424 ARACE^. 



ends and forkings of a widelyTbranched inflorescence. 

 Flowers six to ten in a bunch, pale yellow. Bracts 

 1/12 inch. Sepals linear acute J^ inch. Stamens three 

 much shorter. Capsule longer, seeds egg-shaped or 

 ellipsoid much pitted, t. 269. 



In wet places. Nilgiris : on the downs, Pykara, etc. Pul- 

 neys : in Kodaikanal lake, etc. Fyson 2518, 2565, 2887. 

 Bourne ()()2>i 697, 1693. 



Gen. Dist. Plains of Bengal and Punjab, Himalayas, Khasi hills, 

 Deccan, Ceylon, Eastern Asia generally, Australia. 



LUZULA. F.B.I. 162 II. 



Herbs of marshy places with narrow grass-like leaves 

 and clusters of small flowers, similar to JUNCUS but 

 differing in there being only one seed to each cell of 

 the ovary. 



Species about 30, in temperate regions. 



Luzula campestris DC. ; F.B.I, vi 401, II 3. Perennial 

 by a short stout rhizome. Basal leaves 4 or 5 by J4 

 inch, upper shorter and narrower. Stems 18 inches. 

 Flower-clusters Y^ across in irregular umbels. Sepals 

 1/12 to 1/8 inch, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Capsules 

 shorter, rounded by with the short persistent stylar point. 



Pulneys : in Kodaikanal. Bourne 1876. 



Gen. Dist. North temperate regions, western Himalayas at high 

 elevations, Khasi hills, southern end of the Western Ghats. 



ARACE/E. 



Arum, etc. 



Mostly perennial herbs with radical leaves. 

 Flowers small, unisexual or complete, with or without 

 perianth, massed in a thick spike (spadix), which is 

 enclosed at first in a large often coloured bract (spathe)- 



