526 CLXVI. AROIDBJI. (J. D. Hooker.) [Alocasia. 



SINGAPORE, Qaudichaud. 



I have seen only two leaves of a cultivated specimen of A. singaporensis which 

 so conform to the description and habitat of A. denudata, that I conclude they are 

 referable to that species, one has a triangular ovate hastate leaf with divaricate 

 lobes, the other more sagittate with approximate lobes as long as the terminal. 



*** Leaves peltate, basal lobes connate for y^-i (rarely ^) their length. 



6. A. macrorrhiza, Schott in (Estr. Sot. Wochenbl. (1854), 409; 

 Syn. 45 ; Gen. t. 40 ; Prodr. 146 ; leaves broadly ovate-sagittate repand 

 basal lobes rounded connate for y 1 ^ their length, sinus narrow, peduncles 

 short, tube of spathe half as long as the coriaceous incurved cymbiform 

 cuspidate limb, stigma subsessile disciform entire. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 

 205 ; Engler Arac. 502 % in Mart. Fl. Bras. iii. Pt. ii. 202, t. 46, 47. A. 

 odora, C. Koch Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. (1854), App. 5 ; Engler Arac. 503. 

 A. commutata, Schott in (Estr. Bot. Wochenbl. (1854), 409. Colocasia 

 macrorrhiza, Schott Melet. i. 18 ; Thw. Enum. 336 ; C. odora, Brongn. in 

 Ann. Mus. Par. iii. (1834), 145, t. 7 ; Kunth Enum. iii. 39. C. odorata, 

 Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3935. 0. mucronata, Kunth I. c. 40. Caladium macror- 

 rhizon, Br. Prodr. 336. C. odorum, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 641. C. odoratis- 

 simum, Q. Koch in Berl. Allg. Gartenz. (1857), 20. 0. glycirrhizum, 

 Fraser in Hook. Bot. Misc. i. (1830), 259. Philodendron ? peregrinum, 

 Kunth I. c. 51. Arum macrorrhizon and peregrinum, Linn. Sp. PI. 965, 

 966. A. odorum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 499 ; Wight Ic. t. 797 ; Lodd. Bot. Cat. 

 t. 416. Colocasia, Wall. Cat. n. 8941. 



TROPICAL and STTBTBOPICAL INDIA, wild and cult. Cult, in the tropics 

 generally. 



Stem 6-16 ft., attaining 1 ft. diam. Leaves 2-4 by 6-18 in., nerves 10-12 

 pairs, very stout, basal lobes incurved; petiole 2-4 ft., base sometimes as thick as the 

 arm. Peduncles 2 (or more?) in each axil, 6-8 in., stout. Spathe 6-10 in., 

 limb hooded and cuspidate at the top. Spadix nearly as long as the spathe ; 

 appendage nearly equalling the infl., cylindric, obtuse, sinuously silicate. Ovary 

 incompletely 4-celled. Berries size of a cherry. 



7. A. decipiens, Schott in Bonpland. vii. (1859), 28 ; Prodr. 28 ; 

 leaves oblong sagittate twice as long as broad cuspidate, posticous lobes 

 half the length of the anticous united for $-$ their length, petiole long 

 slender, peduncles long, tube of spathe shorter than the oblong cymbiform 

 acuminate limb, style short, stigma capitate entire. 



PEGU, McLelland. ANDAMAN ISLDS., Prain. 



Leaves 9-18 by 4-9 in. ; lobes 7 in., ovate-oblong, sinus broad open ; nerves 

 6-7 pairs ; petiole 2-3 ft. Peduncle 12-24 in. Spathe 4 in., tube 1 i n - ; appendage ? 

 Ovaries globose. Fruiting tube of spathe ellipsoid or pyriform, 1-1 in. Seeds 

 i-5 in. diam. 



8. A. fornicata, Schott in (Estr. Bot. Wochenbl. (1854), 410; Syn. 

 47 ; Prodr. 157 ; leaves ovate-lanceolate sagittate basal lobes much shorter 

 than the anticous connate ^ or \ their length obtuse or subacute sinus 

 narrow acute, tube of spathe about half as long as the oblong cymbiform 

 acuminate limb, ovary narrowed into a distinct style, stigma 3-4-lobed. 

 Engler Arac. 506. Colocasia ? fornicata, Kunth Enum. iii. 41. Arum 

 foroicatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 501 ; Wight Ic. t. 792 (not t. 789) ; Griff. 

 Notul. iii. 130, 132, t. 167. Colocasia, Wall. Cat. 8941, 8945. 



BENGAL, SILHET, ASSAM and CHITTAGONG, Roxburgh, &c. 



