AlocasiaJ] OLXVI. AROIDBJB. (J. D. Hooker.) 525 



* Leaves not or slightly peltate, lower nerves approximate and flabellatefy 

 spreading. 



1. A. cucullata, Schott Melet. 18; in (Estr. Bot. Wochenbl. (1854), 

 410 ; Syn. 48 ; Prodr. 156 ; leaves subpeltate broadly ovate-cordate nerves 

 6-7 pairs, petiole very long, peduncles shorter subsolitary. Engler Arac. 498. 

 A. rugosa, SchottinWochenU. 1. c.; Syn. 49 ; Prodr. I. c. Colocasia cochleata, 

 Miq. Epimel. Sem. Hort. Amstelod. (1853). C. rugosa, Kunth Enum. iii. 

 41. C. cucullata, Schott Melet. i. 18 ; Wall. Gat. 8940 ; Kunth 1. c. 38 ; Thw. 

 Enum. 336. Caladium cucullatum, Pers. Syn. ii. 575. Arum cucullatum, 

 Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 656 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 501 ; Wight Ic. t. 787. 



BENGAL, Roxburgh (cultivated Clarke). the KHASIA HILLS, alt. 4000 ft. 

 J. D. H. and T. T. PEGU, Kurz. CEYLON (native?) T/iwaites. 



RootstocTc 1-2 ft., with, many suckers, branched, inclined. Leaves 6-12 by 4-7 in., 

 -^-circular, nerves very stout; petiole 1-3 ft., green. Spathe 6-12 in. fleshy, tube 

 2-4 in. ; limb narrowly cymbiform, margins convolute. Spadix shorter than the 

 spathe, appendage short. 



2. A. montana, Schott in (Estr. Bot. Wochenbl. (1854), 140 ; Syn. 

 47 ; Prodr. 154 ; leaves broadly ovate-cordate repand, nerves 5-6 pairs, 

 petiole short stout, peduncles many connate below. Miq. Fl. Ind. Sat. 

 iii. 209 ; Engler Arac. 499. Colocasia ? montana, Kunth Enum. iii. 40. 

 Arum montanum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 497 ; Wight Ic. t. 796. 



NOETHERN CIRCARS, Roxburgh. DISTBIB. Java. 



.Xootstoc&subcylindric, as thick as the wrist, with long suckers from the crown. 

 Leaves 6-8 in., shining ; petiole 8-10 in., sheathing half way up. Spathe 4-6 in., 

 coloured, limb thrice as long as the tube. Spadix nearly as long as the spathe j 

 appendage 2^ in. Stigma 3-4-lobed. I have seen no specimen. 



3. A. rapiformis, Schott Prodr. 157 ; Engler Arac. 510. Colocasia 

 rapiformis, Kunth Enum. iii. 40. 



PEGU, Carey. 



Differs, according to Roxburgh, from A. montana in having a tuberous turnip- 

 shaped root. I have seen no specimen. 



** Leaves not or hardly peltate, nerves pinnate. 



4. A. indica, Schott in (Estr. Bot. Wochenbl. (1854), 410 ; Syn. 46 ; 

 Prodr. 144; leaves large ovate deeply sagittately cordate repand, lobes 

 rounded sinus narrow, tube of spathe many times shorter than the very 

 long linear-oblong subtruncate cuspidate limb, stigma sessile 3-4-cleft. 

 Miguel Fl.Jnd. Bat. iii. 206 ; Engler Arac. 501. Colocasia indica, Kunth 

 Enum. iii. 39. Arum indicum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 498 ; Wight Ic. t. 794. 

 Aroid. Wall Gat. 8948. 



TROPICAL ASIA; native and cultivated. DISTRIB. tropics (cult.). 



Stem attaining 8 ft., stout, 3-8 in. diam., emitting bulbilliferous suckers. Leaves 

 2-3 ft., tip a deflexed cusp, basal lobes sometimes very shortly connate, nerves about 

 8 pairs; petiole stout, transversely clouded. Peduncles (always in pairs, Roxb.) 

 shorter than the petioles. Spathe 812 in., pale yellow -green. Spadix equalling 

 the spathe ; appendage longer than the infl. Ocary 1-cclled. 



5. A. denudata, Engler Arac. 507 ; leaves triangular-sagittate, 

 shortly acuminate about a third as broad as long, basal lobes nearly as 

 long as the anticous with the costse marginal, petiole and peduncle long 

 slender. A. singaporensis, Linden in Gartenfl. xiv. 292. 



