13'2. ARACEJL. [14. Crtptocortnk. 



green or greenish -yel I o^v oblong cuspidate limb 2-5". Spadix about 

 equalling the spathe with the appendage about as long as the inflores- 

 cence, bynandrium with flat crenulate top and several cells openino- 

 by pores above. Ovules 3-5 basal, style short stout, stigma capitate 

 d-4-lobed. Fruiting peduncle 6-10" somewhat clavate upwards. 

 Na^-nnrTCflv ^t^^'i^r ""v^"' "l'^^'^,'' and usually alon,<? muddy streams. Chota 

 in"^";r.%!:"'jl^Tfne"july."l?ye^^^ '^^^^'"' -^^ ^^^^^"^^"^ '^^"^ «"^' "^'^'^ 

 ^l5btw?/■f^'■^v''^'■^^^^\"'^■''' ^*^ ^''-^^ ^"-^««' «ec. n. to midrib 5-8 each side 

 iatfe%fn ,?n^1^l'-^'''^ ^''°f ^ "'\"'^'^"" "'^^"^ onLv of each basal nerve. te'tiaTiel 

 wTth black rnTrlnl ^"^ intermediate nerve. Petiole and peduncle sometimes 

 lono^ Berr^s M^"^l1« J'T*.^"- fP^*,^'"^ ^ ' "'"'"^^ accrescent spathe base l-7o-2-5" 

 erect se^eTand 3^ aboSifJ o^v^S' ^'"^^"^^ '''''''''' ''''''' "^^ '^^-^^ •^^•>"<^' -'^^ one 



14. CRYPTOCORYNE, Fi^cA. 

 Aquatic or marsh herbs with creeping rootstock and stem short 

 or 0. Leaves simple, narrow or broad, sometimes almost grass-like. 

 J-ube ot the spathe subterranean or submerged and almost com- 

 pletely closed against the entry of the water by ingrowths or 

 partial septa,, limb often narrow, projecting above the water by 

 means of which pollinating insects have access.* Spadix very 

 sle^nder with its tip adhering to the septum in the spathe. Fem 

 ind. a single whorl of connate 1 -celled ovaries with a few pistillodes 

 or neuters. Male infl. cylindric with 2-celled anthers, cells with conical 

 perforate tips and vermiform pollen. Ovary ^^4th short recurved 

 styles and many erect orthotropous ovules. Fruit of coriaceous 

 connate 2-valved many-seeded carpels. Seeds oblong, albuminous 

 Avith axile embryo. 



A. Tube of spathe above the iullorescence loiio- and slender — 



R |PS'^/^^'^,'j^'^te"iside opposite the male inflorescence . 1. refrosph-alis, 



B. Tube of spathe above inflorescence or split •— »i'^'«'t». 

 Spathe transversely lamellate or rug-ose within. PeduncleO 2. spiralis 

 Spathe smooth withm. re.luncle 1" in fruit ... 3. unilociilarh. 



1. C. retrospiralis, Flsch. 



An interesting little plant with creeping rootstock, stout fleshy 

 roots and radiating grass-like leaves 3-4" by •2-25" or up to 12" by 

 •7o , acute or acuminate, often crisped or waved, costa distinct and 

 1-2 side-nerves not parallel. Spathe 3-4" or more or less nearly 

 equalhng the leaves, sub-sessile, lower tube (including the iiiflor ) 

 about -3 rather wider than the upper tube (above the spadix), which 

 1^3 slender and 2-4-times as long as the closely twisted blade. Ovaries 

 o-b, 3-more-ovuled, stigmas broadly elliptic or orbicular. Fruit 

 shortly peduncled ovoid, not twice as long as broad. 



^vhelTvT^'vZ^l^^l:'L ''""!f "^^''' "' the forests or open, submerged or flowering 

 Na^nnr ^;pm.i M %^/Vf'-^^ apparently occur when not submerged. Chota 

 mfrTea. f1 Fn c.r^^ ^^^''"^ districts. No specimens in Cal.Herb. from 

 e>,^ofl!^®*'' ^J linear-lanceolate, narrowed into a slender petiole or subsessile 

 sheathing. Spathe grey streaked and mottled with purple, th e walls of the tube 



of *tht wS'"" ^^ ^['^^'''' ^""^ ^^^^'^. frequently the plants flower after the drying up 

 IS perflated •^^'^^s^'ei'se partition is referred to as a septum in F.B.I, but it 



