248 A. Engler. — Araceae-Aroideae. 



inferne hians elongato-lanceolata sensim in subulam longissimain inferne tortuosam 

 transiens, 1 , 5 dm longa. Spadicis inflorescentia feminea a mascula breviore interstitio 

 circ. 3—4 cm longo separata, appendicis stipes tenuissimus. 

 Vorderindisches Gebiet. 



Provinz des westlichen Gebirgslandes der Malabarküste: Concan (Law 

 — Herb. Kew). 



37. C. Dalzellii Schott in Bonplandia V. (1857) 221; Prodr. (1860) 15, Engl, 

 in DC. Mon. Phan. II. (1879) 631. — Foliorum lamina lanceolata, margine eroso- 

 serrulata, nervis lateralibus I. utrinque 4 adscendenlibus. Syncarpium ovoideum 5-gynum ; 

 semina oblonga, subtrigona, biseriata. 

 Vorderindisches Gebiet. 



Provinz des westlichen Gebirgslandes der Malabarküste: Bombay (Dal- 

 zell — Herb. Kew). 



§.3. Giliatae Engl. 



Spathae tubus inferior inflorescentiam includens superne constrictus quam tubus 

 superior angustior pluries brevior, lamina late ovato-lanceolata, fimbriato-ciliata. 



Species unica C. eiliata. 



. 38. C. eiliata (Boxb.) Fisch, msc. ex Wydler in Linnaea V. (1830) 428; Schott, 

 Melet. I. (1832) 26, Syn. (1866) 2, Aroid. (1853) 7, in Bonplandia V. (1867) 222, Gen. 

 Ar. (1859) t. 1, Prodr. (1860) 15; Blume in Rumphia I. (1835) 85; Wight, Ic. III. 

 (1840—1856) t. 775; Kunth, Enum. III. (1841) 12; Griff, in Transact. Linn. Soc. XX. 

 (1851) t. 10 — 12; Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan. II. (1879) 624 et in Beccari, Malesia I. 

 (1882) 297; N. E. Brown in Journ. Linn. Soc. XVIII. (1880) 245; Hook", f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. VI. (1893) 492. — Ambrosinia eiliata Roxb. Coromandel PI. VII. (1819) 90, 

 t. 294, Fl. ind. III. (183 2) 491. — Oryptoeoryne elata Griff. Notul. III. (1851) 134, 

 Ic. pl. asiat. (1851) t. 170, 171 (alata). — C. drymorrhixa Zippelius in Miq. Ann. 

 Mus. Lugd. bat. I. (1863) 122. — Caudiculus 1 — 2 cm crassus, internodiis brevissimis 

 radieibus numerosissimis, internodio longiore hinc inde inter breviorum series interjeeto , 

 stolonifer. Foliorum petioli 1 — 3 dm et ultra longi, 4 — 6 mm crassi, glabri aut papil- 

 lulis exasperati, inferne late (usque 2,5 cm) vaginati, lamina crassula supra costa pallidiore 

 excepta saturate viridis, oblongo-lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata inaequilateralis, 1,5 — 

 3,5 dm longa, 2 — 9 cm lata, basi obliqua, apice acuta vel acuminata, costa 3 — 5 mm 

 crassa utrinque valde prominente, nervis lateralibus I. pluribus utrinque angulo acuto 

 a costa abeuntibus haud prominentibus. Pedunculus brevissimus, fruetifer interdum ad 

 5 — 6 cm elongatus; spathae tubus inferior 1,5 — 2 cm longus, vix 1 cm amplus, tubus 

 superior circ. 1 ,5 — 3 dm longus et 5 — 6 mm amplus, at superne fissus, extus glaber 

 et sordide virescens, intus subalbidus papillulis multis laminam versus rubellis granulatus, 

 lamina ovato- oblonga, 5 — 6 cm longa, 1,5 — 3 cm lata, dense fimbriata, lacinulis 5 — 

 6 mm longis crispatulis et cuspidata, ad faucem macula ovata circ. 2 cm longa flave- 

 seente instrueta, ceterum purpurea. Spadicis inflorescentia feminea circ. 5 — 7-gyna 1 cm 

 longa, a mascula circ. 7 — 8 mm longa, spathae processu ovato obteeta interstitio fere 

 1 cm longo separata, appendix breviter late conoidea circ. 3 mm longa inferne i mm 

 crassa. Pistillorum ovarium 8 mm longum, pluriovulatum, ovulis biseriatis, in stilum 

 brevem extrorsum curvatum et stigmate lineari-oblongo instruetum attenuatum. Syn- 

 carpium ovoideo-globosum 3 — i cm diametiens, 5 — 7-sulcatum et stilorum vestigiis 

 5 — 7 coronatum, 5 — 7-loculare, valvatim dehiscens, loculis semina 3 — 8 transverse 

 superposita mox germinantia iheludentibus. 

 Vorderindisches Gebiet. 

 Provinz der Malabarküste: Westliche Ghats (T. Cooke — Herb. Calcuüa); 

 Mysore u. Carnatic (Thomson in Hook. f. et Thoms. — Herb. ind. or). — Provinz 

 der Gangesebene: Bengalen, im botanischen Garten von Galcutta wild (D. Prain — 

 Herb. Galcutta); salzige Sümpfe bei Sealdah bei Calcutta (S. Kurz — Herb. Galcutta); 



