CLXVI. AROIDE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Steudnera. 



fern, adnate below to the spathe. Stamens 3-6, connate in a peltate body 

 with a flat crenulate crown; anther-cells globose. Ovaries mixed with 

 clayate staminodes, subglobose, 1-celled ; stigma 4-5-lobed; ovules many, 

 parietal, orthotropous. Species 6 or 8, Indian and Burman. 



1. S. discolor, Sort. Bull. (Cat. 1875, No. 75); leaves 10-12 in. 

 ovate acute with dark blotches between the nerves, base retuse, spathe 

 4| in. ovate acuminate golden yellow on both surfaces, base within purple. 

 S. colocasisefolia, Hook.f. Bot. Mag. t. 6076 (copied inFl. des Serres, xxi. 

 t. 2201). S. colocasisefolia, var. discolor, Engl. Arac. 452. 



INDIA, Hort. Bull. 



Stem short, stout, clothed with brown sheaths. Leaves dark green above, paler 

 with dark blotches beneath. Spadix 1| in., pale; staminodes 4-5, clavate. 



2. S. colocasiaefolia, C. Koch in (Estr. Bot. Wochensckr. (1862), 

 114; leaves 10-12 in. ovate acute concolorous, base retuse, spathe 6 in. 

 lanceolate caudate-acuminate golden yellow without dark purple within. 

 Schott in Bonpland. x. (1862), 222; Regel Gartenfl. (1869), 323, t. 633; 

 Andre III. Hortic. xix. 33, t. 90; Bot. Mag.i. 6762 ; Engler Arac. 452, and 

 Ic. ined. ISTo. 141 (excl. var. discolor and Hab. Burma, and Syn. Gona- 

 tanthus). 



MABTABAN, and the Karen Hills, Kurz. 



Closely allied to S. discolor, but a larger coarser plant, with stronger nerves, a 

 longer differently coloured spabhe, and fewer staminodes. 



3. S. assamica, Hook. f. ; leaves 7-8 in. ovate-oblong acute base 

 rounded, spathe 3-3^ in. lanceolate caudate-acuminate red purple on both 

 surfaces. Aroid. Wall. Cat. 8953. 



ASSAM; Duphla Hills, Lister (Ic. in Herb. Calcutt). CACHAB, Keenan. 



Caudex as thick as the thumb, fibrous above. Leaves bright green, paler beneath; 

 petiole 6-8 in., slender. Peduncle 3-5 in. Spathe erect. Spadix f-1 in. ; male 

 infl. cylindric. Wallich's specimen is without locality. 



4. S. Griffith!!, Schott in Bonpland. (1862), 222; leaves 4-5 in. 

 ovate-oblong acute or cuspidate base emarginate or shortly 2-lobed, spathe 

 2-3 in. ovate-lanceolate acuminate yellowish green on both surfaces brown 

 purple below the middle within. Gonatanthus Griffithii, Schott Prodr. 

 143. Arum sp. Griff. Notul. iii. 144; Ic. PL Asiat. t. 164, /. 1. 



UPPER BURMA, Griffith, at Namtuseek (Kew Distrib. 5970). 



Caudex prostrate, elongate, clothed with fibres, as thick as a swan's quill. 

 Leaves deep green above, glaucous- white beneath. Spadix f in., male infl. 

 cylindric. 



5. S- colocasioides, Hook.f.; leaves ,9-24 in. broadly ovate acute 

 base broadly retuse, spathe 5-9 in. narrowly lanceolate acuminate tube 

 convolute limb creamy-yellow, fern. infl. half free. Aroid. Wall. Cat. 8944, 

 8947. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, King (Ic. in Herb. Calcutt.}. SiLHET,Zte Silva. CACHAR, 

 Keenan (Hort. Kew). 



Caudex elongate, 1 i n - diam., fibrous above. Leaves thin in texture, light 

 green ahove, glaucous beneath ; petiole 12-18 in., green. Peduncles several, 

 5-7 in. Spathe erect, tube 1 in., ovoid, green ; limb membranous. Spadix 2 in., 

 fern. infl. cylindric above the middle ; male as long as the fern, cylindric. Ovaries 

 globose ; staminodes very minute, clavate ? Very different from its congeners in 

 size and spathe. 



