528 OLXVI. AROIDB2E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Alocasia. 



the anticous, tube of spathe as long as the cymbiform limb, appendage as 

 long as the infl. A. perakensis, Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. xvii. (1887), 205. 



PERAK; Wray, Scortechini. 



Stem subscandent, rooting, as thick as a swan's quill. Leaves thickly coriaceous 

 or fleshy, nerves 3-4 pairs, slender, depressed, posticous lobes parallel ; petiole 3-5 

 in., slender, sheath very short. Peduncle as long as the petiole. Spaihe 2% in., 

 white or green, tube oblong; appendage cylindric, obtuse. Ovaries scattered, 

 obovoid ; style long, stigma disciform, 3-lobed. Seeds globose, in. diam. 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES. 



A. ALBA, Schott in (Estr. Bot. Zeitschr. (1852), 59 ; Syn. 48; Prodr. 149 ; is a 

 Jaran species, attributed to Ceylon on the faith of a specimen from Herb. 

 Burmann (in Herb. Delessert.) 



A. FORNICATA (Caladium), Roxb. of Wight Ic. t. 789 (not of Fl. Ind. $ Wight Ic. 

 t. 792). Ic. Roxb. n. 1655. 



Stem as thick as the wrist, annulate. Leaves ovate-cordate, acuminate, 6-7 by 

 5 in., basal lobes connate for -^ of their length, sinus very acute, nerves 5-6 

 pairs ; petiole 8-12 in., sheathing half way up. Peduncles binate, 6 in. Spathe 

 4 in., tube 1 in., ellipsoid, green ; limb 1^ in. broad, obovate, cuspidate, open, 

 yellow. Spadix as long as the spathe, pale yellow; appendage stout, conical, 

 acuminate, as long as the infl. Ovary ovoid, narrowed into a style with a 

 3-fid stigma. Seed broadly ovoid. I cannot identify this with any Indian species ; 

 it is probably one of Koxburgh's plants collected near Sanmlcottah in the Northern 

 Circars. 



ALOCASIA, sp. Malacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 6308, 6009), and A. sp., 

 Malacca, Muingay (Kew Distrib. 1549, 1549 2 ) may both be new, but are not in a 

 good state, and may be referable to Malayan species unknown to me. 



20. AGX.AONEIKA, Schott. 



Herbs, caudex erect or prostrate. Leaves ovate or oblong. Spathe 

 erect, deciduous, tube convolute, limb cymbiform gaping or base shortly 

 convolute. Spadix equalling the spathe, or shorter, stipitate ; male and 

 fern. infl. usually contiguous, with rarely neuters interspersed ; append- 

 age 0. Stamens 2-4, distinct, subclavate ; anthers short, cells remote with 

 apical pores. Ovaries few, 1-rarely 2-celled, stigma large or small, discoid 

 or cupular ; ovules solitary in the cells, anatropous, subbasilar. Berries 

 capitate. Seeds ex albuminous ; embryo macropodal. Species about 20, 

 Tropical Asiatic and African. 



* Nerves of leaf numerous, close, parallel, all uniform, very slender. 

 (See also 10. A. pumilum). 



1. A. Griffith!!, Schott Syn. 123 ; leaves 12-16 by 3-4 in. linear- 

 oblong obtuse, petiole 2-3 ft., stigma cup-shaped. A palustre, Teysm. and 

 Binnend. in Naturk. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxv. (1863), 305; Kurz in Journ. 

 As. Soc. Beng. xiv. pt. ii. (1876), 153. Aglaodorum Griffithii, Schott Gen. 

 t. 58 ; Prodr. 306 ; JEngler Arac. 443. 



MALACCA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5991). DISTRIB. Sumatra. 

 Leaves coriaceous ; petiole very stout. Peduncle 12-18 in., very stout. Spathe 

 2 in., oblong, cuspidate. Ovaries 2-celled. 



2. A. oblongrifolium, Schott in Wien. Zeitschr. iii. (1829), 892 (ex 

 Linnsea vi. (1831), Litterb. 53) ; leaves 8-24 by 2-4 in. linear-oblong acu- 



