Cryptocoryne.] CLXVI. AROIDE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) 493 



3. C. retrospiralis, Kunth Ewum. iii. 12 ; leaves lanceolate to nar- 

 rowly linear, tube of spathe and glabrous limb both closely twisted. 

 Wight Ic. t. 772; Schott Aroid. 8; Syn. 2; Prod. 18; in Bonpland. 

 (1857) 222 ; Engl&r Arac. 625 # Ic. ined. No. 16. Ambrosinia retrospiralif, 

 Roxb. FL 2nd. iii. 492. 



BENGAL, BUEMA, CENTRAL INDIA and the DECCAN. 



Leaves 3-12 by |-f in., narrowed into a short stout petiole, or sessile, finely 

 acuminate, costa slender. Spathe subsessile, nearly as long as the leaves, deep 

 green streaked with purple. Ovaries 5-6, 3- or more-ovuled ; stigmas orbicular. 



4. C. consobrina, Schott in Bonpland. (1857) 222; Prodr. 16; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate finely acuminate, petiole long, limb of spathe 

 ovate long-caudate glabrous not twisted. Engler Arac. 626. 



The DECCAN PENINSULA, Perrottet, &c. 



Leaves 4r-6 by f-1 in., midrib stout. Spathe about equalling the petiole, its 

 tail about three times longer than the blade. 



5. C. cordata, Griff. NotuLiii. 138 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. 1. 172; leaves long- 

 petioled broadly ovate or oblong- ovate base cordate or emarginate, tube of 

 peduncled spathe very long, limb small lanceolate not twisted glabrous. 

 Schott Syn. 2; Prodr. Aroid. 14; in Bonpland. (1857) 220.; Engler 

 Arac. 626 $ Ic. ined. No. 6 ; in Beccari Males, i. 298 ; N. E. Br. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xiii. 242. 



MALACCA, Griffith. DISTRIB. Java, Borneo. 



Leaves 3-4 in., petiole usually much longer. Spathe very variable in length 

 (according to depth of water) ; tube 10-12 in. ; limb 1^ in., purplish green, base 

 contracted, peduncle 2-3 in. Ovaries 6-8 ; ovules many. 



6. C. G-riffithii, Schott Syn. Aroid. 1 ; Prodr. Syst. Aroid. 14 ; leaves 

 broadly, oblong or orbicular ovate subcordate petiole very lung and slender, 

 tube of spathe a little longer than the ovate cuspidate limb. 'Engler 

 Arac. 631 ; N. E. Br. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 244. Cryptocoryne, 

 sp. Griff. Notul. iii. 139 ; Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 173, f. 3 (ovules). 



MALACCA, Griffith. 



Leaves coriaceous, obtuse, base very various, rarely rounded sometimes 

 2-auricled, green above purple beneath, nerves obscure; petiole 6-8 in. Spathe 

 2-2 in., dark livid red and papillose within, and having a dimidiate hollow cone 

 descending from the base of the convolute portion and enclosing the male fl. Fruit 

 ovoid, rugose, reddish, few-seeded. 



7. C. Beck'ettii, Thw. ex Trim, in Journ. Bot. xxiii. (1885) 269; 

 leaves long-petioled oblong-lanceolate undulate base cordate, tube of small 

 sessile spathe narrow straight about twice as long as the small tailed 

 blade. 



CEYLON; Matale east, Beckett. 



Leaves 2|-4 in., subacute, 5-7-nerved ; petiole 4-8 in. Spathe not 1 in. long, 

 limb shortly tailed. Stipes of male infl. shorter than it. Carpels 5. Desctf. from 

 Trimen. 



8. C. Wigrhtii, Schott Prodr. Syst. Aroid. 17 ; leaves narrowly linear 

 narrowed at both ends strongly crisped and waved, tube of long-peduncled 

 spathe very long, limb lanceolate acuminate not twisted glabrous. 



Engl. Arac. 627. C. unilocularis, Schott in Bonpland. 1857, 223 (not of 



KuntJi). 



MYSORE, W-ight. 



