134 



AliOIDE.E. 



partc staminifera 3 cm. 

 longa cnm stamiuibus 

 5 mm. lata ; staminibus 

 dense dispositis ; stamina 

 generaliter 4-conuata 

 synandrium formantia ; 

 synandrium latc stix^ita- 

 tum, stij)itibus ^ mm. 

 longis 1 mm. latis valde 

 complanatis, late cylin- 

 dricum l^ mm. latum 1 

 nim. longum apicc per- 

 fecte truncatum ; parte 

 staminifera apice abrujrte 

 a p p e n d i c e termiuata ; 

 a])pendix cylindrica 3 

 cm. longa 3 mm. lata 

 apice obtusa basi con- 

 tracta rugulosa. 



Hab. Urai, leg. B. 

 Hayata et T. SoMA, Mai. 

 1916. 



Near C. antiquorum, 

 but differs from it in 

 the existence of neutral 

 ovaries betweeu fertile 

 ones. This is not eaten 

 by any native of the 

 island. 



Colocasia Koni- 

 Shii Hayata sp. nov. 

 Folia longe jjetiolata, 

 ])etiolis 50 cm. longis ]ilus 



Xom 



\J(L 



3 



Fig. 60, Colocaiia fonnosana IIayata ; 1, a spatha; 

 2, a spadix ; :'>, an apical poi-tion of the ovariiferous part ; 

 4, a ijortioii of the staminiferous part ; ■">, a svnandrium ; 

 6, a portion nf the appendagc. 



