Cryptocoryne.] clxti. aroide^i. (J. D. Hooker.) 493 



3. C. retrospiralis, Kunth Enum. iii. 12 ; leaves lanceolate to nar- 

 rowly linear, tube of spathe and glabrous limb both closely twisted. 

 Wight Ic. t. 772; Sclwtt Aroid. 8; Si/n. 2; Prod. 18; im, Bonplcmd. 

 (1867) 222 ; Ungler Arac. 62S 4" Ic. ined. ISTo. 16. Ambrosinia retrospiralis, 

 Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 492. 



Ben&ai., Burma, Oentbal India and the Deooan. 



Leaves 3-12 by J-J in., narrowed into a short stoat petiole, or sessile, finely 

 acuminate, costa slender. Spathe subsessile, nearly as long as the leaves, deep 

 green streaked with purple. Ovaries 5-6, 3- or more-ovuled j stigmas orbicular. 



4 C. consobrina, Schott in Bonpland. (1857) 222; Prodr. 16; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate finely acuminate, petiole long, limb of spathe 

 ovate long-caudate glabrous not twisted. Engler Arac. 626. 



The Deccan Peninsula, Perrottet, &c. 



Leaves 4r-6 by J-1 in., midrib stout. Spathe about equalling the petiole, its 

 tail about three times longer than the blade. 



5. C. cordata, Oriff. Notul. iii. 138 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. 1. 172 ; leaves long- 

 petioled broadly ovate or oblong-ovate base cordate or emarginate, tube of 

 peduncled spathe very long, limb small lanceolate not twisted glabrous. 

 Schott Syn. 2; Prodr. Aroid. 14; in Bonpland. (1857) 220; Engler 

 Arac. 626 <Sf_ Ic. ined. No. 6 ; in Beccari Males, i. 298 ; iV. E. Br. in Journ. 

 Linn. Sac. xiii. 242. 



Malacca, Griffith. — Distkib. Java, Borneo. 



Leaves 3-4 in., petiole usually much longer. Spathe very variable in length 

 (according to depth of water); tube 10-12 in.; limb 1^ in,, purplish green, base 

 contracted, peduncle 2-3 in. Ovaries 6-8 ; ovules many. 



6. C. Griffithil, Schott Syn. Aroid. 1 ; Prodr. Syst. Aroid. 14 ; leaves 

 broadly oblong or orbicular ovate subcordate petiole very long and slender, 

 tube of spathe a little longer than the ovate cuspidate limb. Engler 

 Arac. 631 ; N. E. Br. in Journ. Linn. 8oc. xviii. 244. Cryptocoryne, 

 sp. Griff. Notul. iii. 139 ; Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 173, f. 3 (ovules). 



Malacca, Griffith. 



Leaves coriaceous, obtuse, base very various, rarely rounded sometimes 

 2-anricled, green above purple beneath, nerves obscure; petiole 6-8 in. Spathe 

 2-2| in., dark livid red and papillose within, and having a dimidiate hollow cone 

 descending from the base of the convolute portion and enclosing the male fl. Fruit 

 ovoid, rugose, reddish, few-seeded. 



7. C. Beckettii, Thw. ex Trim, in Journ. Bot. xxiii. (1885) 269; 

 leaves long-petioled oblong-lanceolate undulate base cordate, tube of small 

 sessile spathe narrow straight about twice as long as the small tailed 

 blade. 



Cetlon ; Matale east, Beohett. 



Leaves 2J-4 in., subacute, 5-7-nerved ; petiole 4-8 in. Spathe not 1 in. long, 

 limb shortly tailed. SiijJes of male infl. shorter than it. Carpels 5. — Descr. from 

 Trimen. 



8. C. Wigrlltii, Schott Prodr. Syst. Aroid. 17; leaves narrowly linear 

 narrowed at both ends strongly crisped and waved, tube of long-peduncled 

 spathe, very long, limb lanceolate acuminate not twisted glabrous. 

 Engl. Arac. 627. C. unilocularis, Schott in Bonpland. 1867, 2^3 (not of 



Mtsoeb, Wight. 



