Dioscorea. } DIOSCOREACE 1067 
2207. Dioscorza acuneata Linn.; F. B. IL. vi. 296. D. = 
Peril 10 eee 8 Waleche ¥. B. I. vi. 295. 
t Chota Nagpur; Chittagong: cultivated. 
| A considerable climber. e Chinese ae 
2208. DioscorEA NuMMULARIA Lamk; F. I. iii. 808: E. D. 
4 51 abra F. I. iii. 804; F. B. fe vi. 294, 
In all the provinces, never cultivated. 
A large climber. Beng. Shora-alu; Santal. Alto ‘il 
2208/2. Var. BELOPHYLLA Voigt ep. D. sagittata E. D.D.5 
D. glabra F. B. I. vi. 294 partly. 
Chota Nagpur, Parasnath. 
A large climber; probably, as Voigt suggests, quite 
distinct specifically from D. nwmmularia. 
rgh has himself left a note in the Calcutta genes 
nding that his D. glabra and D. nummularia are the 
specie 
2209. ean Hamiztont Hook. f.; F. B. I. vi. 295 partly. 
7 Chota Nagpur ; N. ail B. Bengal; Chittagong. 
7 A considerable climber 
This is most nearly related, of the uncultivated species, to 
D. alata ; it differs by its much narrower leaves which always 
become brownish when dry, and by its much larger capsules. 
2210. Droscorza auata Linn.; F. I. iii. 797; F. B. I. vi. 296; 
t EK, D. Hamiltoni F. B. I. vi. 295 partly. 
Gonierilly eed vedid: 
climber. Beng. Kham; Khém-alu. 
2210/2. Var. pipe D. globosa F. I. iii. 797; F. B. I. vi. 296; 
E. D. D 
peat bole. 
i® A large climber. Beng. Chupri-alu ; Santal. Bengo nari. 
2210/3. Var. ruBELLa. D. rubella F. I. iii. 798; F.B. I. vi. 297; 
E. D. D. 530. 
Generally cultivated. 
A large climber. Beng. Guraniya-alu. 
2210/4. Var. purpurea. D. purpurea F, I. iii. 799; F. B. I. 
vi. 297; E. D. D. 526. 
Generally cultivated. 
A large climber. Vernac. Lal-guraniya; rakto- —— 
alu. 
