96 CLViii. ARoiDE^E. [Hapaline. 
(i) H. Brownei Hook. fil. F.B.L vi. 521; Bot. Mag. t. 7325; 
Ridl. Mat. iii. 15. 
Tuber small globose. Leaf, petiole 3 to 7 in. long, blade ovate, 
cordate, lobes rounded, edges crisped, undulate above bullate, 
3 to 6 in. long, 2'5 to 3 in. across. Peduncle 4 to 5 in. long, pink. 
Spathe tube i in. long, limb lanceolate acute, 1-5 in. long, -5 in. 
wide, white, reflexed. Spadix 3 in. long, erect, slender. Male 
flowers scattered, *15 in. long; anthers 8. Females flowers few. 
Hah. On rocks. Kedah, on Gunong Geriang (Ridley). Lankawi 
islands (Curtis). 
7. COLOCASIA, Linn. 
Large herbs with a stout erect stem and large ovate cordate 
leaves. Spathe i or several peduncled, base convolute constricted 
at the mouth, limb dilate. Spadix shorter. Appendage conic 
cylindric or o. Male portion large; flowers crowded. Female 
portion shorter, with a number of neuters between it and the male. 
Ovaries conic or oblong; style and stigma globose. Ovules 
numerous and parietal. Fruit oblong. Seeds very numerous, 
small. Species 6 or 7, tropical Asia. 
Leaves 6 in. long or little more, dark green; spadix 
slender yellow.. . (i) C. antiquorum 
Leaves 6 ft. long, white beneath; petiole white; 
spadices several, large, white . . . . (>) C. gigantea 
(1) C. antiquorum Schott, Melct, i. 18; Hook. fil. F.B.L vi. 523. 
Dwarf plant with stolons. Leaves ovate-cordate, dark green, 
6 to 16 in. long, 6 to 8 in. wide; petioles 12 to 40 in. long. Spathe 
8 to 18 in. long, caudate acuminate, yellow. Spadix short. Female 
portion as long as that of the neuters. Male part much longer. 
Hah. Common in low, wet ground, largely cultivated by the Chinese 
as pig food, and often persisting in abandoned ground. It is 
cultivated in all hot countries. Native names: Keladi Telor; 
Keladi China, or Keladi Hudang. 
The form we have is C. nymphecefolium Vent., with small-sized leaves 
and narrow spathe-limb. 
(2) C. gigantea Hook. fit. F.B.L vi. 524; Ridl. Mat. iii. 15. 
Stem short and stout. Leaves, petioles 4 ft. long, thick hoary, 
blade ovate-cordate, 6 ft. long, thin, light green, white beneath. 
Spadices several in the leaf axil, on peduncles 6 in. long. Spathe 
tube 2 in. long, thick, green, limb ovate, boat-shaped, pure white, 
5 in. long, fragrant. Spadix white; appendage conic blunt. Male 
portion 4 in. long, *5 in. through. Flowers *12 in. across, irregular, 
flat. Neuter portion 1-5 in. long. Female conic, 75 in. long. 
Ovaries yellow. Fruit dry, capsular, *25 in, long. Seeds fusiform, 
ribbed. Hah. Among limestone rocks and on edges of forests. 
Not rare. Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak, Tambun cliffs (Burkiil); 
