348 A raceCB. [Lagenandra^ 



The specimens in Herb. Peraden. do not suffice for a better description. 

 One marked C. Beckettii (?) from chinks of dry rocks, Kahata-ata, Hela, 

 near Nilgula (Thwaites) has smaller crenulate 1., with white shining 

 sheaths.— J. D. H. 



3. ZiAGENANORA, Dalzell. 



Aquatic herbs with the characters of Cryptocoryne, but with 



many ovaries in close cycles at the base of the spadix. — Sp. 



5 ; all in FL B. Ind. 



Spathe narrow. 

 L. 2-6 in. long. 



Spathe smooth, tube ovoid-oblong . . . i. L. Thwaitesii. 



Spathe warted, tube obconic . . . . 2. L. lanci folia. 

 L. 1-3 ft. long. 



L. ovoid-oblong 3. L. TOXICARIA. 



L. loriform 4. L. KcENlGlI. 



Spathe broad 5. L. INSIGNIS. 



1. Xi. Thwaitesii, Engler, Monog. Arac. 621 (1879). C. P. 3173- 

 Fl. B. Ind. vi. 496. 



Rootstock stout, branching, with vermiform root-fibres ; 

 1. 4-6 by |-2 in., linear to ovate- or oblong-lanceolate, acute 

 or acuminate, quite entire, coriaceous, opaque and very dark 

 green when dry, base acute or rounded, veins very many, 

 diverging from the broad midrib, petiole stout, longer or 

 shorter than the blade, stipular sheaths narrow, obtuse; spathe 

 short, shortly peduncled, iA-2 in. long, dull green and 

 purplish without, smooth, dark purple within, tube \ in., ovoid- 

 oblong, shorter than the ventricose limb ; spadix with a short 

 cylindric group of anth., surmounted by an ampulliform 

 appendage ; ov. many, in irregular cycles, globose, connate at 

 the very base ; syncarp % in. diam., carpels globose, beaked. 



Wet places in low moist country ; rare. Kalutara, Singhe Raja 

 Forest, Hewesse. First collected by Gardner. Fl. Jan. -April. 



Endemic. 



The leaves, when fresh, are beautifully crisped and mottled with white 

 at the margins. 



2. Xi. lancifolla, Thw. Eniwi. 334 (1864). -^Ati-udayan, S. 



Arum ininu(u»i, Moon, Cat. 64 (non Willd.). C. P. 3174. 

 Fl. B. Ind. vi. 496. 



Rootstock stout, branching, with long vermiform root- 

 fibres ; 1. 2-4 by \-2 in., lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 closely minutely dotted with white beneath, sparsely above, 

 dark brown and opaque when dry, base rounded or acute, 

 veins very many, diverging from the stout midrib, petiole as 

 long as the blade or longer, stipular sheaths very narrow, 



* Name applied to more than one plant. 



