306; Engler Arac. 443. 
MALACCA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5991).—DisTRIB. Sumatra. 
tout. Spat 
Leaves coriaceous ; petiole very stout. Peduncle 12-18 in., very 847" 
2 in., oblong, cuspidate. Ovaries 2-celled. 
D 892 (e 
2. A. oblongifolium, Schott in Wien. Zeitschr. iii. (1829) ap 
. B n 
Linnza vi. (1831), Litterb. 53) ; leaves 8-24 by 2-4in. linear-oblong 
