Aloeasia.] olxvi. aroidbm. (J. D. Hooker.) 525 



* Leaves not or slightly peltate, lower nerves approximate and flabellately 

 spreading. 



1. A. cucullata, Sclott MeUt. 18; in (Estr. Bot. Wochenhl. (1854), 

 A\0; 8y»,. 48; Frod/r. 156; leaves subpeltate broadly OTate-oordate nerves 

 6-7 pairs, petiole very long, peduncles shorter subsolitary. Engler Arac. 498. 

 A. rogosa, Schott inWochenbl. I. c. ; Syn. 49 ; Prodr. I. c. Oolocasia ooclileata, 

 Miq. Epimel. Bern. Sort. Amstelod. (1853). 0. mgosa, Kvnth Enum. iii. 

 41. C. cucullata, Schott Melet.i. 18; Wall. Oat. 8940; Kunth I. e. 38; Thw. 

 Enum. 336. Oaladinm cucullatum, Pers. Syn. ii. 675. Arum cucuUatnm, 

 Lour. Fl. Gochineh. 656 ; Boxb. El. Ind. iii. 501 ; Wight Ic. t. 787. 



Benoal, Roxburgh (cultivated Olarlce). The Khasia Hills, alt. 4000 ft. 

 J. D. H. and T. T. Psau, Kurz. Cetlon (native ?) Tkvimtes. 



Rootstock 1-2 ft., witli many suckers, branched, inclined. Zeames 6-12 by 4-7 in., 

 ■J-circular, nerves very stout ; petiole 1-3 ft., green. Spathe 6-12 in. fleshy, tube 

 2-4 in. ; limb narrowly cymbiform, margins convolute. Spadix shorter than the 

 spathe, appendage short. 



2. A. montana, Schott in (Estr. Bot. Wochenbl. (1854), 140 ; Syn. 

 47 ; Prodr. 154 ; leaves broadly ovate-cordate repand, nerves 5-6 pairs, 

 petiole short stout, peduncles many connate below. Miq. FL Ind. Bat. 

 iii. 209 ; Engler Arac. 499. Colooasia ? montana, Kunth Enum. iii. 40. 

 Arum montanum, Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 497 ; Wight Ic. t. 796. 



NoETHEKN CiBCAKS, Soxburgh. — DiSTBiB. Java. 



Eootstoci: subJylindric, as thick as the wrist, with long suckers from the crown. 

 Zeaves 6-8 in., shining ; petiole 8-10 in., sheathing half way up. Spckthe 4-6 in., 

 coloured, limb thrice as long as the tube. SpadiiD nearly as ' long as the spathe ; 

 appendage 2i in. Stigma 3-4-lobed. — I have seen no specimen. 



3. A. rapiformis, Schott Prodr. 157 ; Engler Arac. 510. Colocasia 

 rapiformis, Kunth Enum,. iii. 40. 



Peou, Carey. 



Diflers, according to Roxburgh, from A. montana in having a tuberous turnip, 

 shaped root. — 1 have seen no specimen. 



** Leaves not or ha/rdly peltate, nerves pinnate. 



4. A. Indlca, Schott in (Estr. Bot. Wochenbl. (1854), 410 ; Syn. 46 ; 

 Prodr. 144 ; leaves large ovate deeply sagittately cordate repand, lobes 

 rounded sinus narrow, tube of spathe many times shorter than the very 

 long linear-oblong subtruncate cuspidate Umb, stigma sessile 3-4-cleft. 

 Miguel El. Ind. Bat. iii. 206 ; Engler Arac. 501. Colocasia indica, Kunth 

 Enum. iii. 39. Arum indicum, Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 498 ; Wight Ic. t. 794. — 

 Aroid. Wall. Gat. 8948. 



Teopical Asia; native and cultivated.— Disteib. tropics (cult.). 



Stem attaining 8 ft,, stout, 3-8 in. diam., emitting bulbilliferous suckers. Zeaves 

 2-3 ff., tip a deflexed cusp, basal lobes sometimes very shortly connate, nerves about 

 8 pairs ; petiole stout, transversely clouded. Peduncles (always in pairs, Soxb.) 

 shorter than the petioles. Spathe 8-12 in., pale yellow-green. Spadix equalling 

 the spathe ; appendage longer than the infl. Ovary 1-celled. 



5. A. denudata, Engler Arac. 507 ; leaves triangular-sagittate, 

 shortly acuminate about a third as broad as long, basal lobes nearly as 

 long as the anticous with the costas marginal, petiole and peduncle long 

 slender. A. singaporensis. Linden in Gartenfl. xiv. 292. 



