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Aroideae Jss. 



Char. Spec: Inter Alocasias Knth. 1. c. caulescentes C. cucuUata Schtt. 

 differt : pedunculo petioli dimidii longitudine, foliis acuminatis, lobis 

 basilaribus cucullatis Knth. 1. c. 38. 6. — C. odora Brgn. Knth. 

 1, c. 39. 7 differt: spadice spatham aequante, apice staminifero ter- 

 tiam partem longitudinis suae occupante, foliis multo majoribus, 

 pedimculis petiolo subbrevioribus, spatha caduca, germinibus 4-locu- 

 latis, stigmate subrotundo sessili ; — C. indica Knth. 1. c. 39. 7 

 caidis ambitu (forsan e citato Rumphii desumpto, certe ad C. odo- 

 ram Rxb. pertinenti), spadice spatha paullo breviore. — Excluden- 

 dum hoc loco synonymon Rumphii (amb. V. t. 106 Arum indictwi) 

 quod ad C. odoram Brgn. ducendum. — Arum indicum Rxb. Ind. 

 III. 498 nec Lour. nec Rmph. Arum lineatum Bl. Cat. 102, 47. — 

 Colocasia odorata Hsskl. (nec Brgn.) Diagn. nov. 36. Verh. Bat. 

 Gen. XVII. 6. p. 137, Dec. 56, Hsskl. in Molkenboer Verslag over de 

 warmte-ontwikkeling etc. Kunst en letterbode, IS^J^ No. 40 et 41, 

 Catal. Hort. Bog. p. 55. 303. 7. Hsskl. Nut der plant. Java's p. 

 25. 175. 



Descrpt. Herbae caulescentes glaberrimae, in hortis 

 prope pagos et domos incolarum ob usum medicinalem in febri- 

 bus ubique cultae per totam J. occidentalem ; caulis crassius- 

 culus diametro 2,0 polL, altitudine 1 — -2 rarius 3 ped., cica- 

 trissatus; petioli erecti, 2 — 4 ped. alti, basi vaginati 2,5 — 3,0 

 poll. crassi, vagina 8,0 poll. longa, amplexicauli , margine 

 tenui , medio teretes , 0,6 poll. crassi ; summo apice supra 

 sub-complanati , atro - virides, striis tenuibus atro-sanguineis 

 creberrimis toti helvoli et inter strias punctulis albidis, mi- 

 nutis notati; /olia ovata, subpeltata, anguste exciso-cordata, 

 2,0—2,5 ped. longa, 1,0—1,3 ped. lata, erecto-patentia, apice 

 acutiuscula et cuspide crassiusculo, canaliculato, rigido, pu- 

 gioniformi terminata, lobis baseos 7 — 10 poU. longis, rotun- 

 datis, approximatis, angulatis, versus insertionem margine in- 

 teriore recto subattenuatis, margine subcalloso, undulata re- 

 panda, supra concaviuscula, nervis vix prominulis, atro-viri- 

 dia, lucida, subtus nervis plus minus intense sanguineo-colo- 

 ratis protuberantibus percursa, subopaca, subhepatica ; pedun- 

 culi axillares gemini aut terni, vaginis foliorum vix longiores, 

 sibi adpressi, bracteis spathaceis, 2-carinatis, acumine subu- 

 lato terminatis distincti, subtereti-trigoni, opaci, eodem cum 

 petiolis colore sed punctuKs albidis, creberrimis subincani, ver- 

 sus apicem pauUo incrassati, extus in spatham, intus in spadi- 



