82 rLOR. TELLITR. 



azureis, stam. glabris, pistillis nigris. — Brazil 

 and B, Ayres. 



204. Piaropus azureus Raf. Ponted. Azu- 

 rea Sw. Wild Pers. fol. subrot. ellipticis, corol- 

 lis azureis. — Antillis. Hooker in order to obscure 

 the subject has blended these 3 into one — it is 

 thus that Botany is made to retrograde, and dis- 

 tinctions are overlooked. These plants are as dif- 

 ferent from my Vnisemas G. 6, as may be 

 Roses and Geraniums. 



305. KuNDA R. (nom. Sanscr) Aroid. Spatha 

 coriacea campanulata dimidiata dilatata undu- 

 lata plicata, Spadix fungiformis basi columnaris 

 tereto florifero, apex capitato dilatato undulato. 

 Pistilis inferis, globosis stylosis, stigma trilobo. 

 (bacca 3sp.) Stam. superis 41ocul. poris 4 apice 

 dehiscens. Acaule, rad. tuberosafibris comata 

 ftos subsess.^foL radic. dimsa. — Most extra- 

 ordinary Indian Genus, near Arum by habit; 

 but quite distinct by spatha, spadix, styles and 

 anthers. The iiower and leaf appear at diffe- 

 rent times. The huge root is esculent and cul- 

 tivated for food. I have given to it the old 

 Sanscrit name. Perhaps several blended spe- 

 cies, but the type is 



306. Kunda verrucosa Raf. Tuber depresso 

 zonato gemmulato fibrillato: folia decomp. tri- 

 fida, deinde bifida pinnatifida aspera foliolis obi. 

 acutis ; flos. verrucosus intus leve luteo, margins 

 rubro, spadix capitulo equante magno atropur- 

 pureo mesenterico. — India, Ceylon, Molucas. 

 Root brown 4 to 8 lb. weight crowned by white 

 fibres, flower 1 or 2 feet wide, on a short thick 

 warty peduncle with some uneq. spreading 

 sheaths. It is Arum campanulatum. Roxb. 

 cor. t. 272, Hook. b. m. 2812, Arum zeylanicum 



