y^G ' ex I.I. AKACE.E. 



dark red-purple, spongy within. Male inflorescence subturbiuate, 

 about 3 in. long, 1-2 in. in diam. Anthers densely crowded, pale- 

 yellow ; pollen golden-yellow. Female inflorescence 3 in. long or 

 more, reaching 2| in. in diam. Ovaries densely crowded, sessile, 

 depressed-globose ; style | in. long, stout, ascending, purple ; stigma 

 large, 2-3-lobed. Berries red, 2-3-seeded, obovoid. M. B. I. v. 6, 

 p. 513 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 259 ; Engler, in DC. Monog. Phan. v, 2 (1879) 

 p. 309 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 355 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 13 (1901) p. 428; Brain, Beng. PL p. 1109 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. 1, p. 225. Arum campanidatum, Eoxb. Cor. PL v. 3 (1819) p. 68, 

 t. 272 ; Grab. Cat. p. 228 ; Wight, Icon. t. 785.— Vern. Suran. 



Cultivated in Bombay gardens for the largo tuberous roots whicLi are eaten ; also 

 to a considerable extent in tbe Deccan and Gujarat. Dalzell says that it grows 

 wild on the banks of rivers iu the Southern Koukan.— Distrib. Cultivated largely 

 throughout the plains of India and Ceylon. 



3. Amorphophallus commutatus, Enr/ler, in BO. Monog. Phan. 

 V. 2 (1879) p. 319. Annual; tuber oblate-spherical, 4 by 2 in,, 

 depressed above. Leaf solitary, appearing a month or more after the 

 flowers, about 2 ft. in expansion, 3-sect *, each primary division 2-sect ; 

 petiole reaching 2 ft. long by f in. in diam., tapering upwards, soHd, 

 rough and variously spotted. Leaflets : 1 terminal 4.| by 2 in., 2 decur- 

 rent on each side and 2 below the bifurcation, reducing in size 

 downwards. Peduncle 1-3 ft. long by about | in. in diam. at the 

 base, tapering upwards, variously spotted with purple and white and 

 rough with minute spinules ; catapliylls 2 (sometimes 3), sheathing the 

 base of the peduncle, pale rose-colored, acute, the longest about 4 in. 

 long. Spathe thick, brownish-purple outside, pinkish-purple inside, 

 6-10 by 2-5 in., ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, broadest at the 

 middle, rough inside at the base, obtuse at the tip. Spadix sessile, 

 columnar; appendage as long as or longer than the spathe, cream- 

 colored, terete, smooth, not contracted above the inflorescence, the tip 

 obtuse. Male inflorescence 1-2 in. long. Anthers sessile, at first 

 round, straw-colored, changing to brownish-purple and becoming enlarged 

 and irregularly quadrate in outline. Pemalb inflorescence : Ovaries 

 numerous, 1-celled; ovule solitary; stigma sessile, disciform, orange- 

 red. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 515 ; Lisboa, in Journ. Bomb. JS'at. v. 10 (189(3) 

 p. ,527; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 428. Amorplw- 

 phallus si/haticus, Dalz. & Gibs. Bo. Fl. (18G1) p. 259 {not of Kunth). 

 Dracontium lyohjphylhmi. Grab. Cat. PI. Bo. (1839) p. 22S) {not of 

 Denst.). Pijthonium WalUchianum, Kirtikar, in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 7 

 (1893) p. 312 {not of Schott) the flower only. — Flowers : May-June. 

 Vern, Shevla. 



Konkan: Shocks, Graham; S. Konkan, Bahcll 4' Gilmn; Western Giii'its from 

 Bombay to Kumpta, ZiVwrt ; Marmagao, Woodrow \ ; Matlieran, CooArl, Lishnci ; near 

 Kalyan, Woodr out ; Slievdi near Bombay, /FowMw.— Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



Tlio a])poarance of the leaves so long after the flowers has rendered it diflicult to 

 obtain autlientic specimens of tlie former until the plant was grown by Woodrow 

 in the Botanical Garden of the College of Science at Poona and specimens sent to 

 Kew. The late Dr. Lisboa has described the plant at great length from Woodrow's 



* Woodrow has sent to Herb. Kew. an abnormal S-sect leaf from a tuber planted 

 ill the College of Science Bot. Garden at Poona. 



