io'5. ARACEJi. -12. CoLOCAsiA. 



a tuberous rhizome, suckers or stolons sometimes present. Leaves 

 mostly over 12" (exc. var, rupicola), peltate, Avith triangular sinus 

 cut one-third to half-way to petiole, ovate or subtrian^ular in outline 

 with a dull (not polished) surface above, paler or coloured beneath but 

 rarely very glaucous. Spathe peduneled, vellow, mostlv over 10" 

 long convolute, never widely open, curved slightlv backwards in 

 flower. Spadix much shorter than the spathe, rather slender, appendix 

 much shorter (exc. var. rupicola) than the inflorescence. Stigma 

 discoid. " ® 



Common, both wild and cultivated. F\. Juue-Oct. 

 The following varieties and probably others occur in our area :— 



Var a. typica. According- to E»gler this has the appendix; efnial in lenoth to thp 

 Spfcal '■''''"''■ '""''''''^ cultivated! Ranchi, plcnu l' lie next fsneail? 



Var. p. esculenta. Schoff. Pichgi saru, K 

 r,f7^l!^^''% ^°'^i^- ^'^^o^ons 0. Leaves commonly about 20" bv 12 5". the two sides 

 Saucoust'ln witfff.f ''"''n' '"'''''''' '-^^^\sreen above, beneath palei,Tcarcely 

 6 each .'idP^ r 1 f n^ 'h ^^^ "t'^'' ''^- "• /'°^' "^'^""'^ including- one from petioli 

 o each side and from the outer side of the basal nerves 3 to each nerve no 



pale veUow TvV'Yt' 'T'' '''^"?-^' ."^ 'T^ ^'^ '^^^'^^ l^^"'!^^^^^^ below ' Scathe 

 pa e 3 ellou , 11-13 long with green cylindrical tube 2-2-5" long. Spadix 5-5-8->" lono- 

 4-0" diam. at base; tem. intlor. 1-2" long, fertile ovaries |reen but with severSl 

 barren white ones intermixed ; above females are flattened rhomboM or ir-eo-a aJly 

 oblong neuters which often develop a median longitudinal dep ressiin or s it 

 f^lVf^Z^?''""^ cylmdric 2-3" long, anthers oblong, with stellJtely cienate oi- 

 celK eac^l^hp■l1"'^'' \T ^^^her-cells 6-S, top flat lo'bed. lobes as manrarthe 

 cells, each lobe denticulate and much broader than the cell. Appendao-e ro-^-s" 

 ahva.ys shorter than the male inflor. (" half the male," Schoff) ^'^'''""''"*' l o _ 8 , 

 Cultivated m (Jhota Nagpur ! Fl. Aug.-Oct. 

 Var. y. illustris, EugleV 



othe?noteJ'of\hi"'^vl''-'f''^^^- ^^"^' "^ "'^'"^™'' ^*^*^^^^^« ^^^^^^^^ ' 1 have no 

 ?i lacpo, f nitS ^' Jf'T^' ^^^•^' specimens. According to J^^vgler var. illustris has 

 VKjlaxjeous petiole, blade more oblong-ovate than in type marked bv laro-e mirole 



^foTet W-S "e^iol'.^^' r"^^'^ "•^•^■^'?f- ^ '''^^ ^^«« ^ ^«^°-^ «f ^ Colola'iri^l^ 

 violet- Wack petioles along rivers m Purneah ! 



S^ed ^l^"*^^;^i^'!!^i^!:,,y!?^f ^"^«"S, Hassl- (a Javan plant 



coloured striate stolons and cataphyllarii 



les; 



with 



Stout, stem slightly swollen at base with fleshy rootlets arisino- from a hard 

 tapermg rhizome 4-8" long by -7-1" diam. , connected with st^i^b a neck slolois 



eTlheaths?v?hl'l''- ''^'T''.' ''" ^V^"!" '"''''' "'^^''•""•^•^ ^andolate half patent 

 leaf sheaths with a long slender terete hooked tip, giving rise to new plants at end 

 onl.y. Leaves sagittate from 13" by C-5" up to 20" by 10", widest a little below 



£ch Sn^^^ 1 1 ^.IV^^' '^"'/l' "^"^P' *^«- '^- i"cludingone from the petiole 5 

 PetS^lP I f? r^lr 1 """"-^ "i?"? "^ ^^r^ '^'^•^** 2-4 on outer side. or 1 on inker side. 

 i)Ph-n IP s."«.f 1- ^"\'r . Pe^^"'i?le from sheath of last leaf about half as long as 

 in b«;p ;lr« T^^}'^ '^?^'' ^?^Y'' ^-^ '^'"^' '''^'^ ^re*^" 2" long, limb open at°top 

 Fen biflnv ™"' ^' .f^'^' ''"'^ ,"'^" convolute. Spadix 4-3" by "4' diam. at base. 

 irrp"nl«vw ^^^^ ^vith some white barren ones among them. 1-1-2" long, then flat 

 negularly oblong neuters "8", male inflor. 2-2", appendage 1-2". Ovufes over 40 

 Anthers oblong, cells 8. top merely crenate (not lobed as in en-vlenfa) 



WPv^^^^.f^ °^*' ^""'f • /'^^'"- ^- ^^"^^' Schoff-; var. Fontanesii, Schoff? 

 T P^,^pc "^^1^ smaller plant in all its parts. Rhizome globose-oblong scaly 7-1" 

 ic n inrnZ'^Vf '^T^^^ cu.spidate, 4-8" long on petioles 2-3-times as long 

 Sh ^'pi^i V W>iS°"=*-^'^,P^^'°^^ insertion, 4 each side only and b^.sal primarie.s 

 veiov^ Sn«div^fi-' "p^ T peduncle 4-5", tubular green portion IS", liml, 

 b^riP^'fpn,^«^l 1 f • T^^H^^ 1^^^'f^^^ f"^' '5" tlien tapering and spadix bearing 

 with i-fi^.p 'i^i''\'"^i°°'''°V^ ^^'^ ."^^'^^'■'^ *■«'• 1"' "i«^« niflor 1" long-, anther-topt 

 inflor '"^''"'^^^ '°^^^'^- ^^PPendix about 1-5" or rather longer than the male 



Among rocks. Ranchi and Singbhum ! Fl. Oct. Only differing from ajliii^. 

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