i9i MONOECIA MONANDRIA. Aruni. 



Scape axillary, short, erect, compressed, growing- broader 

 towards the apex. Spathe as long as the leaves, erect, below 

 convolute ; above the spadix twisted like a screw to a very 

 fine, straight point; there is an horizontal partition which se- 

 parates in a great measure, the upper twisted part from the 

 gibbous part below ; colour of the outside purplish, that of the 

 inside much deeper, and beautifully spotted Avith darker spots. 

 Corol none. JVectai'y, four or five oval, anther-like glands, 

 crowning the top of the germ, round the style. Filament 

 scarcely any visible. Anthers very numerous, surrounding 

 in form of a globe the top of the style just below or even 

 touching the partition. Pistil, in the lower convolute belly 

 of the spathe. Germs conical. ^SZ/y/e filiform, the length of 

 the belly of the spathe. Its apex is firmly united to the ho- 

 rizontal partition above-mentioned. Pericarp ; capsule lea- 

 thery, conical, one-celled, one-valved. Receptacle conical, 

 affixed at the base and apex, free round the sides. Seeds nu- 

 merous. 



ARUM. Schreb. gen. N. 1387- 

 Spathe one-leaved, cowled. Spadix or receptacle with 

 the female florets round the base, stamineous about the mid- 

 dle and naked above. 



SECT. I. With simple Leaves. 



1. A. colocasia. Willd. iv. 481. 



Stemless. Leaves peltate, ovate, repand, semi-bifid at the 

 base. Scape shorter than the petioles. Spathe much long- 

 er than a spadix, cylindric, erect; club sub-cylindric, length 

 of the antheriferous part of the receptacle. Anthers many- 

 celled. 



Sans. Kuchoo. 



Beng. Goori Kuchoo. 



A. Mcfypticum. Rumph. Amh. v. t. 109. 



