nile 
( 3224 ) 
SyMPLOCARPUS F@TIDUS. STINKING SYMPLO- 
carpus, Skunk Weed, or Skunk Cabbage. 
SEK KKK KKK KEE KEKE EEE 
Class and Order. 
TrerranpriA Monoeynis. 
( Nat. Ord.—Arompes. ) 
Generic Character. 
Spatha ventricosa, ovata, acuminata. Spadix subglobosa, 
floribus hermaphroditicis tecta. Cal. profunde 4-partita, 
persistens, segmentis cucullatis, truncatis, demum crassis, 
spongiosis. Pet.o. Stylus pyramidalis, tetragonus ; Stig- 
ma simplex, minutum. Semina solitaria receptaculo spon- 
gioso immersa. Nutt. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Sympiocarpus* fetidus. cs ri 
Symprocarrts fcetidus. Nutt. Gen. Am.v. 1. p. 105. Tor-— 
rey, Fl. of Un. St. v. 1. p. 181. oe 
Icropes foetidus. Bigel. Am. Med. Bot. v. 2. p. Al. t. 24. 
Fl. Bost. ed. 2. p. 59. Co? oe 
Poruos foetidus. Mich. Am. v. 2. p. 186. Pursh, Fl. Am. — 
v. 2. p. 398. Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 836, (imperfect). 
Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 766. 2 
Dracontium feetidum. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1372. Willd. Sp. 
Pl.v. 2. p. 288. : ; a 
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Descr. Root perennial, large, fleshy or almost woody, 
annulated, abrupt, dark brown, throwing out numerous 
long, tawny, fleshy fibres, thicker than a swan’s quill, which — 
descend deep into the ground. In the early spring, — 
the 
* cupmrwen, an union, and xapros, fruit, from their being combined with — 
the Receptacle into one body. 
