Aloeasia.'] olxti. aroide*. (J. D. Hooker.) 527 



Stem 1-3 ft., inclined or prostrate, 1^ in. diam. Leaves 8-12 by 4-5 in., acute 

 or obtuse, slightly waved, nerves 6-8 pairs ; petiole 8-12 in. and shorter peduncle 

 clouded. Spat/ie 3-1 in., greenish yellow. Spadix nearly as long as the spathe; 

 appendage i-li in., about as long as the infl. Seeds J in. diam., globose. 



9. A. naviculariSi Koch Bf BoucM Ind. Sem. Sort. Berol. (1855), 

 App. 2; in Ann. 8c. Nat. Ser. iv. i. 338, leaves broadly oblong sagittate 

 contracted opposite the triangular obtuse divergent posticous lobes -which 

 are iinited for J-5 their length, tube of spathe half as long as the oblong 

 cymbiform acute limb, style very short, stigma disciform obscurely lobed. 

 Engler Arac. 505 (excl. syn. fallax) ; Ic. Arac. No. 124. Colocasia navi- 

 cnlaris Koch, & Bouche I. c. (1853), 13. 



Khasia Hilm, alt. 1-4000 ft.— J. D. H. ^ T. T. 



Stem short. Leaves 8-18 by 5-8 in., cuspidate; basal lobes 3-7 in., much 

 shorter than the antioous, nerves 4-6 pairs ; petiole 1-2 ft. Spathe 4-5 in. ; spadix 

 about 3 in. ; appendage as long or longer than the infl., sinuously sulcate. Seeds 

 turbinate, i in. long. 



10. A. fallax, Schott in Bonpland. vii. (1859), 28 ; Prodr. 150 ; leaves 

 broadly ovate or orbicular-ovate sagittate basal lobes one-third as long as 

 the anticous connate from J-^ their length converging sinus narrow, tube 

 of spathe oblong lanceolate cuspidate limb, ovaries narrowed into a rather 

 long style, stigma 3-cleft. 



SiKKiM Himalaya and Khasia Hills, alt. 2-4000 ft. ; J. D. H. ^ T. T. 



Leaves 12-20 by 9-12 in. or more ; basal lobes 4-8 in. ; nerves numerous, 7-9 

 pairs i petiole 1-2 ft. Peduncle 18 in. Spathe 5-6 in., membranous, yellow ; fruiting 

 tube 2-2J, ellipsoid or pyriform. Seeds J in. diam., globose. — Near A. decipiens, but 

 seeds larger, and stigma very different, basal lobes of many-nerved leaves approxi- 

 mate. It is probably nearer A. fornicata. 



11. A. lon^iloba, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii 207 ; in Bot. Zeit. (1856), 564 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate caudate-acuminate sagittate, basal lobes obtusely 

 triangular more than half as long as the aaticous connate from ^-1 in., 

 sinus triangular obtuse. Schott JProdr. 153 ; Kngler Arac. 506. A. ama- 

 bilis, Sort. Ball. Caladium heterophyllum, Presl. Plant. Jav. Zolling. n. 

 601. 



Sinoapobe {Heri. DO), ?WalUch, without name, number or locality.— Distkib. 

 Java, Borneo. 



Leaves 12-20 by 4-5 in. across the insertion of the petiole. Limb of spathe 

 4 in., lanceolate, acuminate. Spadix 3 in. Seeds -jJg-i in. diam. 



*#*# Zeaves peltate, basal lobes connate for half or all their length. 



12. A. acuminata, Schott in Bonpland. vii. (1859), 28 ; leaves elon- 

 gate-rhombic caudate-acuminate contracted opposite the basal lobes which 

 are half as long as the antioous and connate for | their length. Engler 

 ^mc. 450.— Colocasia? Wall. Cai. 8946. 



Chittagong, J. D. S. and T. T. ; P^au, Kurz. Uppeb Btiema, Anderson; Saluen 

 river, Wallieh,. 



Oaudex horizontal. Leaves 6-12 by 3-5 m., membranous, costal nerves 3-4 

 pairs, lobes nearly parallel, sinus narrow, obtuse. 



1.3 A. Beccarii, Engler Arac. Spicileg. Bom. e Pap. 14; leaves 

 coriaceous oblong-ovate or -lanceolate caudate-acuminate narrowed to the 

 basal lobes which are connate throughout their length and i-i as long as 



