90 NEOPHYTON 



481. PROVENZALIA Adansonl763.Raf. 

 fl. tel. 679. Calla L. and Authors which is root 

 of Cala-dium. Cala-mus ^^c ..... Of this bo- 

 real G. only one sp. is admitted said to be com- 

 mon to both continents, but I shall now describe 

 4. C. ethiopica is a peculiar Genus, which I 

 call Otosma ; C. ociilta of Loureiro another 

 that I call Spirospatiia, see fl. tel. Calla ought 

 to have been written Callaion ! see Smith. 



482. Proveazalia (or Callaion) palustris 

 Raf. Leaves similar cordate subacuminate, 

 scape equal to petiols, spatha ovate cuspidate 

 — in boreal Europe and America, Canada, ^c. 

 Var. 1. parmfolia leaves uncial. 



483. Provenzalia (or Callaion) heterophy- 

 la Raf. Leaves dissimilar reniform or cordate 

 acute, or rounded cordate obtuse, scape equal to 

 petiols, spatha elliptic cuspidate — Hudson bay 

 and Sibiria. probably also Origon, rhizome or 

 radicant stem articulated with fibres, leaves on 

 long petiols unequal in size and shapes from 

 1 to 3 inches long or broad. 



484. Provenz. (or Callaion) brevis Raf. 

 Leaves ovate base subcordate subobliqual, apex 

 acuminate, petiols very long, scape very short, 

 spatha elliptic retuse cuspidate — Lakes and 

 Swamps of the Alleghanies, Mt. Pocono and 

 others. Roots fibrose matted very long, petiols 

 thick 6 to 8 inches long, leaves 3 to 4 inches 

 long, scape about 3 inches high. 



485. Proveaz. (or Callaion) bispatha Raf. 

 Leaves ovate base cordate end obtuse or hard- 

 ly acute, scape equal to petiols, spatha double 

 large ovate acuminate not cuspidate, divari- 

 cate — from Origon collected by Walton, pe- 

 tiols and scapes thick : flowers very peculiar by 

 the double divergent spathas (anomaly in the 

 family of Aroides) foliaceous 2 or 3 inches long 



