248 AI.ISMACE.E. 



qiadicem complete obtegens glabra, Siiadix sessilis cum parte apicali appen- 

 diciilata (neutrali) 7 cm. longiis tereto-clavatus basi oblique cum basi spathre 

 juuctus, partibus ovariiferis a basi usque ad medium sjtadicis extensis 4cm. 

 longis cylindiicis apice basic[ue breve attenuatis medio latissimis 9 mm. latis a 

 basi usque ad f cum ovariis corpora iiaucix gereutibiis sm-sum sole ovaria gerenti- 

 bus, partibus antheriferis a medio sursum usque ad | allitudiuem extensis 17mm. 

 longis 12 mm. latis quam parte ovariifera latioribiLS, partibus appendiculatis a 

 J altitudine sursum usc[ue ad apicem spadicis extensis 2 cm. longis 1 h cm. latis 

 apice obtusissimis. Fl. $ dense dispositi, staminodiis inter flores nuUis. Sy- 

 uandiium liberum 2-staminale, filamentis IJmm. longis Imm. latis complanatis 

 glabris crassissimis rabro-punctatis facie interiore a basi usfiue ad medium se 

 connatis, antheris liberis haud connatis filamento fequilatis fequicrassis 1 mm. 

 longis paullo plus quam 1 mm. latis ajiice truncatis dense fusco-punctatis ad 

 centrum apicis mucronibus singulis obtixsis instructis. Corpora versus apicem 

 spadicis dense disposita clavata 2-3 mm. longa 1 mm. lata 2-3 se connata crassa 

 rubro-pimctata. Fl. -^ : ovarium iiaullo oblic[ue ovoideum cuni stigmate 1 j mm. 

 longum 5 mm. latum glabrimi apice brevissime rostratum apice stigmatosum 

 haud ininctatimi, stigmate tnmcato rubescenti, 1-loculare oo-ovulatum, placentis 

 2-3 parietalibus, ovulis oo orthotropis ab apice funiculorum pendulis, funi- 

 culis longiusculis ascendentibus. Corpora inter ovaria inferiora disposita clavi- 

 formia l^mm. longa apice globosa. 



Hab. Kotosho, leg. Y. Tashiro, Aug. 1914. 



Near Colocasia antiquorum Schott., but q^uite distinguishable from it by 

 the spadices which are entirely wantiug the neutral portions between stamini- 

 ferous and ovariiferous portions, and liy the (piite obtuse conical appcndices. 



Alismaceae. 



Lophotocarpus Duraxd. 



"Ind. Gen. Phaner. (1888)p. G27." Buchexau Alismataceas in Exgler 



Pfl.-reich \}.io.=Lophiocarpu,s MiQ. "111. Fl.de 1' Archijiel Indien (1870) p. 



50, (nec Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Xatm-. Mosc. XVI. (1843) p. 55, Geuus Cheno- 



podiacearum)." 



The original clescription of this genus is not accessible to me. Buchekau 



