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ENTJMEEATION OF [AroidcW. 



CLXII. AEOIDE^. 



TRIB. I. EVAROIDE/E. 



1, CRYPTOCORYlSrE, Fiscli. 



1 O. spiralis, Flsch. ; Wight, Ic. t. 71^.—Amhrosinia spiralis, 



Eoxb, Fl. Ind. iii. p. 492. 



Hab. Ceylon, Walker (Herh, Sooh,). 



I have not met with this species, nor are there specimens of it in this Herharium. 



2. C. Thwaitesii, Schott, Prod. Syst. Aroid. p. 14.— c. p. 3464. 

 Hab, Singhe-rajali forest, and at Hewessee, in the Pas doon Corle. 



FoUa ohovata, basi apiceque parum augustata, superne punctis elevatis densissiine 

 ornata, margine elegantule undulata, 1-3 poll, longa, f-li poll, lata, basi cordata, 

 lobis poslicis rotundatis ; petiolo subsequilon^-o. Scaptis brevissimus. Spatha ob- 

 longa, in rostrum longiusculum gradatim angustata, uec torta. 



2. LAGENANDRA, DalzelL 



■-J- 



1. li. ovata.— i. ioxkaria, Dalz. in Hook. Journ. of Bot. iv. (1852) 



"Rl. Tn.1. T$a.t- iii. t). 192. cum svn. Aram ovatmh 'Lmn. 



c.p. 3315. 



p. 289 ; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. in. p. 193, cum syn. 

 Karin-pola, Eheed. Hort. Mai. xi. p. 45, t. 23.- 



Hab. Very abundant in the Central Provmce, etc, Nom, vulg. 



" KettuUa." 



2. Ij- lancifolia. — Cryptocoryne lancifolia, Schott, 1. c. p. 15. 



—c.p. 3173, 3174. 



Hab. Banks of rivers and streams, in the southern and central parts 



of the island. Nom. vulg. " Atta-oodiyang," 



The roots are used medicinally. 



Folia ovato-lanceolatavel.lanceolata, acuminata, superne sparse subtus dense albido 

 punctulata, basi rotundata vel acuta, 2-4 poll, longa, f-lj poll, l-^id,-, petiolo ^\\h^- 

 quilougo. Scapus brevis. Spatha obloiiga, plus minus rugosa, in rostrum abrupte 

 vel gradatim angustata, l-2-pollicari3, purpurascens, iuterue atro-purpurea, Ovana 

 30-40, circa raedimn sub stigraate conico minute tubercniata. 



3. l^.'ELiBTxi^W.— Cryptocoryne Kcenigii, Schott, I.e. p. 10; /o/m 

 longiusculis, liueari-laueeolatis, acuminatis, sessilibus ; scapo fohis bre- 

 viore; spatha longe et gradatim acuminata. — c.p. 3496. 



Hab. SInghe-rajah forest, between Galle and Katnapoora. 



Folia 1-2-ped. longa, 3-8 lin. lata, subtus albido-punctulata. Scapus 2-8 poll, 

 lougus. Ovaria circiter 30. Semina 2| lin. longa, pluri-alato-costata. 



3. ARUM, Linn. 

 Sect. — Spadix apice suhulato. Typhonium, Schott. 



1, A. divaricatum, Linn. (Benth. Fl. Hongkong, p. 342, cum syn.) 

 Typhonium divaricatum, Blume, Humph, i. p. 130, t. 36 ; Miq. 1- c. 



p. 192, cum syn. — C.P. 3666. 



Hab. Common in the hotter parts of the island. 



2. A. trilobatum, Linn. {2in'Ro-^\),?)— Typhonium trilohatum, Schott; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind, Bat. iii. p. 194, cum syn. A. Orixense, Eoxb. FL Ind. ui. 

 p. 503 ; Wight, Ic. t. 801.— C.P. 2896. 



