106 



Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3 (1867) 81; Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 

 (1856) 207. 



Borneo; this is probably a form of Alocasia indica (Roxb.) 

 Schott. 



13. Alocasia porphyroneura Hallier f. ex Engl, in 

 Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 15 (1898) 25, Bull. Herb. Boiss II 1 (1901) 

 671, f. 12. Alocasia princeps N. E. Br. ex Hallier f. in Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss 6 (1898) 610. 



Dutch Borneo Hallier. Endemic. 



14. Alocasia reginae N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. (1884) 

 711; III Hort. (1885) t.544; Kew Bull. Add. Series 4 (1900) 20. 



Introduced into cultivation from Borneo. 



15. Alocasia sanderiana Bull. Cat. (1884) 11, f. 3; Kew 

 Bull. Add. Series 4 (1900) 21. 



" Introduced into cultivation from Borneo " in Kew Bulletin 

 1. c. is probably an error, as the species is a well known Philip- 

 pine one. 



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16. Alocasia scabriuscula N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. 

 (1879) 2: 296; Kew Bull. Add. Series 4 (1900) 21; Ridl. in 

 Journ. Str. Branch Roy. As. Soc. 44 (1905) 179. 



Introduced into cultivation from Borneo. 



17. Alocasia thibautiana Mast, in Gard. Chron. II 9 

 (1878) 527; III 17 (1895) 485, fig; N. E. Br. in 111. Hort. 28 

 (1881) 72, t 419; Kew Bull. Add. Series 4 (1900) 21. 



Introduced into cultivation from Borneo. 



18. Alocasia veitchii (Lindl.) C. Koch, in Wochenschr. 

 Gartn. Pflanzenkunde 7 (1864) 90; Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- 

 Bat. 1 (1863-64) 125, 3 (1867) 81. Caladium veitchii Lindl. in 

 Gard. Chron. (1859) 740. 



Borneo, fide Koch and Miquel. Java. 



19. Alocasia villanuevei Lind. and Rod. in 111. Hort. 

 (1887) 59, t. 21; Kew Bull. Add. Series 4 (1900) 21; Kidl. in 

 Journ. Str. Branch Roy. As. Soc. 44 (1905) 179, 49 (1908) 43. 



Sarawak, Ridley 11715. Endemic. 



1. Colocasia esculentum (Linn.) Schott Melet. 1 (1832) 18. 

 Colocasia antiquorum Schott; Engl, in DC. Monog. Phan. 2 (1897) 

 491; Becc. Malesia 1 (1885) 279; Ridl. in Journ. Str. Branch 

 Roy. As. Soc. 44 (1905) 178. 



Commonly cultivated fide Ridley. A native of tropical Asia, 

 now cultivated in all tropical countries; taro. 



