528 OLxvi. ABOiDE^. (J. D, Hooker.) \Alocada. 



the anticous, tube of spathe as long as the cymbiform limb, appendage as 

 long as the infl. A. perakensis, Hemsi. in Journ. Bot. xvii. (1887), 205. 



Pbeak; Wray, Scortechini. 



Stem subscandent, rooting, as thick as a swan's quill. Leaves thickly coriaceong 

 or fleshy, nerves 3-4 pairs, slender, depressed, posticoas lobes parallel ; petiole 3-5 

 in., slender, sheath very short. Pedmncle as long as the petiole. Spathe 2J in., 

 white or green, tube oblong; appendage cylindric, obtuse. Ovaries scattered, 

 obovoid ; style long, stigma disciform, 3-lobed. Seeds globose, ^ in. diam. 



BOUBTrnL AND EICITJDED SPECIES. 



A. AIBA, Schottin CEsir. Bot. Zeitschr. (1852), 59; Syn. 48; Frodr. 149; is a 

 JaTan species, attributed to Ceylon on the faith of a specimen from Herb. 

 Burmann (in Serh. Delessert.) 



A. FOKNICATA (Caladium), Roxh. of Wight Ic. t. 789 (not of Fl. Ind. ^ Wight le. 

 t. 792).— Ic. Roxh. n. 1655. 



Stem as thick as the wrist, annulate. Leaves ovate-cordate, acuminate, 6-7 by 

 5 in., basal lobes connate for -f^ of their length, sinus very acute, nerves 5-6 

 pairs; petiole 8-12 in., sheathing half way up. ^Peduncles binate, 6 in. Spathe 

 4 in., tube 1 in., ellipsoid, green; limb IJ in. broad, obovate, cuspidate, open, 

 yellow. Spadix as long as the spathe, pale yellow; appendage stout, conical, 

 acuminate, as long as the infl. Ovary ovoid, narrowed into a style with a 

 3-fid stigma. Seed broadly ovoid. — I cannot identify this with any Indian species ; 

 it is probably one of Eoxburgh's plants collected near Samnlcottah in the Northern 

 Circars. 



Ai/OCASIA, sp. Malacca, Griffith (Keto Distrib. 6308, 6009), and A. sp., 

 Malacca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1549, 1549") may both be new, but are not in a 

 good state, and may be referable to Malayan species unknown to me. 



20. AGIiAONEMA, Schott. 



Herbs, candex erect or prostrate. Leaves ovate or oblong. Spathe 

 erect, deciduous, tube convolute, limb cymbiform gaping or base shortly 

 convolute. Spadix equalling the spathe, or shorter, stipitate ; male and 

 f em. infl. usually contiguous, with rarely neuters interspersed ; append- 

 age 0. Stamens 2-4, distinct, subolavate ; anthers short, cells remote with 

 apical pores. Ouaries few, 1-rarely 2-ceUed, stigma large or small, discoid 

 or cupular ; ovules solitary in the cells, anatropous, subbasilar. Berries 

 capitate. Seeds exalbuminous ; embryo maoropodal. — Species about 20, 

 Tropical Asiatic an d African. 



* Nerves of leaf numerous, close, parallel, all uniform, very slender. 

 (See also 10. A. pumilum). 



1. A. Griffithii, Schott Syn. 123 ; leaves 12-16 by 3-4 in. linear- 

 oblong obtuse, petiole 2-3 ft., stigma cup-shaped. A palustre, Teysm. and 

 Binnend. in Natv/rk. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxv. (1863). 305; Kurz in Jowm. 

 As. Soc. Beng. xiv. pt. ii. (1876), 153. Aglaodorum GrifiSthii, Schott Gen. 

 t. 58 ; Prodr. 306 ; Engler Arac. 443. 



Malacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5991). — Disteib. Sumatra. 

 Leaves coriaceous ; petiole very stout. Peduncle 12-18 in., very stout. Spathe 

 2 in., oblong, cuspidate. Ovaries 2-celIed. 



2. A. oblong-ifolium, Schott in Wlen. Zeitschr. iii. (1829), 892 (ex 

 Linmea vi. (1831), Litterb. 53) ; leaves 8-24 by 2-4 in. linear-oblong acu- 



