496 MONOECIA MONANDRIA, Arum, 
Weli-ila. Rheed. Mal. xi, t, 22. 
I doubt if this can be reckoned any thing more than a 
large aquatic variety of Colocasia, In Bengal it is rarely cul- 
tivated, but found wild in abundance on the borders of lakes, 
and pools of fresh water. Every part of this plant is eaten 
by the Hindoos. The root or rather subterraneous stem, often 
grows to the length and thickness of a man’s arm. The peti- 
oles, scape and leaves, are of a reddish colour, and the plants 
considerably larger than any of the varieties of Colocasia 
just mentioned; yet the leaves are narrow in proportion to 
their breadth. The only good specific mark to know it from 
Colocasia by, is the shortness of the club of the spadix. 
3. A. viviparum. Roxb. 
Stemless. Leaves peltate, cordate, acuminate. Root fla- 
gelliferous and these runners bearing scaly, viviparous bulbs 
in clusters. 3 
Maravara Tsjembo. Rheed, Mal, xii. t. 9. | 
A native of Nepal as well as Malabar. From tie former 
place Dr. Buchanan sent the minute bulbs to this garden, 
where they produced complete plants in a short time and 
though now eight years old, have never blossomed; never- 
theless,in Nepal, Dr. Buchanan observed they bore the com- 
mon flower of the Arums; hence there can be no doubt of 
the genus, Here they produce annually in the rainy season 
abundance of the bulbiferous radical spikes, and by these the 
plant is readily propagated. — 
Root biennial, or more, consisting of a small, roundish 
tuber, which is abundantly furnished with the usual fibres, 
while from its apex the foliage rises; and round its sides the 
flagelliform, bulbiferous spikes issue. Stem none. Leaves 
petioled, peltate, cordate, entire, acute, smooth on both sides ; ” 
posterior lobes obtuse; from four to twelve inches Jong, and 
from three to eight broad. Spikes or runners from the body 
of the tuberous root, some simple, leafless shoots issue, they 
are about as thick as a quill, run for a few iuches, just under — 
