CaLapium FRAGRANTISSIMUM. DELicrous- 
SCENTED CALADIUM. 
KEKE KEK EKER EKER EERE EK 
Class and Order. 
MonazcrA Ponyanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Aromez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Spatha monophylla, cucullata, basi convoluta. Spadix 
ad apicem staminifer, mucrone quandoque nudo, medio 
glandulosus, basi germinibus tectus. Anthere peltate, 
subpelta ad ambitum multiloculares. Glandule (stamina 
pope obtuse. Stigma umbilicatum. Bacca monosper- 
ma. Br. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Carapium fragrantissimum ; caulescens radicans, foliis cor- 
dato-oblongis sagittatis, petiolo semitereti marginato, 
spadice acuto spatham cucullato-cylindraceam medio 
constrictam basi ventricosam subequante. 
Among other plants which invest the stems of trees in the 
forests of the tropics, the different species of Catap1um coni- 
stitute a striking feature, both in regard to form and colour. 
Some are stemless, others have long climbing stems, send- 
ing forth thick wiry roots, if they may be so called, for they 
seem rather calculated to imbibe nourishment from the 
surrounding atmosphere, than to fix the plant producing 
them to their place of growth. Their leaves are usually 
ample, more or less coriaceous, approaching to cordate or 
sagittate, generally of a dark, shining green hue, often 
singularly stained and spotted with other colours, and in 
more than one instance perforated with holes of various 
forms and sizes. We are familiar with the general form of 
their inflorescence from that of the Arum maculatum (or 
Wake- 
