€olocasiea. OXCL  AROIDEJE. 975 
Species 5, Asize tropieze incole, una per regiones omnes calidas culta. Engl. Arac. 490; in Bot. 
Jahrb.i.180. Wight, Ic. t. 186 (Arum), 808 (Calla). 
Tueucocasra, Schott in. (Estr. Bot. Wochenbl, 1897, t. 84 ; Gen. Aroid, t. 38, non nisi caudice erecto 
a Colocasia distinguenda est. 
31. Alocasia, Schott in (Estr. Bot. Wochenbl. 1852, 29 ; Gen. Aroid. t. 60.—Flores in 
spadice appendiculato monoici, d ot 9 remoti, masculis fectis deplanati pacti 
interjectis. Perianthium 0. Fl. d: Stamina 3-8, in corpus obpyramidatum vertice 
dilatato deplanatum ambitu hexag connata ; antherarum loculi lineari-oblongi, ad 
basin fere connectivi extensi, poris apicalibus dehiscentes. Fl. 9: Ovarium obovoideum 
v. oblongum, 1-loculare v. apice sub-3-4-loculare ; stylus elongatus brevis v. 0, stigmate 
pulivinari 3-6-lobo ; ovula pauca, orthotropa, erecta, funiculis brevibus placentze basilari 
affixa, micropyle supera. Bacez obovoide:w v. ellipsoidez, tubo spathz incluse, oligo- 
sperm:. Semina subglobosa, funiculo brevi, testa crassa levi, albumine copioso basi 
intruso; embryo axilis.—Herbs elatz, caudice crasso cicatricato. Folia juniora v. 
omnia peltata, seniora sagittato-cordata, petiolo elongato longe vaginante. Pedunculi 
plures, sepe fastigiati. Spathe tubus ovoideus v. oblongus, convolutus, accrescens, 
persistens, demum crassus laceratus, lamina oblonga cymbiformis v. cucullata, demum 
soluta. Spadix spatha brevior, crassus, erectus, appendice crassa ylind v. conoidea 
 sinuato-rugosa basi truncata ; infl iia d' perfecta cylind imperfecta angustat 
9 brevis, conico-cylindracea. : 
Species ad 20, Asice tropicee et Archipelagi Malayani incole. Engl. Arac. 497, et in Mart. Fl, Bras. 
iii.ii£47. AN. E. Brown in Gard. Chron. 1879, 296. — Brongn. in Nouv. Ann. Mus. Par. iii. 145, £. 7 
(Colocasia). Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 416 (Caladiwm). Griff. le. Pl. Asiat. t. 107 (drum).  Wigh, Ic. 
1. 187, 189, 792, 794, 796, 797 (Arum). Lemaire, Ill. Hort. t. 283. Fl. des Serres, 2204, 2206, 
2208-9. Bot. Reg. t. 641 (Caladium). .Bot. Mag. t. 3930 (Colocasia), 5190, 5376, 5497. 
EusorENANTHE, Schott in. Bonpland., ix. 368, includit species nonnullas Alocasie stigmate sessili 
5-fido, segmentis conoideis erectis. 
32. Anubias, Schott in GEstr. Bot. Wochenbl. 1857, 398 ; Gen. Avoid. t. 49,—Flores in 
spadice inappendiculato monoici, d' et 9 remoti, masculis imperfectis deplanatis interjectis. 
Perianthium 0. Fl 4: Stamina 4-5, in corpus obpyramidatum vertice dilatato depla- 
natum ambitu hexag connata; antl loculi oblongi, ad basin fere attingentes, 
contigui, rima hiante dehiscentes. Fl. 9: Ovarium hemi ;iphzeri, vy. ideum, 
imperfecte 2-loculare ; stylus brevis, stigmate pulvinari; ovula in loculis numerosa, 
semianatropa v. fere orthotropa, funiculis elongatis placentis latis basilaribus affixa, 
micropyle supera. Baccs» tubo incrassato spathze incluse, obovoides, umbilicatze, 2-locu- 
lares, polyspermim. Semina ovoidea, funiculo elongato, testa crassiuscula, raphe basi 
dilatata, albumine copioso ; embryo axilis.— Herbze rhizomate prorepente, caudice brevi, 
i Folia 1 
folis floribusq t lata, basi acuta v. sagittato-cordata, costa 
valida, nervis tenuissimis crebris parallelis, nervulis is exilibus, petiolo gracili 
elongato longe vaginante apice geniculat Pedunculi elongati. Spatha crassa, viridis, 
inferne luta, et ist superne hians, fauce non constricta, lamina 
oblonga acuta decidua. Spadix stipitatus, spatham superans, gracilis, totus cylindraceus ; 
inflorescentia d quam 9 multo longior. 
Species 3 v. 4, Africa tropiez occidentalis incole. — Engl. Arac. 433. 
33. Pertandra, Rafin. in Journ. Phys. xxxix. 102. (Lecontia, Torr. Compend. 358. Rense- 
laeria, Beck, Bot. U. States, 382.)—Flores in spadice obsolete appendiculato monoici, d et 
arcte contigui; organa neutra 0. Perianthium 0. Fl. d: Stamina 4-5 in corpus prismati- 
cum 4-6-gonum vertice dilatato deplanatum connata; th loculi contigui, basin 
attingentes, lineari-oblongi, poris apicalibus d hiscent FL 9: 8t dia 4-5, in 
urcéolum truncatum connata. Ovarium urceolo fere i ideum, 1-loculare, in 
stylum brevem conoideum angustatum ; stigma pulvinare ; ovula solitaria v. pauca, ortho- 
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