A494 MONOECIA MONANDRIA. Arum. 
Scape axillary, short, erect, compressed, growing broader 
towards the apex. Spathe as long as the leaves, erect, below 
convolute; above the spadix twisted like a screw to a very 
fine, straight point; there is an horizontal partition which se- ~ 
parates in a great measure, the upper twisted part from the 
gibbous part below; colour of the outside purplish, that of the — 
inside much deeper, and beautifully spotted with darker spots. 
Corol none. Nectary, four or five oval, anther-like glands, 
crowning the top of the germ, round the style. Filament 
scarcely any visible, Anthers very numerous, surrounding © 
in form of a globe the top of the style just below or even 
touching the partition. Pistil, in the lower convolute belly 
of the spathe. Germs conical. Style filiform, the length of 
the belly of the spathe. Its apex is firmly united to the ho- 
rizontal partition above-mentioned. Pericarp ; capsule lea- 
thery, conical, one-celled, one-valved. Receptacle conical, 
affixed at the base and apex, free round the sides, Seeds nu- 
merous. 
ARUM. Schreb. gen. N. 1387. 
Spathe one-leaved, cowled. Spadix or receptacle with 
the female florets round the base, stamineous about the mid- 
dle and naked above. 
ay SECT. I. With eile Leaves. 
1. A. eolocasia, Willd, iv, 481. 
Stemless. Leaves peltate, ovate, repand, semi-bifid at the 
base. Scape shorter than the petioles, Spathe much long- 
er than-a spadix, cylindric, erect ; club sub-cylindric, length 
of the antheriferous part of the receptacle, Anthers may- 
celled. 
Sans. Kuchoo, - 
Beng. Goori-Kuchoo, ah 
A. Zgypticum, Rumph. Amb. v. t 109. 
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