688 ARACK.«. 



When cut, it diffuses a pleasant aromatic scent. The medicinal virtues 

 of the root are in high estimation amongst the natives. (Roxb.) 

 } 2.ruhescens, (Calla rubescens, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 515; — Dracunculus 

 amboinicus, Rumph. 5, t. \\\, f. 2.) % Amboyna. Chittagong. Fl. 

 August. 

 RiCHARDiA, Kth. {Endl. gen. pi. \,p. 238.) 



1. eethiopica, Kth. (Calla sethiopica, L. ; — B. M. 21, t. 832 ; — Roxb. H. 



B. p. 64. — Zantedeschia aethiopica, Spreng. syst. 3, p. 765.) % Fl. 



C. S. 



B. Called. 



(Callaceae, Endl. gen.pl. \, p. 239.) 



e. Callince, (Callese, Endl. I. c.) 



Calla. L. (Endl. I. c.) 



X.palustris, L, {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 765; — Fl. Dan. t. 422 ; — B. M. 



43, t. 1831.) 2/.. Swampy places of Europe. Introduced in 1822. 



Fl. ? 

 SciNDAPSus, Schott. (Endl. gen. pi. 1 , p. 239.) 



1. officinalis, Schott. (Pothos officinalis, Roxb. fl. ind. I, p. 431; ed. 

 Carey, 1, p. 452 ;— Spreng. 3, p. 766.) ^^ f^^Sf Gvj-pippul. % 

 Paras. Bengal, (Midnapore, Serampore.) Calicut. Cochin China. On 

 Chappedong. Moulmein. Rangoon. Monghir Mountains. Fl. R. S. ; 

 fr. January. At Midnapore it is cultivated for its fruit, which cut into 

 transverse pieces and dried, is an article of some importance in the 

 Hindoo Materia Medica. 



2. Peepla, Endl. (Pothos Peepla, Boxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 433; ed. Carey, 1, 

 p. 454.) % Silhet. Fl. April and May. 



S.giganteus, Schott. (Pothos giganteus, Roxb.fl. ind. I, p. 434 ; ed. Carey, 

 I, p. 455.) ^. Singapore. Penang. Fl. Oct.; fr. 0. 



4.pertusus, Schott. (Pothos pertusus, (Roxb. fl. ind. I, p. 434; ed. Ca- 

 rey, 1, /). 455 ■,—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 230 ■,—Rheed. 12, ^ 21, 22.) 

 %. K^ Coromandel. S. Concans. Has not fl. here. 



b.pinnatus, Schott. (Pothos pinnatus, L. ; — Spreng. 3, p. 767; — Roxb. 

 fl. ind. \,p. 435 ; ed. Carey, \,p. 456 ;— Rumph. 5, t. 183, /. 2.) % 

 Forests of the Malay countries. In H. C. G. ? 



6. decursivus, Schott. (Pothos decursivus, Boxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 436; ed. 

 Carey, 1, p. 456 ;—Wall. pi. as. rar. 2, t. 192.) % Silhet. Fl. April 

 and May ; fr. R. S. 

 ? 1 .caudatus, (Pothos caudatus, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 436.) % Penang. In- 

 troduced into H. C. G. in 1798, but had not fi, up to 1814. 



} Q.pinnatifldus, (Pothos pinnatifidus, Roxb.fl. ind. i,p. 437.) % Intro- 

 duced into H. C. G. Fl. ? 



9.glaucus, Schott. (Pothos glaucus, fVall. pi. as. rar. 2, t. 156.) % Pa- 

 ras. Nepal. Kha.s8ya Mountains. Has notfl. here. 



