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in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 428; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1115.— 

 Flowers : May-July. 



KoNKAN : Stocksl ; in dense jungles, Graham; Goa jungles, Dr. Lush ex Graham; 

 Ghat jungles, pretty common, Balz ell ^ Gibson; ravines about Par (below Maha- 

 bleshwar), Graham; Marraagao, Bhival Kanaka: Kadgal (N. Kanara), Woodrow.— 

 DiSTRiB. Throughout India ; Ceylon, Malay Islands, China. 



Potlios aiirea, Linden ex Andre, in lUustr. Hortic. v. 27 (1880) p. 69, 

 t. 881. A showy plant. Leaves 15 by 10 in., ovate, cordate, acute, 

 thick, fleshy, strifdngly variegated, of a dark green, boldly and irregu- 

 larly marked by bands or fantastic-shaped blotches of yellow varying in 

 intensity from cream to orange. Introduced into England from the 

 Salomon Isles in 1880. In the cemetery in Hewree, Bombay, which is 

 close to the sea, very fine specimens may be seen (Woodroiv). Woodr. 

 Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 545. 



Potlios nitens, Bull, Cat. (1887) p. 11. A native of the Eastern 

 Archipelago, grown in conservatories and gardens. Leaves ovate, acute, 

 slightly and unequally cordate at the base, of a dark shining bronzy- 

 purphsh green. Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 545. 



Excluded Species. 



STNANTHETIIAS STLVATICA, Schott, Gen. Aroid. (1858) t. 28. Tuber 1-2J in. in 

 diam., bulbilliferous. Leaves l|-2^ ft. in diam. ; petiole 1-2 ft. long, pale green with 

 darker streaks. Leaflets few, ovate-lanceolate or oblanceolate. Spathe 1-4 in. long, 

 pale pink spotted with green, purple within towards the base. Appendage of spadix 

 reaching 7 in. long, purple, smooth. Male and female inflorescences distant, with 

 interposed neuters. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 518 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 357. 



I cannot find any satisfactory evidence of the occurrence of this as a Bombay plant. 

 Engler [DC. Monog. Phan. v. 2 (1879) p. 320] gives Bombay as its habitat from r,he 

 specimens in the Herbarium of Hooker and Thomson, which were however obtained 

 from the Nilghiri Hills and Kurg, localities quite outside the Bombay Presidency. 

 There is in Herb. Kew. a solitary specimen which was presented to the Glasgow Botanic 

 Garden by Mrs. Nimmo, but this is accompanied by no authentic note of locality and 

 may have been collected anywhere. Woodrow gives Marmagao in his list, but the 

 Marmagao plant is Amorphophallus commutatus, Engl., which, though quite distinct, has 

 often been mistaken for this. 



The plant occurs in S. India and is common in the drier parts of Ceylon. 



The following non-indigenous plants not belonging to any of tlie 

 foregoing genera are more or less cultivated : — 



Colocasia Antiquorum, Schott, in Schott & Endlicli. Meletem. (1832) 

 p. 18. Eootstock tuberous. Leaves large, ovate, with a broad triangular 

 basal sinus. Spathe 8-18 in. long, caudate-acuminate, erect, pale yellow. 

 Cultivated throughout the hotter parts of India and in all warm regions. 

 All parts of the cultivated plants are eaten, but especially the starch 

 from the tubers which attain 6 in. in diam. El. B. I. v. 6, p. 523 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 428 ; Prain, Beng. PI, 

 p. 1112; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 509. Arum Colocasia, Linn. 



