(1819) p. 64, t. 268; Trim. El. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 345 ; AVoodr. in Jouin. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 427 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1105 ; Watt, Diet. 

 Ecou. Prod. V. 6, part 1, p. 275.— Plowers : July-Nov. 



Common in tanks throughout the Presidency.— Distrib. of the genus. 



2. CRYPTOCORYNE, Fiscb. 



Herbs usually marsb or aquatic ; stem sbort or or a creeping root- 

 stock. Leaves narrow or broad. Spathe tubular with connate margins 

 and a transverse septum witbin below. Spadix very slender, its tip 

 adnate to the septum of the spathe. Male inflorescence c.vlindric. 

 Stamens 1-2, distinct ; anthers short, sessile, truncate, cells 2 with conic 

 perforate tips, pollen vermiform. Female infloeescence a single 

 whorl of connate 1-celled ovaries with a few neuters ; ovules many, 

 erect, orthotropous ; styles short, recurved. Fruit a fleshy synearpium, of 

 connate, coriaceous, many-seeded carpels, the valves stellately spreading. 

 Seeds oblong ; testa rugose ; albumen copious ; embryo axile ; plumule 

 sometimes germinating in the fruit.— Distrib. Species 26, tropical 

 Asiatic. 



Tube of spathe longer than the Hmb 1 . C. retro&jnralis. 



Tube of spathe shorter than the limb. 



Limb of spathe transversely rugose or plicate within 2. C. spiralis. 



Limb of spathe smooth within 3. C. cognata. 



1. Cryptocoryne retrospiralis, Kunih, Enum. v. 3 (1841) p. 12. 

 An herb usually submerged ; root of fleshy fibres, stem 0. Leaves 

 numerous, radical, 3-18 by :|-| in., narrowly linear or linear-lanceolate, 

 sessile or with a short stout petiole, acute or finely acuminate ; midrib 

 slender. Spathe subsessile, nearly as long as the leaves, deep green 

 streaked with purple ; tube narrow, longer than the limb, not or scarcely 

 twisted; limb glabrous, closely twisted. Ovaries 5-6; ovules 3 or 

 more; stigmas orbicular. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 493 ; Wight, Icon. t. 772 ; 

 Engler, in DC. Monog. Phan. v. 2 (1879) p. 625; Engler, in Engl. & 

 Prantl, Pflauzenf. v. 2, part 3 (1889) p. 152, fig. 99 A-C ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 427; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1105. 

 Cryptocoryne Boxburghii, Dalz. & Gibs. Bo. Fl. (1861) p. 259 (not of 

 Schott). 



Konkan: Bombay, Lawl; banks of the Pen Uiver. Lriir]; beds of rivers in tlie 

 Konkan, Gifisou I ; bed of the river near Mira, Gih»on, 151 ! Deccan : Pooua on river 

 banks, Eanadel, Woodrow.—T>iiiTV.VR. India (Bengal, Behar, Birma, W. Peninsula). 



2. Cryptocoryne spiralis, Fisch. in Linmm, v. 5 (1830) p. 428. 

 A small grass-like herb growing on the margins of ditches and ponds, 

 submerged during the rainy season only. l\ootstock tuberous, sobo- 

 liferous; roots vermiform. Leaves 3-8 by ^-f in., linear-lanceolate, 

 acute or acuminate, narrowed from the middle to both ends ; nerves 

 nearly parallel ; petiole short, stout. Spathe suhsessile, 3-5 in. long ; 

 tube very short, much shorter than the limb, linear-lanceolate, at first 

 twisted, greenish outside, dark purple and transversely lamellate wit bin. 

 Ovaries 5-6 ; stigmas broadly elliptic. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 494 ; AVight, 

 icon. t. 773; Engler, in DC. Monog. Phan. v. 2 (1879) p. 628, and in 

 Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. v. 2, part 3 (1889) p. 152, fig. 99 D-G : Trim. 



