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CoLocasia ODORATA. FRAGRANT INDIAN- 
KALE. 
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Class and Order. 
Monecia PoryanpriA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Arorpez. ) © 
Generic Character. 
Spatha recta v. cucullata. Spadix interrupte androgy- 
nus, antheris rudimentariis infra v. etiam supra stamina, 
appendice sterili clavata v. acuminata. Anthere bilocu- 
lares, plurime, connectivis conoideis, truncatis, sessilibus v. 
substipitatis verticillatis adnate discrete, loculis contiguis, 
apice poro communi apertis. Ovaria plurima, conferta, 
liberalia, unilocularia. Ovula in loculis subsena, placentis 
parietalibus tribus prope basin affixa, erecta, orthotropa. 
Stylus brevissimus; Stigma subcapitatum. Bacca — 
Herbe Indice ; rhizomate tuberoso v. caulescente ; foliis 
simultaneis, peltatis, pedunculis subsolitariis, v. ex eadem ax- 
ila pluribus abbreviatis, vaginatis. Endl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Coxocasta odorata; caudice elongato, foliis cordatis longe 
petiolatis nervis prominentibus lobis rotundatis, spa- 
dice clavato medio staminifero, infra et supra, (usque 
ad apicem) staminibus abortivis tecto, spatha cymbi- 
formi breviore. 
Catapium odoratum. Roxb. MSS. (fide Lindl.) 
Catapium odorum. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 641. 
Conocasia odora. Brongn. in Nouv. Ann. du Mus. v. 3. p. 
145. t. 7. 
What is wanting in colour to this plant is amply com- 
pensated by its arborescent character, noble foliage, and 
powerful fragrance. In the specimen from which our draw- 
ing was taken, and which blossoms annually in the stove nag 
the 
