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Colocasia.'] 
I poll (Curtis). Perils, Tebing Tinggi. Adang islands, Pulau 
Rawei. Kelantan, Chaning (Ridley). Distrib. Cochinchina, Siam, 
Borneo, Java. 
8 . ALOCASIA, Schott. 
Herbs with short or long stout erect stems. Leaves ovate 
cordate, or hastate, rarely entire, long-petioled. Spathes peduncled, 
base convolute, constricted above, limb lanceolate or cymbiforrn, 
deciduous. Spadix shorter; appendage cylindric; flowers as in 
Colocasia, but ovules few^ basilar erect. Fruit drupaceous, pulpy, 
red. Seeds large, i to 3. Species about 20, tropical Asia. 
Leaves entire, peltate 
Sinus deep, lobes long, divaricate. 
Petiole mottled ; stigma sessile 
Petiole plain; style distinct . 
Sinus shallow. 
Lobes of leaf short, rounded, glabrous 
Lobes of leaf blunt, pubescent beneath 
(1) A. Beccarii 
(2) A. denudata 
(5) A. Lowii 
(4) A. ovalifolia 
(5) A. pubera 
(1) A, Beccarii Engl. Bull. Soc. Tosc. di Ort. 1879, p. 300; 
Malcsia, i. 293, pi. 26; Ridl. Mat. hi. 16. A. perakensfe Hemsl. 
Joitrn. Bot. 1887, p. 205. 
Stem creeping, 6 in. long or more. Leaves several; petioles 
6 in. long, blade entire, lanceolate acuminate or elliptic, peltate, 
9 in. long, 4 in. wide; nerves 3 or 4 pairs. Peduncle 3 to 8 in. long, 
wLite. Spathe white, tube cylindric, i in. long, limb cymbiforrn, 
I in. long. Spadix 175 in. long, appendage cylindric obtuse, 75 in. 
long. Male part *5 in. long. Female flowers in three row's. Drupe 
•25 in. long. Seed globose. Hab. On rocks in forest streams, at 
2000 to 4000 ft. altitude. Selangor, Bukit Hitam (Kelsall). Pahang, 
Telom. Perak, Thaiping Hills (all collectors). Distrib. Borneo. 
(2) A. denudata Engl. Arac. 507; Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 525; 
Ridl. Mat. iu. 17. A. singaporensis Linden, Garten-flora, xiv. 252. 
A. Curtisii Hentsley, Kew Bulletin, 1894, p. 347. (Fig. 215, p. g8.) 
Stem 2 in. long. Leaves i to 3; petioles 15 to 24 in. long, 
•5 in. through, marbled transversely with grey, blade hastate, lobes 
divaricate, blunt or sub-acute, over i ft. long, 9 in. wide, dark green, 
veins paler, occasionally purple beneath. Spadices i to several; 
peduncles 6 to 12 in. long, marbled grey. Spathe 4 to 6 in. long, 
tube I to 1-5 in. long, sw'oUen, limb pale green or w'hite, oblong 
cuspidate at length reflexed, 5 in. long, i in. wide. Spadix 3-5 to 
4 in. long. Appendage cylindric, 1-5 in. long, pale ochre or orange. 
Male part -5 in. long, wiiite; flowers oblong crenulate; stamens 6. 
Neuter portion -25 in. long, white or orange. Female portion cone- 
shaped, *5 in. long; stigmas 4-horned, sessile. Fruit globose, red, 
I- to 3-seeded. Seeds black, sub-globose, '12 in. long. Hab. 
Common in hedges, woods, etc., all over the Peninsula. Somew’hat 
variable in leaf form. Singapore, Bukit Timah; Woodlands, etc., 
