489 



at the base : scape shorter than the petioles : spathe much longer 

 than the spadix, sub-cylindrical, erect : club slender acute, scarcely 

 half the length of the antheriferous part of the receptacle : anthers 

 many celled. 



Malabar and South Concans, flowering in the rainy season. 



(3) C. CT7CXJLLATA. fSchott.J 



Ident. Schott. Meletem. I. 18. 



Syn. Arum cucullatum, Lov/r. Coeh. — Roxb. I. c.p. 501. Cala- 

 dium cucuUatum, Pers. syn. II. 575. 



Engrav. Wight 1. c. t. 787. 



Spec. Chab. Caulescent, branched : leaves sub-peltate, cordate, 

 acute, lobes finely rounded, convex or concave : scape half the 

 length of the petioles : spadix cylindrical, nearly as long as the 

 cymbiform spathe. 



Bengal, flowering in the rains. 



(4) C. MONTANA. (Kunth.) 



Ident. Eunth. Enum. pi. III. p. 40. 



Syn. Arum montanum, Roxb. I. e. jp. 497. 



Engrwv. "Wight 1, c. t. 796. 



Spec. Chae. Stemless : root a suKcylindrical tuber : leaves 

 cordate, repand, polished : spadix nearly as long as the cucuUate 

 coloured spathe : anthers many-celled. 



Mountainous parts of the Northei^i Circars. Eoot poisonous. 

 Flowering in the rains. 



(5) C. POENICATA. (Kumth.) 



Kunth. 1. c. p. 41 . 



Syn^ Arum fomioatum, Roxb. I. c. p. 501. 



Engrm. "Wight 1. c. t. 789. 



Spec. Char. Caulescent : leaves peltate, narrow cordate, lobes 

 angled, rounded: spadix club-shaped, upper half of the spathe 

 vaulted, equaUing the spadix : berries 1 — 3-seeded. 



Bengal Chittagong. Flowering in the rains. 



