. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. 300 CLASSIFICATION mass over the surface; each plant consists of a thal- loid leaf-like shoot with a capillary tap-root and a small spathe of i to 3 very small monoecious flowers (fig. 268) on the side of the thallus or below it; the tap-roots show the root- cap beautifully; sar-kachu or sola-kachu {Colocasia nymphceifolia, Kunth), culti- vated to a small extent; 61 {Amorphophal- lus campanulatus), largely cultivated for its roundish warty thick corms (see fig. 19). Both 61 and ghet-kachu are odourless during the day but emit a foetid odour (nauseous flower
. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. 300 CLASSIFICATION mass over the surface; each plant consists of a thal- loid leaf-like shoot with a capillary tap-root and a small spathe of i to 3 very small monoecious flowers (fig. 268) on the side of the thallus or below it; the tap-roots show the root- cap beautifully; sar-kachu or sola-kachu {Colocasia nymphceifolia, Kunth), culti- vated to a small extent; 61 {Amorphophal- lus campanulatus), largely cultivated for its roundish warty thick corms (see fig. 19). Both 61 and ghet-kachu are odourless during the day but emit a foetid odour (nauseous flowers) during night and are pollinated by carrion-flies. Coloured spathe and appendix and foetid smell are the attractions for in- sects, and in many species there is a pitfall arrangement for en- trapping them. Nat. Order 3. PandanacecB.— This consists of palm-like often branched trees or shrubs with tri- stichous long leaves spinous at the margin, apex, and often at the keel or back of the mid-rib. Kia and keorha, different species of Pandanus or Screw Pines, are well-known plants with dioecious spadices of whitish odorous flowers of a pale-white colour en- closed in leafy pale-green or white spathes. They abound in village thickets and hedges and in the The spadices are in great re- catechu to be chewed with pan. Fig. 269, atigustata) Hogla. (Typha Sunderban swamps quest for scenting (Betel-leaf) and also for the manufacture of scented. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bose, G. C. London, Blackie & Son Ltd.
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