APPENDIX II. 



1*. D. spinosa, Roxb. {F.B.I., vi, p. 90). Sjm. D. aculeata, Roxb.\ 



Tubers very large. Base of stem with long woody rigid fibres bearing 

 straight sharp spines up to -7" long. Leaves simple, orbicular 

 deeply cordate, attaining 8" diam., acuminate or cuspidate, with 5-7 

 basal nerves, glabrous or tomentose and somewhat resembling those 

 of anguiim. M. fls. •12" diam. often in vei-y dense cymules, sessile 

 or shortly pedicelled in long simple or nearly simple axillary spikes 

 6-18" long. Bracteoles very broad. Stamens 6, anthers large, 

 pistillode large oblong. Fem. raceme rather short, sepals broadly 

 oblong or orbicular. Capsule 1" diam. broadly obcordate. 

 Nathpur, Hfl»?.! Monghyr, ifam. Probably cultivated. 



t Burkill in the Straits Settlements Gardens Bulletin, iii, 1.3 April, 1924, 

 states that the proper name for this species is D. esculenta and that Roxburgh's 

 D.fasciculata is also this species. 



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