494 CLXTi. AROiDBJS. (J. D. Hooker.) [Cryptocoryne. 



Leaves Q-Why i in.; petiole shorter. Tube of spaihe 5-6 in. , limb 1^-2 io.; 

 peduncle 2-2^ in. Ovaries 6-7, stigmas orbicular. 



9. C> affinis, JV. B. Br.mss. leaves petioled oblong-ovate base roanded 

 or emarginate strongly buUate, spathe peduncled, tube about as long as 

 the twisted limb, base inflated. 



Feeak, Scortechini (586, t)?i&>). 



Leaves 1-2^ in. by ^1 in., subaente, purplish beneath, 5-7-nerved, margin snb- 

 crenate; petiole 1-3 in. Spathe 2^-3 in., with the peduncle lengthening after 

 flowering, limb narrowly lanceolate dark-purple. Appendage of spadix sessile, ovoid. 

 Carpels 6-7, rery many-ovnled ; stigmas oblong. 



** Tube of spathe shorter than the limb. 



f Limb of spathe transversely rugose or plicate within. 



10. C. spiralis^ Fisch. mss. ex Wydler in lAnnsea, v. 428 ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, spathe sessile, tube very short obconic, limb linear-lanceolate, 

 strongly twisted at first. Kunth Enum. iii. 12 ; Slume Humph, i. 84, t. 

 36 C; Wight. lo. t. 773; Sohoti Melet.lQ; Syn. Avoid. 2; Gen. t. 1; 

 Prodr. 18 ; Aroid. 8, t. 13 ; Scknitz. Iconog. 1, t. 72 ; Engler Arac. 628. 

 Ambrosinia spiralis, Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 492. Aram spirale, JRetz Obs. i. 30 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 2220; Lodd. Bot. Gat. t. 525. 



Bemgal, the Deccan Peninsula, Ac. 



Leaves 3-8 by 3— | in., acute or acuminate, narrowed from the middle to both 

 ends, costa slender, nerves parallel ; petiole long or short. Spathe 3-5 in. long, at 

 first twisted, transversely lamellate within. Ovaries 5-6, several-ovuled ; stigmas 

 broadly elliptic. 



11. C. Kuegrelll, Schott Aroid. 8, t. 12; Prodr. 18 ; petiole as long as 

 the elliptic-oblong leaf-blade, spathe shortly peduncled, tube very short 

 cylindric, limb linear-lanceolate long-acuminate, ovaries 4-2-ovnled. 

 Engl. Arac. 628. 



East Indies, Suegel in Herb. Vienna. 

 I have seen no specimen of this species. 



tt Limb of spathe stnooth within. 



12. C. cog-nata, Schott in Bonpland. 1857, 222 ; Prodr. 16 ; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate or linear-oblong margin.? undulate, limb of 

 spathe much longer than the tube narrowed into a very long twisted tail. 

 Engl. Arac. 629. 



The CoNCAN, Law, &c. 



Leaves 6-10 by 1-li in,, narrowed and acute at both ends; midrib very broad ; 

 petiole very stout, shorter than the blade. Spathe 7-8 in., shortly peduncled, tube 

 2-24 in., limb 5-6 in. 



13. C. Roxburg-hii, Schott Prodr. 18; leaves narrowly linear 

 acuminate, spathe about as long as the leaves, limb much longer than 

 the cylindric tube very slender closelv twisted. Engl. Arac. 629. 0. 

 Eoxburghii, Balz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 257. C. unilocularis, Wight. Ic. t. 

 774 ; Kunth Enum. iii. 13. Ambrosinia unilocularis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 493. 

 Arum spirale, Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 228. 



NOETHEKN ClECABS and the CONCAN. 



Leaves 8-12 by i-| in., ecostate, nerves parallel. Tube of spathe about f in., 

 blade 6-8 in. Ovaries 4-5, stigmas orbicular or oblong, close to the stipes of the 

 spadix; ovules very many. Fruit conical, 5-celled, many-seeded. 



