248 ALISMACE^E. 



spadicem complete obtegens glabra. Spadix sessilis cum parte apicali appen- 

 diculata (neutral!) 7 cm. longus tereto-clavatus basi oblique cum basi spathns 

 junctus, partibus ovariiferis a basi usque ad medium spadicis extensis 4cm. 

 longis cylindricis apice basique breve attenuatis medio latissimis 9 mm. latis a 

 basi usque ad f cum ovariis corpora pauca gerentibus sursum sole ovaria gerenti- 

 bus, partibus antheriferis a medio sursum usque ad f altitudinem extensis 17mm. 

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

 | altitudine sursum usque ad apicem spadicis extensis 2cm. longis 1| cm. latis 

 apice obtusissirnis. Fl. $ dense dispositi, staminodiis inter Sores nullis. Sy- 

 iiandrium liberum 2-staminale, filamentis IJmm. longis 1mm. latis complanatis 

 glabris crassissimis rubro-punctatis facie interiore a basi usque ad medium se 

 connatis, antlieris liberis haud connatis filamento sequilatis fequicrassis 1 mm. 

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

 centrum apicis mucronibus singulis obtusis instructis. Corpora versus apicem 

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

 rubro-punctata. Fl. -9- : ovariurn paullo oblique ovoideum cum stigmate 1^ mm. 

 longum f mm. latum glabrum apice brevissime rostratum apice stigmatosum 

 haud punctatum, stigmate truncate rubescenti, 1-loculare cor-ovulatum, placentis 

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

 culis longiusculis ascendentibus. Corpora inter ovaria inferiora disposita clavi- 

 formia 1| mm. longa apice globosa. 



HAB. Kotosho, leg. Y. TASHIRO, Aug. 1914. 



Near Colocasia antiquorum SCHOTT., but quite distinguishable from it by 

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

 ferous and ovariiferous portions, and by the quite obtuse conical appendices. 



Alismaeeee. 

 LopJiotocarpus DURAND. 



"Ind. Gen. Phaner. (1888) p. 627." BUCHENAU Alismatacete in BNGLER 

 Pfl.-reich p. 35. = Lophiocarp2ts MIQ. " 111. Fl. de 1' Archipel Indien (1870) p. 

 50, (nee TURCZ. in Bull. Soc. Natur. Mosc. XVL (1843) p. 55, Genus Cheno- 

 podiacearum)." 



The original description of this genus is not accessible to me. BUCHENAU 



