502 MONOECIA MONANDRIA. Arum, 
Root fibrous. Stem erect or ascending, from one to three 
feet in length, marked with cicatrices of the fallen leaves, 
- four or five inches in circumference, the height of the whole 
plant from three to six: feet, Leaves from the apex of the 
stem, petioled, narrow cordate, peltate, acute-pointed ; lobes 
angular, with the angles rounded, margins a little waved, 
smooth, of a shining green on both sides ; from eight to twelve 
inches long, by six or eight broad. Petioles sheathing at 
the base, the rest round,smooth, clouded, and tapering, length 
various, Scape axillary, shorter than the petioles, round, 
smooth, tapering, and clouded like the petioles. Spathe, the 
lower part permanent, ovate, fleshy, and closely enveloping 
the germs; the wpper portion expands into an oblong, pale 
greenish vault, crowned with a subulate point, smooth on 
both sides, this portion is deciduous with that portion of the 
spadix which is above the germs, Spadix clavate, rather, if 
any, shorter than the spathe. 4nthers numerous, occupying 
a large portion of the spadix immediately above the nectarial 
glands, each consisting of eight or twelve small, sub-cylin- 
drie cells forming angles on the sides ; these contain the pol- 
len and have each a small perforation at the apex for its exit. 
Germs many, round the base of the spadix only. Neciarial 
filaments no other than some variously shaped compressed 
glands round the contracted part of the spadix, between the 
anthers and germs. Berries numerous, with generally from 
one to three seeds in each, 
I do not find that this species is employed as an article of 
- but it is, I am told, used medicinally. 
10. A. flagelliformis, R. 
Stemless. Leaves sagittate ; lobes spreading. sneha and 
spadix ‘equal, whip-shaped, M ectarial scales coloured, An- 
thers two-lobed, two-celled. 
A native of Bengal, where it is fincbeeistenieentaalil 
pasture ground, Flowering time the rainy season: | 
