ing of the front. When purposely extended, after the 

 bloom was over, we found it to measure nine inches in 

 length by six in breadth. 



The curiously mottled lea&talk looks more like a stem 

 than what it reedly is. It is after the entire decay of the 

 foliage that the inflorescence appears. 



Dracontium ranks in the second division of Araideae of 

 Mr. Brown*s Prodromus, differing from the first division in 

 having the stamens and pistil within the same corolla, 

 and not situated on distinct parts of the spadix without any 

 corolla, as in Arum and Caladiuh. The third division 

 comprises the T^phce of Jussieu, and is very distinct from 

 the other two. 



Plate A. ^g. 1. represents the entire inflwescence on its short scape in its 



natural position. Natural rixe. 

 Jig. 2. represents the lower portion of two lea&talks. Nafttral 



nze. 



B. fig. 1. The spadix removed from the spathe, after Uie bloom was 



over. Natural sise. 



fig. 2. The leaves wiUi their footstalks. IKmtiitfAed. 



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