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228.— A. aegypticum, Rumpk. 5, t. 109.) ^ Kuchoo. % Greece. Asia 

 Minor. Syria. E. Indies. Fl. R. S. 

 a. '^fs <p^ Goori.kuchoo. 

 j8. ^f'S ^^ Ashoo-kuchoo. 



These two varieties are cultivated in Lower Bengal, about Calcutta, 

 Serampore, &c. Small offsets from the larger tubers are, like pota- 

 toes, planted about the beginning of the rains, in May and June, 

 in a well laboured, friable, rich soil, not subject to inundations. 

 The roots of a. are taken up in Feb. and March ; those of /3. 

 about the close of the year. (Roxb.) 

 y. ^t«f ^ Kalo-kuchoo. {Rumph. 5, t. 110, /. 1.) Leaves and pe- 

 tioles more or less purple-tinged. The roots never swell in the 

 manner of the cultivated varieties, but send out numerous runners. 

 The leaves and petioles are eaten by the natives. {Roxb.) 

 o. FTS W^ Char-kuchoo. Disk of the leaves marked with dark-purple 



or bluish clouds, not cultivated. {Roxb.) 

 £. ^"T ^P^ Bun-kuchoo. Leaves uniformly green. Not cultivated, 

 and like o. seldom eaten by the natives. {Roxb.) 

 2. 7iymphoecB/olia, Royle. {Eucolocasia. — Arum nymphaeifolium, Roxb. fl. 

 ind. 3, p. 495 ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 228. — Caladium nymphaeifo- 

 lium, Vent.—Spreng. syst. 3, p. 771 i—Rheed. II, ^ 22.) Tt? ^ 

 Sar. kuchoo. % Both Concans. Bengal, (Serampore,) &c. Fl. R. S. 

 S.esculenta, Schott. {Eucolocasia. — Arum esculentum, L. ; — Spreng. 

 3, p. 77L — Calla calyptrata, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 514. — Arisarum 

 esculentum, Rumph. 5, t. \\\, f. I.) %. .lamaica. Brazil. Amboyna. 

 Fl. May. 

 4. indica, {Alocasia. — Arum indicum, Lour. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 498.) 

 ^V^ W^ Man-kuchoo. % Various parts of India. In Bengal it is cul- 

 tivated about the huts of the natives for its esculent stems and small 

 pendulous tubers, these being very generally eaten by people of all 

 ranks in curries, &c. {Roxb.) Fl. Sept. Oct. and Nov. 

 j3. 5rt*r f^f^ Man-giri. Petioles darker- coloured. This as well as a 

 seldom produce ripe seeds. 

 ? 5. odora, (Arum odorum, Roxb. JI. ind. 3, p. 499 ; — B. Reg. 8, t. 641. — 

 Caladium odoratum, Spreng. syst. 3, p. 770.) %. Pegu. Fl. very fra- 

 grant, Oct. to January ; fr. March and April. 

 G./ornicata, (Arum fornicatum, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 501.) >lt«^1 ^ Salo- 



kuchoo. % Bengal, (Serampore.) Chittagong, &c. Fl. R. S. 

 7. cucullata, Schott. (Arum cucullatum, Lour. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 501. 

 — Caladium cucullatum. Pers. ; — Spreng. syst. 3, p. 770.) f^l^STt^T 

 Bishman. % Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. R. S. 

 HoMALONEMA, Schott. {Eudl. gen. pi. 1, p. 236.) 



1. aromaticum, Schott. (Calla aromatica, Rnxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 513. — Zan- 

 tedeschia aromatica, Spreng. syst. 3, p. 765.) % Chittagong. Fl. C. S. 



