Alocasia.~\ CLXVI. AROIDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 527 



Stem 1-3 ft., inclined or prostrate, 1 in. diam. Leaves 8-12 by 4-5 in., acute 

 or obtuse, slightly waved, nerves 6-8 pairs ; petiole 8-12 in. and shorter peduncle 

 clouded. Spathe 3-4 in., greenish yellow. Spadix nearly as Ions: as the spathe; 

 appendage ~H "*> about as long as the infl. Seeds in. diam., globose. 



9. A. naviculariSj Koch fy Bouche Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. (1855), 

 App. 2; in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. iv. i. 338, leaves broadly oblong sagittate 

 contracted opposite the triangular obtuse divergent posticous lobes which 

 are united for - their length, tube of spathe half as long as the oblong 

 cymbiform acute limb, style very short, stigma disciform obscurely lobed. 

 JEngler Arac. 505 (excl. syn. fallax) ; Ic. Arac. No. 124. Colocasia navi- 

 cularis Koch & Bouche I. c. (1853), 13. 



KHASIA HILLS, alt. 1-4000 ft. J". D. H. 8f T. T. 



Stem short. Leaves 8-18 by 5-S in., cuspidate; basal lobes 3-7 in., much 

 shorter than the anticous, nerves 4-6 pairs ; petiole 1-2 ft. Spathe 4-5 in. ; spadix 

 about 3 in. ; appendage as long or longer than the infl., sinuously sulcate. Seeds 

 turbinate, i in. long. 



10. A. fallax, Schott in Bonpland. vii. (1859), 28; Prodr. 150; leaves 

 broadly ovate or orbicular-ovate sagittate basal lobes one-third as long as 

 the anticous connate from - their length converging sinus narrow, tube 

 of spathe oblong lanceolate cuspidate limb, ovaries narrowed into a rather 

 long style, stigma 3-cleft. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA and KHASIA HILLS, alt. 2-4000 ft. ; J. D. H. fy T. T. 



Leaves 12-20 by 9-12 in. or more; basal lobes 4-8 in. ; nerves numerous, 7-9 

 pairs; petiole 1-2 ft. Peduncle 18 in. Spathe 5-6 in., membranous, yellow; fruiting 

 tube 2-2, ellipsoid or pyriform. Seeds \ in. diam., globose. Near A. decipiens, but 

 seeds larger, and stigma very different, basal lobes of many-nerved leaves approxi- 

 mate. It is probably nearer A. fornicata. 



11. A. long-iloba, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 207 ; in Bot. Zeit. (1856), 564 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate caudate-acuminate sagittate, basal lobes obtusely 

 triangular more than half as long as the anticous connate from ^-1 in., 

 sinus triangular obtuse. Schott Prodr. 153 ; JEngler Arac. 506. A. ama- 

 bilis, Hort. Bull. Caladium heterophyllum, Presl. Plant. Jav. Zolling. n. 

 601. 



SINGAPORE (Herb. DC), ?Wallich, without name, number or locality. DISTRIB. 

 Java, Borneo. 



Leaves 12-20 by 4-5 in. across the insertion of the petiole. Limb of spathe 

 4 in., lanceolate, acuminate. Spadix 3 in. Seeds -^g |- in. diam. 



**** leaves peltate, basal lobes connate for half or all their length. 



12. A. acuminata, Schott in Bonpland. vii. (1859), 28 ; leaves elon- 

 gate-rhombic caudate-acuminate contracted opposite the basal lobes which 

 are half as long as the anticous and connate for f their length. Engler 

 Arac. 450. Colocasia ? Wall. Cat. 8946. 



CHITTAGONG, J. D. H. and T. T. ; PEGU, Kurz. UPPEE BUEMA, Anderson-, Saluen 

 river, Wallich. 



Caudex horizontal. Leaves 6-12 by 3-5 in., membranous, costal nerves 3-4 

 pairs, lobes nearly parallel, sinus narrow, obtuse. 



13. A. Beccarii, Engler Arac. Spicilcg. Born, e Pap. 14; leaves 

 coriaceous oblong-ovate or -lanceolate caudate-acuminate narrowed to the 

 basal lobes which are connate throughout their length and -| as long as 



