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In the Kairah Zillah, it is planted in May and yields from 100 to 250 
Maunds per Begah. It sells for about 1 Rupee per maund. (Mr. Kirkland.) 
The large dark coloured flowers of this plant have a very curious ap- 
pearance. In Bombay they come out before the close of the rains. 
1620. A. MuRRAYI. G, 
The Snake Lilly of Mahableshwur,—seems nearly allied to Wallich’s 
A. erubescens, Asiat. Pl. Rar. 2. t. 133. Stemless; leaves long petioled, digi- 
tate. The scapes spring out of the ground immediately after the first fall 
of rain; spathe white, suffused with red, tapering to a spiral point; fruit ripens 
in October; exceedingly acrid. (Dr. Murray.) Avery beautiful plant, 
Mr. Law says, he has frequently met with it in the vallies of the 
Bansda hills to the South West of Surat; so that it is by no means exclusively 
an alpine plant. The roots are tuberous, about the size of a small potatoe. 
1621. A.*BuLpirerum, Rox. Flora. 3, p. 510. Bot. Mag. t. 2072 and 
2508. This may be readily distinguished from all the other species, by the 
small round bulbs produced on the upper side of the divisions ofthe leaves, 
whieh are decompound. S. Concan. N. 
Jhere are several non-descript species of Arum to the met with, in various 
localities during the rains.—The whole genus requires examination, 
748. CALADIUM. w. Monoecia Polyandria. 
A name taken from Rumphius, 
1622. €. Ovatum. Willd. Spec. 4. p. 488. Karin pola. Rheed. Mal. 11, ¢. 
23. Arum ovatum. Linn.—Stemless; leaves ovate oblong, The Concans. N. 
C. esculentum. Willd. Spec. 4. p. 489. C. sagittifolium? Willd. Spec. 4. 
p. 489. Arum esculentum. Linn. Caladium aquaticum. Rumph. Amb. 5. ¢. 
110. f. 1. Sloane’s Hist. 1. é. 106.23. Lour, Coehin China. 2. p. 535. 
Aloo.—A stemless plant with peltate, sagittate leaves, for the sake of > 
which it is very generally cultivated during the rains. It grows abundantly 
in Mahim woods. Prohably the C, sagittifolium which is cultivated in 
the West Indies, and all over the world within the tropics, is identical. 
1623. C. GranpiroLium. Willd. Spec. 4. p. 490. Jacq. Hort. Schoenb, 
2.¢. 189. Bot. Mag. ¢, 2643 and 3345, 
Caulescent: leaves cordate, hastate; very large;2 or 3 feet broad. In 
gardens, Bombay. It never seems to flower; native of South America, on 
rocks and trees. It bears a strong resemblance to the Arum colocasia, or 
the plant referred to as such in this List. 
749. DRACONTIUM.L. Heptandria Monogynia, 
From Drakon—a dragon; in allusion to the freckled stems, like the skin 
of a snake. 
1624. D. Potypuyittum. Willd, Spec. 2. p. 288. Schena and Mullen 
Schena, Rheed. Mal. 11. ¢: 18 and 19. Tacca sativa. Rumph. Amb. 5. #. 112. 
Pluk, Alm, ¢. 149. f. 1. Bot. Reg. ¢. 700. 
A very common plaut; stemless. Leaves on long petioles springing from 
the root, supra-decompound; appear in July. The scape springs up atthe 
commencement of the rains, and has a most unpleasant smell.—Malabar 
hill;—throughout the Concans. 
750. POTHOS. L, Tetrandria Monogynia. 
Said to be derived from the Ceylon name. 
1625. P.Scanpens. Rox, Flora. }. p. 430. Ana-parua. Rheed. Mal. 7. # 
40. Rumph. Amb. 5. ¢, 184. f. 1, 2and 3. Lour. Cochin. China. 2. p. 532. 
A parasitic plant, with stems as thick as a slender walking stick; leaves 
alternate, with winged petioles: flowers in May. Grows in dense Jungles 
even the Concans, N.—Goa Jungles, (Dr, Lush.) In the ravines about 
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