516 MONOECIA MONANDRIA. Calltt. 



space, and just before the pollen is discharged. Spadix 

 scarcely longer than the spathe, sub-cylindric; the lower 

 third covered with the germs, intermixed with small, white, 

 clavate, stamen-like scales ; the upper two thirds closely co- 

 vered with sessile twin anthers. Germs round, three-celled, 

 with the rudiments of many ovula in each. Style none. Slig- 

 ma large, convex, obscurely three-lobed. 



4. C. ohlongifolia. Roxb. 



Caulescent. Leaves erect, oblong. Spathe boat-shaped, 

 acuminate, a few female below. 



Arum aquaticura. Rumph. Amb. v. t. 108. 



A native of the Moluccas, from thence brought to the Bo- 

 tanic garden at Calcutta, where it blossoms during the rains. 



Root fibrous, perennial. Stem straight, in plants of four 

 or five years' growth above a foot high, and an inch in diame- 

 ter, marked with the cicatrices of the fallen leaves. Leaves 

 terminal, erect, petioled, oblong or narrow cuneate-oblong, 

 entire, smooth on both sides, from six to nine inches long, and 

 about three broad. Petioles shorter than the leaves, the up- 

 ])er third nearly round. Scapes axillary, shorter than the pe- 

 tioles, round, smooth. Spathe oblong, boat-shaped, acute, 

 pointed, smooth, of a deep green on both sides, gaping consi- 

 derably. Spadix cylindric, rather shorter than the spathe, 

 the lower third, or two fifths, with a few scattered pistils, the 

 upper part closely covered with four-celled anthers. Berry 

 globular, one-seeded. 



5. C. picta. R. 



Caulescent. Leaves short-petioled, ovate-oblong, entire, 

 clouded, /^/otrers axillary, solitary, peduncled. iS)o«i/je gib- 

 bous, acuminate, shorter than the obtuse, clavate spadix. 



A native of the Island of Sumatra; in the Botanic garden 

 where it has been introduced, it blossoms about the close of 

 the rains. In this the male part of the spadix is three or four 

 times longer than the base or female part ; anthers with two, 



