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MONCECIA. POLYANDRIA. 
somewhat i aes 6. aire (Bitter Nut). 7. por- 
cina.. (Pig Nut). 8. aquatica. 9. myristiceformis. 
A North American genus belonging to the Natural Or- 
der of the AMENTACES. 
ARUM. LZ. (Wake Robin, &c.) 
Spatha cucullate. —Spadix above naked, be- 
- low feminine, in the middle staminiferous. Ca- 
a lix and corolla none. Berry 1. or many-seeded. 
Rr bis tly stemless, rarely caulescent; leates simple or 
ompound. init 
es. 1, A. Dracontium. Leaves se entire; 
_spadix subulate, longer than the oblong conyolute spathe, 
Has. From Pennsylvania to Florida. (In the vicinity of 
Philadelphia; rare.) 
= 2. * guinatum. Leaves quinate, lanceolate, acuminate, 
os ’ Has. In Georgia;—Dr. Baldwyn. v. s. Nearly allied to 
the following, and probably to .2. pentaphyllum of India. 
3. triphyilum. (Indian Turnip.) Oss, Polygamous, dioi- 
cous; germ 6-seeded. Berries scarlet, 3 or 4-seeded; in- 4 
t of the seed double, the inner membranaceous; é 
-embryon cylindric, inverted, situated in the axis of a fa- 
_ rimaceous perisperm. 8, atrorubens. 4. virginicum.—Ber- 
ry many-sceded, ee . 
“A genus of about 30s species p: cipally indigenous to. 
: _— wagmer oe of Europe nt America, 
uae. ‘4 
Spaiiee covered wit flowers. : 
at the summit of the ea a Germs in- 
the a of the apediz, Style none. Stig- 
| ; y-seeded, 
