520 CLXVi. AEOIDB^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Steudnera. 



fern, adnate below to the spathe. Stamens 3-6, connate in a peltate body 

 with a flat crennlate crown; anther-cells globose. Ovaries mixed with 

 clavate staminodes, subglobose, l-ceUed ; stigma 4-5-lobed ; ovnles many, 

 parietal, orthotropons. — Species 6 or 8, Indian and Burman. 



1. S. discolor, Sort. Bull. [Cat. 1875, No. 75); leaves 10-12 in. 

 ovate acnte with dark blotches between the nerves, base retuse, spathe 

 44 in. ovate acnminate golden yellow on both surfaces, base within purple. 

 S. colocasisefolia, Sooh.f. Bot. Mag. t. 6076 (copied inFl. des Serves, xxi. 

 t. 2201). S. colocasiaefolia, var. discolor, Engl. Arac. 452. 



India, Sort. Suit. 



Stem short, stout, clothed with brown sheaths. Leaves dark green above, paler 

 with dark blotches beneath. 8padix \\ in., pale ; staminodes 4-5, clavate. 



2. S. colocasiaefolia, C Koch in (Estr. Bot. Wochenschr. (1862), 

 114; leaves 10-12 in. ovate acute concolorous, base retuse, spathe 6 in, 

 lanceolate caudate-acuminate golden yellow without dark purple within. 

 Schott in Bonpland. x. (1862), 222; Begel Gartenfl. (1869), 323, t. 633; 

 Andre III. Sortie, xix. SZ, t. 90; Bot. Mag. t. 6762; ^n^rJer^rac. 452, and 

 Ic. ined. No. 141 (excl. var. discolor and Sab. Burma, and Syn. G-ona- 

 tanthus). 



Maetaban, and the Karen Hills, K-urz. 



Closely allied to S. discolor, but a larger coarser plant, with stronger nerves, a 

 longer differently coloured spathe, and fewer staminodes. 



3. S. assamica, Sooh. f. ; leaves 7-8 in. ovate-oblong acute base 

 rounded, spathe 3-3^ in. lanceolate caudate-acuminate red purple on both 

 surfaces. Aroid. Wall. Cat. 8953. 



Assam ; Duphla Hills, Lister (Ic. in Serb. Calcutt). Cachae, Keenan. 



Gaudex as thick as the thumb, fibrous above. Leaves bright green, paler beneath; 

 petiole 6-8 in., slender. Peduncle 3-5 in. Spathe erect. Spadix ^1 in. ; male 

 infl. cylindric. — Wallieh's specimen is without locality. 



4. S. Griffithii, Schott in Bonpland. (1862), 222 ; leaves 4-5 in. 

 ovate-oblong acute or cuspidate base emarginate or shortly 2-lobed, spathe 

 2-3 in. ovate-lanceolate acuminate yellowish green on both surfaces brown 

 purple below the middle within. Gonatanthus Griffithii, Schott Prodr. 

 143.— Arum sp. Griff. Notul. iii. 144; Ic. PL Asiat. t. 164,/. 1. 



Uppee Buema, Griffith, at Namtuseek (Kew Distrib. 5970). 



Gaudex prostrate, elongate, clothed with fibres, as thick as a swan's quill. 

 Leaves deep green above, glaucous-white beneath. Spadix f in., male infl. 

 cylindric. 



5. S- colocasioides. Soot:, f. ; leaves i9-24 in. broadly ovate acnte 

 base broadly retuse, spathe 5-9 in. narrowly lanceolate acuminate tube 

 convolute limb creamy-yellow, fem. infl. half free. Aroid. Wall. Cat. 8944, 

 8947. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, Knj (Jc. smHerJ. CalcKK.). Suhet, i3e SiZvo. Cachae, 

 Keenan (Bort. Kew). 



Gaudex elongate, I5 in. diam., fibrous above. Leaves thin in texture, light 

 green above, glaucous beneath ; petiole 12-18 in., green. Peduncles several, 

 5-7 in. Spathe erect, tube 1 in., ovoid, green ; limb membranous. Spadix 2 iu., 

 fem. infl. cylindric above the middle ; male as long as the fem. cylindric. Ovaries 

 globose ; staminodes very minute, clavate ? — Very different from its congeners iii 

 size and spathe. 



