I. Dioscobea.] 89. DIOSCOREACEJE. 



L. dark-glaucous. M.petals ell.-oblong. Cross-nervules 

 raised . • & hollophylla. 



2. Buds globose Sep. ovate-oblong or orbicular (or 

 lanceolate in alata). L. not glaucous beneath. 

 Capsule broader than long. 

 M. spikes straight. F. panicled. Stem terete . . 4. aculeata. 



M. spikes zig-zag. Stem angled. Seed winged 



one side .5. Hamilton*. 



M. spikes zig-zag. Stem winged. Seed winged all 



round . &• alata. 



B. M- spikes very slender drooping and panicled. 

 Sep. linear in both sexes. 



Capsule oblong . . . . .... 7. bulbifera. 



II. L. digitately compound. Capsule oblong. 



L. 3-foliolate. Lflts.. about 6", 4-6-costate . . 8. dcemona. 

 L. 3«5-foliolate. Lflts. about 3," 1-2-costate . . 9. pentaphylla. 



1. J), anguina, Roxb. Eukuri, M. ; Kukui sanga, Ho. 



Stem unarmed, soon thickening into a narrow cylindrical 

 tuber 1-more ft. long, -which is often palmately branched, stem 

 branches densely pnbescent. L opp.. pubescent even when old 

 on tbe nerves beneath, very broadly cordate ovate, upper ovate, 

 M. spikes pubescent |-1 J* long on a rachis 2-4" long. Buds 

 globosely oblong. Sep. broadly oblong, Petals membranous 

 ovate, slightly imbricate in bnd, glabrous. Capsules tomentose 

 or old glabrescent, }* by 1-1£*. 



Singbhum forests, common. Hazaribagh. Fls. Bept.-Nov. Pr. Dec.-Jany. 

 Bulbils 1 -2" like potatoes with a thin greenish or grey-brown skin without 

 conspicuous eyes. L. attain 10 by 10" acute or acuminate, 7-costate with 

 distinct cross nervules raised beneath. Petiole up to 4" thickened below. 

 M. fl.j&". St. about half as long as petals. F. spikes 4-6" usually 

 copiously panicled. Bracts ovate hairy. Seeds winged all round. 



The tubers are eaten, but they are said to have an offensive smell 

 when cooked. The bulbils are eaten. 



2. D. liummtilaria, Lamh. Syn. D. glabra, Roxb. Umxr 

 Sangr, K., A to sang, alto sang, S. 



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