Cri/ptocoryne.] CLXVI. AROIDE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 495 



14. C. Thwaitesii, Schott in Bonpland. 1857, 221; Prodr. 14; 

 leaves broadly ovate or subobovate base cordate or emarginate, tube of 

 spathe cylindric one-third shorter than the linear hardly twisted limb. 

 Engler Arac. 630 ; Ic. ined. ]STo. 7 ; Thw. Enum. 334. 



CEYLON, in forests, Thtoaites. 



Leaves 2-2% by li~l| in., densely papillose above, petiole rather shorter than the 

 blade, margin undulate. Spathe subsessile, 1^ in. long, limb oblong, gradually 

 narrowed into a slender tail, tube hardly swollen at the base. Ovaries 6 ; styles, 

 rather long, stigmas oblong. 



15. C. G-omezii, Schott in Bonpland. 1857, 221; Prodr. 14; leaves 

 long-petioled ovate or ovate-oblong obtuse base cordate, spathe long- 

 peduncled, limb broadly lanceolate not twisted three times as long as 

 the oblong ovoid tube narrowed into a long tail. Engler Arac. 630. 

 Aroid. Wall. Cat. 8958. 



SILHET, G-omez. 



Leaves 2-3 by 1-li in., base often unequal-sided, tip obtuse acute or rounded. 

 Tube of spathe -f in., limb lf-2 in., broad below und concave. 



16. C. elliptica, N. E. Br. mss. ; leaves orbicular- or ovate- cordate, 

 tube of peduncled spathe 2-2 -| times as long as the lanceolate limb, which 

 is twisted and bent forward at the apex. 



PEBAK ; at Larut, King's Collector. 



Allied to C. Q-riffithii, but leaves smaller not so deeply cordate, and limb of 

 spathe much smaller narrower and not papillose within. Leaves 1-1^ by 1^ in. 

 obtuse fleshy, brown beneath j petiole 2-3 in., sheath short. Spathe with the 

 peduncle hardly lengthening in fruit; tube white, 1 in., base slightly inflated; limb 

 -f in., black within. Fruit 6-celled, stigmas small. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



. C. DALZELLII, Schott. in Bonpland. 1857, 221 ; Prodr. 15; leaves lanceolate 

 margin erosely serrulate, lateral nerves 4 on each side ascending, fruit ovoid 

 5-gynous, seeds biseriate oblong subtrigonous. Bombay, Dalzdl. 



2. LAGENANDRA, Dalzell. 



Habit and characters of Cryptocoryne, but the fern, inflor. consists of a 

 spiral row of many free ovaries, with peltate or discoid stigmas, and the 

 fruit is baccate and indehiscent. Species 4, Indian. 



1. Ii. toxicaria, Dalzellin Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. (1852) 289; v. (1853) 

 t. 4 ; petiole as long as the oblong or elliptic-oblong obtuse or acute leaf, 

 nerves very slender divergent from the stout costa, spathe lanceolate 

 caudate-acuminate slightly twisted, tube much shorter than the long-tailed 

 limb. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 257 ; Schott Syn. Aroid. 3 (excl. syn.) ; 

 Engler Arac. 621. L. ovata, Thicaites Enum. 334. Cryptocoryne ovata, 

 Schott Melet. i. 16 ; Blume Rumph. i. 86 ; Kunth Enum. iii. 12, Caladium 

 ovatum, Vent, in Roem. Arch. ii. 357. C. montanum, Serb. Seyne. Arum 

 ovatum, Linn. Sp. PI. 967.Rheede Sort. Mai. xi. t. 23. Aroid. Wall 

 Cat. 8966. 



The SOUTH CONCAN, and BELGAUM, in marshes, Dalzell. CEYLON; common in 

 the central provinces. 



Rootstock creeping. Leaves with petiole 8-36 by 2-5 in., coriaceous, buse 

 acute or rounded ; sheath of petiole elongate. Spathe longer than the compressed 

 peduncle, 3-8 in. long ; tube broad, limb lanceolate. Syncarp globose, 1^-2 in. 



