Alocasia.] AROIDE, 1111 
cushion-like, 3-6-lobed. Frwit of clustered, obovoid or ellipsoid, 
few-seeded berries, included in the persistent tube of the spathe. 
Seeds subglobose; funicle short; testa thick, smooth; albumen 
copious ; embryo axial. 
Leaves not or very slightly peltate :— 
Leaves ovate-cordate ; lower nerves approximate, subpalmate 
cucullata. 
Leaves sagittate-cordate; nerves pinnat indica, 
Leaves distinctly peltate, the basal lobes ee nerves as pinnate: a 
Basal lobes of leaves united for less than half their length :— 
aves ee ovate; basal lobes rounded, connate for only one- 
tenth their lencth macrorrhiza 
Leaves ovate- fioiebiene: ane lobes acute or obtuse but not rounded, 
connate for one-third to one-fourth their length.............+. ornicata, 
Basal lobes of leaves waa for three-fourths their length; leaves 
elongate-rhomboid, caudate-acuminate, contracted opposite the basal 
lobes: zc... acuminata 
2307. ALOCASIA CUCULLATA Schott ; F. B.I. vi. 525 ; E. D. A. 807. 
Arum cucullatum F. I. iii. 50 
E. Bengal, cultivated ; Hope 
A hi herb; stock here. 1-2 feet, with many 
boli, 
2308. Acocasta INDICA Schott ; F. B. I. vi. 525; E. D. A. 809. 
n all the provinces, cultivated. 
A stout herb; stock suberect, large, 3-8 feet ee 
gages with soboli. Hind. Man kandu 
Beng. Man 
2309. ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZA i Bahidtt; F. Ha I. vi. 526. A. odora 
E. D. A. 813. Arum odorum F. 499. 
In all the provinces, cultivated. 
: very stout herb; stock aie very large, 6-16 feet 
ong, 6-16 in. thi 
2310. ee FORNICATA 1 Schott; F, B. I. vi. 526; E. D. A. 808. 
i. 501. 
A stout herb; stock suberect, 1-3 feet. 
2311. Anocasta ACUMINATA Schott; F. B. I. vi. 527. 
Chittagong 
A stout wath stock horizontal. 
