CLVin. AROIDEiE. 
99 
Alocasia.’] 
long, *5 to 1-25 in. wide, boat-shaped, pale green. Spadix 3-5 in. 
long, base nude. Appendage cylindric acute, cream-colour, 1-5 
to 3 in. long, -25 in. thick. Male part -6 to i in. long; flowers 
rhomboid crenulate. Female part i in. long; pistils in six whorls; 
ovaries sub-globose; styles thick, distinct. Hab. On limestone 
rocks, Selangor, Batu caves. Perak, Xwala Dipang. Perils at 
Kanga. Disirib. Borneo, Java. 
(4) A. ovalifolia Kidl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 41, p. 47; 
Mat. iii. 18. 
Stem I ft. tall. Leaves ovate cordate acute; lobes rounded, 
dark green, i to 2 ft. long, 5 to 12 in, wide; nerves 20 pairs; petioles 
over I ft. long. Peduncle 6 in. long or less. Spathe 3 to 6 in. long, 
tube 1*5 in. long, limb 3 in. long, *5 in. wide, oblong obtuse. Spadix 
slender. Appendage cylindric, 75 in. long. Male part i in. long, 
below a nude portion. Female portion i in. long Hab. Forests. 
Johor, Gunong Pantai. Selangor, Semangkok Pass; Ginting 
Peras; Bukit Kutu. Perak, Thaiping Hills. Penang, Moniot’s 
Road. Native name: Kelembahang. 
(5) A. pubera Schott, Syn. 47. 
Stem stout. Leaves ovate cordate, lobes blunt, pubescent 
beneath; nerves 10 pairs; 6 in. long by 6 in. wide (or larger); 
petioles 15 in. long. Spathe 4 in. long, tube green, limb lanceolate, 
white, finely lined with crimson. Spadix, appendage cylindric, 
blunt, yellow. Peduncle 7 in. long. Fruiting spike i in. long. 
Hab. Perak, Sungei Larut (Wray). Distrib. Java. 
Cultivated Species. 
A. INDICA Schott, Oestr. Bot. Wochenbl, 1854, 4^0; Hook. fil. l.c. 
525. A tall stemmed plant with ovate deep cordate leaves, 
2 to 3 ft. across and A. macrorrhiza Schott, l.c. 409; Hook, 
fil. l.c. 526, a similar plant with more peltate leaves, the lobes 
connate for one-tenth of their length. Native names: Birah ; 
Keladi Sebaring. Use : The stems are cooked and eaten like 
3^ams. 
These plants are cultivated here as in most part of the tropics and 
occasionally remain in abandoned gardens for a time. 
A. cucuiXATA Schott, with broad ovate cordate leaves and 6 or 7 
pairs strongly marked nerves also occurs in waste ground but 
less commonly, as it is not popular with the natives. 
Of the allied genus Xanthosoma Schott, inhabitants of the South 
American and the West Indies, two or three species are now 
cultivated in native gardens; a large green-leaved one, X. sagii- 
tifolimn Schott, and a purple-leaved one, X. violacenm Schott. 
9 . AGLAONEMA, Schott. 
Herbs with an erect or creeping stem. Leaves ovate or oblong, 
entire. Spathes peduncled, boat-shaped, base shortly convolute, 
