248 ALISMACE.E. 



spaclicem complete obtegens glabra. Spadix sessilis cum parte apicali appen- 

 diculata (neutrali) 7 cm. longus tereto-clavatus basi oblique cum basi spathre 

 junctus, partibus ovariiferis a basi usque ad medium spadicis extensis 4cm. 

 longis cylindricis apice basique breve attenuatis medio latissimis 9 mm. latis a 

 basi usque ad | cum ovariis corpora pauca gerentibus sursum sole ovaria gerenti- 

 bus, partibus antheriferis a medio sursum usque ad f altitudiuem extensis 17 mm. 

 longis 12 mm. latis quarn. parte ovariifera latioribus, partibus appendiculatis a 

 a altitudine sursum usque ad apicem spadicis extensis 2 cm. longis 1| cm. latis 

 apice obtusissirnis. Fl. $ dense dispositi, staminodiis inter flores nullis. Sy- 

 uaudriuui liberum 2-staininale, filamentis l^nim. longis Irnm. latis complanatis 

 glabris crassissirnis rubro-punctatis facie interiore a basi usque ad medium se 

 connatis, antheris liberis hand connatis filaniento requilatis asquicrassis 1 mm. 

 longis paullo plus quam 1 mm. latis apice truucatis dense fusco-punctatis ad 

 centrum apicis mucronibus singulis obtusis instructis. Corpora versus apicem 

 spadicis dense disposita clavata 2-3 mm. longa 1 mm. lata 2-3 se connata crassa 

 rubro-punctata. Fl. -9- : ovarium paullo oblique ovoidemn cum stigniate l^mm. 

 longimi mm. latum glabrurn apice brevissime rostratum apice stigmatosuni 

 baud punctatum, stigniate truncate rubescenti, 1-loculare co-ovulatum, placentis 

 2-3 parietalibus, ovulis oc orthotropis ab apice funiculorum pendulis, funi- 

 culis longiusculis ascendentibus. Corpora inter ovaria inferiora disposita clavi- 

 formia 1^ mm. longa apice globosa. 



HAB. Kotosli5 ; leg. Y. TASHIRO, Aug. 1914. 



Near Colocasia antiquorum SCHOTT., but quite distinguishable from it by 

 the spadices which, are entirely wanting the neutral portions between stamini- 

 ferous and ovariiferous portions, and by the quite obtuse conical appendices. 



Alismaeese. 



JLophotocarp^ls DUEAND. 



"Ind. Gen. Phaner. (1888) p. 627." BUCHENAU Alismatacea3 in ENGLER 

 Pfl.-reich p. 35. = Lopliiocarpus MIQ. "111. Fl. de 1' Archipel Indien (1870) p. 

 50, (nee TURCZ. in Bull. Soc. Natur. Mosc. XVI. (1843) p. 55, Genus Cheno- 

 podiacearum)." 



The original description of this genus is not accessible to me. BUCHENAU 



