Arinec.] CXCIL "AROIDEZE, : 905. 
1-loculare, in stylum incurvum latiusculum attenuatum, stigmate obtuso pulvinare ; ovula 
numerosa, orthotropa, oblonga, funieulis brevissimis in placenta lata parietali axi spathze 
parallela 4-6-seriatim conferta, micropyle supera. Bacca tenera, oligo- v. poly-sperma. 
Semina erecta, oblonga v. basin versus attenuata, obscure angulata, micropyle umbonata, 
testa t ir punetulat; p ine copioso 
farinaceo ; embryo in apice albuminis minutus, obovoid — Herba natans, acaulis, pubes- 
cens, stolonifera, radicibus fibrosis. ^ Folia rosulata, sessilia, obovato-cuneata, nervis 
flabellati diantibus subtus prominuli Spathw parve, alb, puberule, medio 
utrinque plicatz, basi ovarium semi-amplectente, lamina cucullata aperta. Spadix spatha 
brevior, parte d' brevi libera apice staminifera, basi organis neutris dilatatis et 
squamula decidua instructa. à * 
Species 1, in aquis dulcibus tropicis, A ustralia et ins, maris Pacifiei exceptis, obvia. Engl. Arac. 
631, et in Mart. Fl. Bras. iii. ii, . 62 (ovario perperam spathe tubo ambitu adnato depicto). ' Rozb. 
Corom. Pl.iii. 4. 268. Jacq. Stirp. Amor. t. 148... Dict. Sc. Nat. t. 7, 8. Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 161A, 
161 B, 260, 261. Bot. Mag. t. 4564, icon. in Fl. des Serres, 1.4.0625, et in. Jard, Fleur, t. 137 
iterata, Genus floribus certe Ambrosinie quam maxime affine. y 
6. Arisarum, Targ. Tozett. in Anal. Mus. Fis. Firenz, ii. ii. 617.—Flores in spadice 
appendiculato monoici, ommes fertiles, d' sparsi, 9 pauci unilateral erianthi 0. 
Fl. 4 monandri ; anthera in processu spadicis sessilis, reniformis, peltata, loculis conflu- 
entibus rima continua dehiscentibus ; pollen amorphum. Fl.9: Ovarium depressum, 1- 
loculare ; stylus crassus, conoideus v. columnaris, stigmate pulvinari ; ovula plura, ortho- 
tropa, erecta, funiculis brevissimis placentze latze basilari affixa, mieropyle supera. Bacese 
iurbinaim, angulatze, vertice plano marginibus elevatis. Semina ad 6, ovoidea, acuta, 
testa rugoso-striata, strophiolo funieulo obconico longiore et crassiore, albumine carnoso 
basi intruso ; embryo axilis, radicula crassiore. —Herba tuberosa, foliis floribusque cozeta- 
neis. Folia rotundato-hastata v. sagittata, nervis tenuibus, petiolo elongato, vagina brevi. 
Peduneulus elongatus. Spatha demum tubo subventri ginik 
connatis, fauce subconstricta, lamina brevi fornicata procurva. Spadix parte 9 spathze 
adnatus ; appendix stipitata, decurva, apice clavata v. in filum producta. 
Species 3, Mediterranem, Engl. 4rac. 560. .N. E. Brown in Journ, Linn. Soc, xviii. 246. Schott, 
Gen. Aroid. t. 5. L. C. Rich. in. Guill. Archiv, i. t. 2. Jacg. Hort. Schenb. ii. t. 192 (Arum). Dunal, 
Boug. Mediterr. t. 5. Sith. Fl, Grec. t. 948. Moggr. Contrib. Fl. Menton, t. 4. Durieu, Fl. Alger, 
1.44, Qaruel in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. xi. t, 1. Reichb, Ic. Fl, Germ. vii. t, 7. Bot. Mag. t. 6023, 
Gard. Chron. 1871, 301 (Arum). í 
7. Ariseema, Mart. iw Flora, 1891, ii. 459.—Flores dioici, rarius monoici, in spadice 
appendiculato inserti, d sparsi, 9 densi, organa neutra subulata interdum supra flores 9 et 
4. Perianthium 0. Fl.4 2-5-andri; antherm subsessiles v. processu spadicis peltatim 
inseris, loculis contiguis ovoideis v. didymis distinctis v. confluentibus poris v. rimulis 
dehiscentibus. Fl. 9: Ovarium id blongum v. glob l-loculare, loculo 
intus apice processu spongioso predito ; stylus brevis v. sub 0, stigmate pulvinari ; ovula 
1-oo, orthotropa, erecta, funieulis brevibus placentze basilari sessili v. elevatz affixa, 
mieropyle supera.  Baccm turbinatz obovoidem v. globosm, l-oligosperms. | Semina 
ovoidea v. globosa, apice breviter producta, testa crassiuscula, albumine copioso ; embryo 
axilis.—Herb:e tul foliis floribusqi 2 Folia 1-3, 3-secta v. pedatim aut. 
verticillatim 5—oo-secta, segmentis latis v. angustis inati: ginibus integerrimis v. 
crenulatis, petiolo gracili v. robusto basi vaginante.. Spatha decidua ; tubus oblongus v. 
iri lutus, non raro multicostatus, fauce aperta v. contracta, lamina ssepis- 
sime ampla et fornicata acuminata v. caudata. Pedunculus solit ius, brevis v. elong. 
Spadix inclusus v. exsertus, stepius conoideus ; appendix e basi dilatata brevis obtusa v, 
acuta v. in filum longissi ritum in iti gmentis folii involutum demum 
terree protrusum desinens. 
