494 CLXVI. AROIDE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Cryptocoryne. 



Leaves 6-10 by in.; petiole shorter. Tube of spathe 5-6 in. , limb 1^-2 in.; 

 peduncle 2-2 in. Ovaries 6-7, stigmas orbicular. 



9. C. affinis, N. E. Br. mss. leaves petioled oblong-ovate base rounded 

 or emarginate strongly bullate, spathe peduncled, tute about as long as 

 the twisted limb, base inflated. 



PERAK, ScortecUni (586, 586 b ) . 



Leaves l-2 in. by ^-1 in., subaeute, purplish beneath, 5-7-nerved, margin sub- 

 crenate; petiole 1-3 in. Spathe 2^-3 in., with the peduncle lengthening after 

 flowering, limb narrowly lanceolate dark-purple. Appendage of spadix sessile, ovoid. 

 Carpels 6-7, very many-ovuled j stigmas oblong. 



** Tube of spathe shorter than the limb. 



f Limb of spathe transversely rugose or plicate within. 



10. C. spiralis, Fisch. mss. ex Wydler in Linnsea, v. 428 ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, spathe sessile, tube very short obcouic, limb linear-lanceolate, 

 strongly twisted at first. Kunth Enum. iii. 12 ; jBlume Rumph. i. 84, t. 

 36 C.; Wight. Ic. t. 773; Schott Melet. 16 ; Syn. Aroid, 2; Gen. t. 1; 

 Prodr. 18 ; Aroid. 8, t. 13 ; Schnitz. Iconog.l, t. 72; Engler Arac. 628. 

 Ambrosinia spiralis, JKoxb. PL Ind. iii. 492. Arum spirale, Retz Obs. i. 30 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 2220; Lodd. Sot. Gat. t. 525. 



BENGAL, the DECCAN PENINSULA, &e. 



Leaves 3-8 by 3 f in., acute or acuminate, narrowed from the middle to both 

 ends, costa slender, nerves parallel ; petiole long or short. Spathe 3-5 in. long, at 

 first twisted, transversely lamellate within. Ovaries 5-6, several-ovuled ; stigmas 

 broadly elliptic. 



11. C. Huegrelii, Schott Aroid. 8, t. 12 ; Prodr. 18 ; petiole as long as 

 the elliptic-oblong leaf-blade, spathe shortly peduncled, tube very short 

 cylindric, limb linear-lanceolate long-acuminate, ovaries 4-2-ovuled. 

 Engl. Arac. 628. 



EAST INDIES, Huegel in Herb. Vienna. 

 J have seen no specimen of this species. 



ft Limb of spathe smooth within. 



12. C. cog-nata, Schott in Bonpland. 1857, 222 ; Prodr. 16 ; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate or linear-oblong margin? undulate, limb of 

 spathe much longer than the tube narrowed into a very long twisted tail. 

 Jpngl. Arac. 629. 



The CONCAN, Law, &c. 



Leaves 6-10 by 1-1 in,, narrowed and acute at both ends; midrib very broad 

 petiole very stout, shorter than the blade. Spathe 7-8 in., shortly peduncled, tube 

 2-2 in., limb 5-6 in. 



13. C. Roxburgrhii Schott Prodr. 18; leaves narrowly linear 

 acuminate, spathe about as long as the leaves, limb much longer than 

 the cylindric tube very slender closelv twisted. Engl. Arac. 629. C. 

 Eoxburghii, Dalz. <Sf G-ibs. Bomb. Fl. 257. C. unilocularis, Wight. Ic. t. 

 774 ; Kunth Enum. iii. 13. Ambrosinia unilocularis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 493. 

 Arum spirale, G-rah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 228. 



NORTHERN CIRCARS and the CONCAN. 



Leaves 8-12 by ^-| in., ecostate, nerves parallel. Tube of spathe about f in., 

 blade 6-8 in. Ovaries 4-5, stigmas orbicular or oblong, close to the stipes of the 

 spadix ; ovules very many. Fruit conical, 5-celled, many-seeded. 



