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»u|i<'riii' tiiliictilnri linuil iii-gio iiiKtint<'uciiiluin. Xantlio.soma Scliuti iion niiiiuii oninc, 

 lur.^iitaii (lriii(|uu cuin C.olocnsia Scliotl conjungeiultin) ct ob lialiiliini siiiiilliniuin ctiaiii 

 a liolaiiicis iiacculi |ii°uotui'iti rur.saii jiirc iioii iliiitinciuni. Uliuniqiic vcgctatiinie 

 .sciii|ici' pi!i'iO(lica ot fuliis vcrsiis luccni ct o|ic leiitis maniro.stc graiitilatu - |iunclaliii 

 ali Alucasia iliscrc|iat. 

 1. AI.Or.ASIA IMilCA C. Kocli , nec Schoit I. c. lS5.i. — Ainm indnHm Loui. 11. Cocliin. 

 I). 653. lloxl). ri. inil. III. 498. — Colocasia indica Kunth. cn. pl. III. 39. 

 Caiilis sublorraneus, vix a(.lscemlens, saepe luberilius pai-vis oljsilus; 

 foiia iriaf:i)a, erccla, cordalo-ovala, uiarpine un(.]ulala, aui iculis appro.xi- 

 matis; peliolus epruinosus, meniLranis va^inaceis planis, nec undulalis; 

 spatlia batii vix venlricosa; spadicis clava reliqua parle longior. - 



.Spccics iu lluuipliii herbnrio aiuboiiieiisi Tom. V. p. 30M numinc Ari indici sativi 

 optiiiie dcscripta et tab. lUli dcpicia cuiii .-^ro ma.\imu macrorrliizo zcvlaiiico paradisl 

 balavi auctore llcrriiianno congruit , qua dccausa sinu duliio .\ruin niacrorrliizon L. 

 (0(1. ^o, (>9UU , (|iiaui(|iiani liuic plaiuac fulia pcliaia ad.scnbniilur , ci pruiiidc Alocasin 

 iiiacroirliiza Sclioit Ocst. boi. Wochciibl. IV. 409 ((|uoad .synuiiynioii llcrnianni) ad 

 hanc spccicin pcrliiict. 8cd sub noniine A. macrorrhizac cl. Schoit. duas species 

 coiiruiidil, Alocasiain indicain cl A. odorain . dum jiractcrca Ariini iiidicura Hoxb., 

 quoil rcvcra ab A. indico Lour. nullo modo difTcrt , cuiii iiostra A. uinlipcdc commuiat. 

 In liac plaiita iiclioii niciiibraiiae vaginaccac iia distinciao suiit , ul Roxburgh , hotanicus 

 accuratus , cas, si adesscnl , in dcscriptionc sua Ari iiidici cxacla ccrlc coinmc- 

 nioravisset. In.super cl. no.Yburgli auriculas A. indici aiiproximatas esse dicit, quao 

 iii A. undipcde coiitra dislaiiies. Cctcrum jani cl. R. Hrown Hiimphii Aruni indicuin 

 salivutn cl Liiiiiaci Aruni macrorrhizon unam eaiidcraquo plantam cssc contciidit. 



2.'AL0C'ASIA ODOUA C. Koch I. c. — Arum ndomm lioxb. II. ind. 111. 499. 



Caulis ereclus, luberibus nullis obsitus; folia magna, subcrecta, 



cordalo - pcllata (primordialia plcrumque non pellala), aurictilis appro.xi- 



malis; pcliolus epruinosus, membranis vaginaceis planis, nec undulalis; 



spalha liasi miiius ventricosa, superne cucullala, spadicis clava reliqua 



parle brevior. 



Planla , lcslc Roxburgliio, iii Iiidia orientali antcriore nciiuaquam cicscens, c rcgione 

 Pe^iiana Calcuitain allata, fortassc cuin Aro macrorrbizo Lotir. (necL.) convcnil, acon- 

 siniili A. indica C. Kocb vcro foliis adiiliioribu.s scnijicr pcltalis, marjinr vix undulalis ct 

 .spailia supcnic cucullata liaud acgrc distiiiguciida est. Cl. Scbott plaiitamHoxburghianain 

 ad A. indicniii C. Kocii (siiani A. inacrorrbizam) ducit, acquc ac Colocasiam odoram 

 Hroiign. , quia Ariiin macrorrliizon L., plnnta iii India orientali vulgata , a cl. Hox- 

 burghio non cssct commeuioratnii), qui (11. ind. III. 497) tamen hanc plantam secundum 

 Forslcruui bcrinaphroditain censuit ct icoii llcrnianni ignovit. Sed priore tcmpore 

 idcni lloxburgliius suum Arum montanum nominavit macrorrhizon , speciem afflnem, 

 railice tubcrosa distinctaiii ct (tit Llnnaeus etiam de suo Aro macrorrhizo contendit) 

 acaulein. Icon Ari odori cl. VVigiliii (Jcon. pl. Ind. orient. III. t. 797), qui plantam 

 Hoxburghianaiii ccrtc cognovit, Alocasiain odoram reprcsentat, nec indicam (macror- 

 rhizain Schott). Dc cognitionc Aroidcarum bcne mcritus Schott nostram A. oduram 

 Hoxhurghio ignotam csse opiiiatus esl, ideoquc nomcn novuin A. commutatae proposuit. 



3. ALOCASIA LNDIPES C. Koch ct Bouch(; I. c. — A. indica jScholt in Oest. bot. 

 VVoclieiibl. IV. 410. — Culudium macrorrhiznn hort. 



Caulescens; petiolus epruinosus, membranis vaginaceis undulatis, 

 inler se aeqiiaiibus, canaiiculuiii claudentibus; folia haslato - cordala, 

 apice rotundala, saepe tamen cuspide pai va inslrucla; auricuiae magnae, 

 apice bastnto-divergcntes, siniiin lalum includcntes. 



Spccics jam diu in hortis nostris licrolinensibus cl Sanssoucianis culla , pf^iinli mciii- 

 braiiis vaginacois undulatis haud aegre ab .\. indica ('. Koch distiiigiuMula. Foisitan 

 a Caladio arborescente Vent. ct Willd., qunil cl. Kunib iiifaiifi(>, ad genns Philodendri 



