Pathos, | CLXVI. AROIDEE, (J. D. Hooker.) 555 
Him. Peduncle 13 in., decurved or tortuous. Spatke ll by } in, tip obtuse 
wicuate. Spadiz 5 in. ; flowers solitary or clustered. 
lő. P, remotiflorus, Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 133; leaves 3-6 by $-2 in. 
Uequalsided linear or oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate caudate- 
suminate, base acute or obtuse, sheaths very slender divergent from the 
ch, peduncles terminal and axillary, spathe linear-lanceolate apiculate, 
JY very slender zigzag, flowers solitary. Kunth Enum. iii. 65; Schott 
md. i. 25, t. 54; Prodr. 573; Thw. Enum. 337; Engler Arac. 92. 
fren, Moon Cat. Pl. Ceyl. 10 (name only); Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 
CEYLON; Walker ; up to 4000 ft., Thwaites. 
as thick as a sparrow-quill, much branched. Leaves coriaceous, tips fili- 
sa nerves erecto-patent, arched; petiole 4 in., very slender, sometimes in a 
— line with the sheath, which is 4-13 in. long. Peduncle 1-1}-in., erect, 
ed, or slender, Spathe $-24 in., striate, base rounded. Spadix 1-2} in. 
C. Petiole very short, base semi-amplexicaul (sheath 0). 
l6. P. Thomsonianus, Schott Aroid. i.24, t. 51; Prodr. 571; leaves 
ax by li-2 in. elliptic- or oblong-lanceolate caudate-acuminate, base 
ate, peduncles lateral and terminal, spathe small oblong-lanceolate, 
subsessile cylindric dense-tld. 
CARNATIC; G. Thomson. 
ranches as thick as a duck’s quill. Leaves thinly coriaceous, rather unequal - 
, drying yellowish ; petiole 1-3 in. Pedunele 1 in., decurved. Spathe 4 in. 
Ges 1-1 in.—Formed parts of a herbarium made by collectors in the Carnatic 
MM by the late Gideon Thomson, Esq., of Madras, for his brother, the late 
"of the Calcutta Bot. Garden, 
INDETERMINABLE SPECIES. 
4 oU ABIUS, Wall. Cat. 4445, from Singapore, young leaves only. 
"gue, Wall, Cat, 4446; from Tavoy, Gomez. 
32. ACORUS, Linn. 
Aromatic marsh h i isti i 
) erbs, rootstock creeping. Leaves distichous, ensiform, 
ide oquitant, nerves parallel. Peduncle leaf-like. Spathe the ensiform 
Se nuation of the peduncle. Spadiz sessile, cylindric, dense-fld., flowering 
nie Sepals 6, orbicular, concave, tips incurved. Stamens 6, fila- 
Onan. linear flat; anther reniform, cells confluent above, slits extrorse. 
the J Conical, 2-3-celled ; stigma minute; ovules many, pendulous from 
micro P of each cell, orthotropous. Berries few-seeded. Seeds oblong, 
temp e often fimbriate, albumen fleshy, embryo axile.—Species 2 north 
` regions, 
LA o T 
A - Calamus Linn. . PI. 394; leaves 3-6 ft. midrib stout. 
Bons - Ind. ii. 169; en. Ib d. 21; Wall. Cat. 196; Grah. Cat. 
. xL 230; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 96; "hw. Enum. 337; 
ad o Ul. iji, 157; Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 162. Engler Arac. 217. A. Griffithii 
lj. ghirensis, Schott in Gistr. Bot. Zeitschr. (1858), 357, and (1859), 
ai "2". 580, and 579. A. Belangeri, Schott in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. 
wh: Casia, Bertol. Pl. Nuov. Asiat. ii. (1865), 8.— Rheede Hort. Mal. 
