ARACE*. 685 



Takapana. © Swimming on pools of stagnant water in the Moluc- 

 cas, Cochin China, Sunda Islands, Ceylon, both Peninsulas of India, 

 Bengal. FI. small, pale-yellow, H. and R, S. ; fr. R. and C. S. 

 (Serampore,) &c. extending as far as Saharunpore, Tropical America. 

 In Jamaica, in hot dry weather it impregnates the water with its acrid 

 particles to such a degree, as to give rise to the bloody flux. {Browne, 

 hist, of Jam. 330.) Cut into small pieces and mixed with rice, 

 it is given to sucklings, who greedily devour this mixture. The leaves 

 are almost tasteless, but their acridity soon attacks the mouth and lips 

 as much as in Arum. (Rumph.) The natives make them into a 

 poultice for the piles. {Ainslie.) 



Ambrosinia, Bassi. (Sprang, syst. 3, p. 757, No. 3062; — Endl. gen. pi. \, 

 p. 233.) 

 1. Roxburghiana, (A. unilocularis, Roxb. fi. ind. 3, p. 493.) % Coro- 

 mandel. Has been introduced into H. C. G. ? 



b. Cryptocort/nce, (Cryptocorynese, Bl. ; 

 Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 234.) 



Ckyptocoryne, Fisch. {from Wydler in Linncea, 5, p. 428; — Endl. I. c.) 



1. ciliata, Schott. and Endl. (Ambrosinia ciliata, Roxb. Corom. 3, t. 262 ; 

 / ind. 3, p. 491; — Spreng. syst. 3, p. 771.) C^^?t^ Keralee. % 

 Banks of rivulets, ponds, and wet places in Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. 

 minute, and fr. R. S. {Roxb.) 



2. spiralis, Schott. and Endl. (Ambrosinia spiralis, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 

 492. — Arum spirale, Retz. ; — Spreng. syst. 3, p. 768; — B. M. 48, t. 

 2220 ,—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 228.) % Moist, shady banks of ponds 

 or standing sweet water, or rivers of the coast of Coromandel, of the 

 Deccan, and the Concans. Fl. minute, and fr. R. S. {Roxb.) 



3. retrospiralis, (Ambrosinia retrospiralis, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 492.) % 

 N. Bengal in moist places. Fl. minute, R. S. (Roxb.) 



c. DracunculincB, Endl. and Schott. 

 Endl. gen. pi. I, p. 234. 

 ARiSiEMA, Mart. {Endl. I. c.) 



\. triphyllum, Endl. (Arum triphyllum, L. ; — Spreng. syst. 3, p. 769, 

 excl. syn; — B. M. 24, t. 950, a.) % N. America, from Canada to 

 Carolina. Introduced in 1825. Fl. ? The milk in which the acrid 

 root has been boiled, is said to have cured consumption. {DC.) 

 2. Dracontium, Endl. (Arum Dracontium, L. ; — Spreng. I. c. ; — B. Reg. 

 8, /. 668.) 2/. N. America. Introduced in 1825. Fl. ? 

 Typhonium, Schott. {Endl. gen.pl. \,p 235.) 



\. flagelliforme, (Arum flagelliforme, Roxb. ft. ind. 3, p. 502.) ^Tf ^ 

 Ghas-kuchoo. % Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. minute, R. S. 

 ? 2. divaricatum, (Arum divaricatum, L. ; — Spreng. syst. 3, p. 768 ; — 

 Roxb. fl. itid. 3, p. 503;—/. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 228 i—Rheed. 11, 

 t. 20.) % China. Coromandel Coast, The Concans. Bengal, (Seram- 

 pore.) Fl. small, R. S. 



