Ori/ptoeoryne.] clxvi. aeoidb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 495 



, 14 C. Thwaitesil, Schott in Bonpland. 1857, 221; Prodr. 14; 

 leaves broadly ovate or subobovate base cordate or emarginate, tube of 

 spathe cylindjio one-third shorter than the linear hardly twisted limb. 

 Engler Arac. 630 ; le. ined. No. 7 ; Thw. Enum. 334. 



Ceylon, in forests, Thwaites. 



Leaves 2-2^ by IJ-li in., densely papillose above, petiole rather shorter than tha 

 blade, margin undulate. Spathe subsessile, 1^ in. long, limb oblong, gradually 

 narrowed into a slender tail, tube hardly swollen at the base. Ovaries 6 ; styles, 

 rather long, stigmas oblong. 



15. C. G-omezll, Schott in Bonpland. 1857, 221; Prod/r. 14; leaves 

 long-petioled ovate or ovate-oblong obtuse base cordate, spathe long- 

 pednncled, limb broadly lanceolate not twisted three times as long as 

 the oblong ovoid tube narrowed into a long tail. Sngler Arac. 630, 

 — Aroid. Wall. Cat. 8958. 



SlLHBT, 6-omez. 



Leaves 2-3 by 1-li in., base often unequal-sided, tip obtuse acute or rounded. 

 Tube of spathe i-f in., limb lf-2 in., broad below and concave. 



16. C. elliptica, N. -£ Sr. mss. ; leaves orbicular- or ovate-cordate, 

 tube of pedunoled spathe 2-2^ times as long as the lanceolate limb, which 

 is twisted and bent forward at the apex. 



Pebae ; at Larut, King's Collector. 



Allied to C. Q-riffithii, but leaves smaller not so deeply cordate, and limb of 

 spathe much smaller narrower and not papillose within. Leaves 1-1^ by IJ in. 

 obtuse fleshy, brown beneath ; petiole 2-3 in., aheath short. Spat/ie with the 

 peduncle hardly lengthening in fruit ; tube white, IJ in., base slightly inflated; limb 

 ^-f in., black within. I'ruit 6-eelled, stigmas small. 



, BOUBTFUI SPECIES. 



C. DitZELlll, Schott. in Bonpland, 1857, 221 ; Frodr. 15; leaves lanceolats 

 margin erosely serrulate, lateral nerves 4 on each side ascending, fruit ovoid 

 5-gynous, seeds biseriate oblong subtrigonous. — Bombay, Dahdl. 



2. IiAGENANDRA, Dalzdl. 



Habit and characters of Qryptocoryne, but the fern, inflor. consists of a 

 spiral row of many free ovaries, with peltate or discoid stigmas, and the 

 fruit is baccate and indehiscent. — Species 4, Indian. 



1. Ii. toxicaria, Balzell in Sooh. Jowrn. Bot. iv. (1852) 289 ; v. (1853) 

 t. 4 ; petiole as long as the oblong or elliptic-oblong obtuse or acute leaf, 

 nerves very slender divergent from the stout costa, spathe lanceolate 

 caudate-acuminate slightly twisted, tube much shorter than the long-tailed 

 limb. Bah. & Gibs. Bomb. M. 257 ; 8chott Byn. Aroid. 3 (exol. syn.) ; 

 Engler Arac. 621. L. ovata, Thwaites Enum. 334. Oryptocoryne ovata, 

 Schott Melet. i. 16 ; Blume Bumph. i. 86 ; Kunth Enum. iii. 12, Oaladium 

 oyaAam, Vent, in Soem. Arch. ii. '657. C. montanum, Herb.' Heyne. Arum 

 ovatum, Linn. 8p. PI. 9ii7.—Bheede Sort. Mai. xi. t. 23.— Aroid. Wall. 

 Gat. 8966. 



The SoTJTH CoNCAN, and Bbigaum, in marshes, Dalzell. Ceylon ; common in 

 the central provinces. 



RootstooU creeping. Leaves with petiole 8-36 by 2-5 in., coriaceous, biise 

 acute or rounded ; sheath of petiole elongate. Spathe longer than the compressed 

 peduncle, 3-8 in. long ; tube broad, limb lanceolate. Syncarp globose, 1^-2 in. 



