4s ICTODES F@TIDUS, 
the spathe. Calyx leaves four, fleshy, wedge 
shaped, truncate, the top and edges inflected, the 
whole crowded together so as to form a compact 
covering for the spadix. Stamens four, opposite 
the calyx leaves, with subulate filaments equal in 
length to the calyx, and oblong four celled anthers, 
Style four sided, tapering ; stigma minute, pubes- 
cent ; germ roundish, concealed. within the spadix, 
After the spathe decays, the spadix continues to 
grow, and with it every part of the flowers except 
the anthers. When the fruit is ripe, the spadix 
has attained many times its original dimensions, 
while the calyx, filaments and style are larger, 
yery prominent and separated from each other. 
Within the spadix at the base of each style is a 
round, fleshy seed, as large as a pea, white, tinged 
with green and purple, invested with a separate 
membranous coat, and with a prominent corcu- 
lum situated in a depression at top. 7 | 
_ The leaves which spring up some time after 
the flowers are numerous, large and. crowded, ob- 
long heart shaped, acute, smooth, with numerous 
fleshy veins of a paler colour. They spring from 
the root on long petioles, hollowed in front, and 
furnished with large oblong sheaths, They con- 
tinue to increase in size for a month or two after 
the flowering period is past. 
