95. AUACE<m. 



Stamens synandrous. L. undivided. Ovary 1-celled. 



Ovnles many parietal. Limb of spathe 

 spreading and reflexed . . . .3. Remusatia. 



Ovules many parietal. Limb of spathe 



erect narrow . . . » • .4. Colocasia. 

 Ovules few basal. Limb of spathe erect " . 5. Alocasia. 



2. Stamens free. L. deeply lobed or compound. 

 Ovary 1-4 celled. 



c. Ovary 1-celled. Ovules 1-2 basal erect. 

 Appendage elongate. 



Fls. with leaves. L. hastately 3-lobed or 

 sub-3-partite • 6. Typhonium. 



Fls. before leaves. L. one pedatipartite . 7. Bauromatum. 



Fls. with leavei. L. (in C. N. species) 2-3, 

 pedatisect 8. Arucema. 



o. Ovary 2-4-celled. Ovule 1 in each cell. 

 Appendage or short. 



Neuter flowers between the M. and F. Appendage . 9. Plesmoniwn. 

 Neuter flowers 0. Appendage short and very stout 10. Amorphophallnu, 



1. Lasia, Lour. 



1- L. heterophylla, Schott. Kanta saru, Gola 

 Kanta, £. 



A very spiny stout herb with thick creeping rhizome and 

 hastate pinnatifid prickly leaves with the lower lobes pedate. 

 Spathe deep purple 1 ft. long, twisted, convolute, thick and 

 rather brittle, deciduous. 



Along muddy streams in Singbhum and the Santal)Parganahs. Fls. 

 Ft. DecFeby. 



Spadix 2". Fls. densely packed 2-sexual, with 4 pink imbricate 

 perianth leaves hooded over the stamens. Ftt. flat broad, connective 

 behind the 2-celled anthers very delicate. Stigma broad sessile. 

 Head of fruits oblong 4-6 7 by 2" diam. Fr. more or less 4-sided muri- 

 oate f " long. Seed large with a coriaceous testa. 



Fr. and rhizome used for sore or swollen throat. 

 550 



