16 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



portion 1 }, inch long bi'oadest at ba.sc. Flowers irregular, flat 

 channcllctl at the top, lower ones ])apiliforni. Female portion conic 

 4 inch long and nearly as much through at the base. Ovaries honey- 

 yellow, ol)long. Capsule j inch oblong. Seeds fusiform ovoid deeply 

 ribbed and grooved. ('. indica, Engler. Arac. 494, (not Kunth). 

 Lcucocasia ijigantca, Schott. Oestr. Wochenbl. 185?, 34. Prodr. 141. 

 Selangor: Among limestone I'ocks at the Kwala Lumpur Caves 

 (Ridley 8156); Perak (Scortechini), Ipoh (Curtis 31G8). Distrib. 

 Cochin China, Siam Java, Borneo. 



C. AXTiQUOKr.M, L. " Keladi Telor "" is largely cultivated by the 

 Chinese to feed pigs. The rhizomes so fai' as I have seen here are t]uite 

 small and are not used at all for food. 41ie plant is ti-oublesome to 

 eradicate Avliere it lias once been planted and |)ersists for a long time, 

 but does not spi'ead much. It is certainly not wild in the Peninsula, 

 but I have seen it far \\\^ the river Tahan (Xo. 2388 of numy collec- 

 tions) whei'e it had evidently been carried l)y the Sakais. it is veiy 

 abundant in swam])y grounds in the low countiT, all over the Penin- 

 sula and not rarely flowers. 



8. Alocasia, Schott. 



Kerbs with stout rhizomes usually erect. Leaves ovate cordate 

 or sagittate rarely entire, long petioled. Spathes peduncled, base con- 

 volute constricted at the top, limb lanceolate or cymbiform deciduous. 

 Spadix shorter, ap|)endage cylindric. Male find fenude flowers as in 

 Colorasia, but ovaries few basilar erect. Fruit drupaceous pulpy red 

 with 1 to 3 rather large seeds. 



Species about 20. Tropical Asia. 



A considerable number of 'garden species have been uuide based 

 on Ibe form of tbe leaf only. ;i vciy \;iri;iblo and unsafe charactei-. 



Leaf entile peltate .. .. ,. ..J. A. JJcccarii. 



Leaf ovate cordate oi' hastate. 



Sinus deep, lobes long divaricate. 



Petiole mottled. Stigma sessile . . . . 2. A. dcnudata. 



Petiole plain, style distinct • . . . . 3. /I. Loicii. 



Sinus shallow, lobes short blunt .. ..4. A. ovalifolia. 



1. A. Bkccaimf, Engl. Bull. Soc Tose. di Ort. 18;!), p. 300. 

 Malesia ]). 293, f. XXVI. Stem long creeping over G inches witli 

 long I'oots, sheathed above. Leaves several, petiole G inches long with 

 l)road sheaths at the base, lamina entire lanceolate acciimijiate or 

 elliptic, 9 inches long by 1 inches wide light green basal lobes connate 

 throughout their length except the tips, nerves 3-1 })aii's. Peduncle 

 3-8 inches long white. Spat he while "2 inches long, lube cylindric, 

 cue inch lon^; and as \\idc limb a., long ac the tube c^mliil'orm white. 



