EXANTIOPHYLLUM.] DIOSCOREACEM. 255 



VAB. crlspata, Prain Beng. PL 1066 ; Roxb, L c., 802 ; F. B. I. 

 vi, 296 ; Watt E. D. Vern. Zamin-kand. Cultivated in N. India 

 and on Himalaya up to 5,000 ft. 



Section ENANTIOPHYLLUM. 



5. D, Waniohll, Hook f. F. B. I. vi, 295 ; Prain and Burkill 

 1. c. p. 31. D. aculeata, Linn. Sp. PL (1753), 1033 in small part ; 

 Prain Beng. PL 1067. D. sativa, Wall. Cat. (1832) 5108, letter? 

 A, B, and F. 



India in hilly parts of Malabar Coast ; thence inland to Tapti river 

 and through Bundelkhand and Ch. Nagpur to the Circars, extend- 

 ing to Burma. 



VAR vera. P. and B. 1. c. page 31. 



Capsule slightly glaucous. Bundelkhand at Lalitpur (Duthie No. 15243)* 

 DISTRIB. : See above, and exclude Burma, 



6. D. angulna, Roxb. ; Fl. Ind. Hi, 803 ; Prain and Burkill I. c. 

 p. 32. D. spinosa, Wall. Cat (1832) 5103, letters G and H. 



India, in the Himalaya from C. Nepal eastwards ; general where the 

 moisture is sufficient on the south of the Ganges as far as Travanoore 

 (but not in Ceylon) ; Assam, northern Burma, Sumatra and Java. 

 I am indebted to Mr. Burkill for the following localities within the 

 area of the Upper Gang. Plain : Gorakhpur dist. ; N. Oudh : in the 

 Bahraich dist. ; Bandelkhand : in the Jhansi and Banda districts ; 

 C. India : in the Bhopal and Indore districts. 



7. D, belophylla, Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calc. (1845) 652 ; Prain 

 Beng. PL 1067 ; Prain and Burkill I.e. p. 36. D. deltoides, Baden- 

 Powell Punj. Prod, i, 259 (in part). D. glabra, Hk. f. in F. B. 

 I. vi, 294 (in part) ; Collett FL Siml. 519. D. sagittata, Royle 

 fX Voigt L c. 653. D. sp. Aitch. Gat. Punj. and Sind PL 148. 



A species demanding less rain than most of the others ; met with along 

 the Himalaya towards the west as far as the Kashmir Valley, and 

 found also on the Salt Range ; eastwards, as far as is known, its 

 distribution terminates in Sikkim ; southwards it occurs on hill 

 crests as far as the Nilgiri Range ; and it has once been recorded 

 from the Khasia Hills. It is common within the area of this flora, 

 especially in Dehra Dun and on the Siwalik range, also in N. Oudh, 

 Bandelkhand and in the Mirzapur district. Vern. Turhur, toree* 

 The tubers are much eaten. 



