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connective, opening atthe apex. Ovaries numerous, crowded, somewhat 4-celled, 
with numerous horizontal ovules in each cell. Style short and thick: stigma 
broad, depressed, lobed. Berry red, many-seeded.— Herbs.  Petioles of the 
sagittate leaves sheathing the base of the scape. 
1. X. sagittifolium, Schott. Stemless ; leaves glaucous, hastate-cordate, 
acuminate, the lobes oblong, obtuse ; spathe hooded at the summit, oval-lanceo- 
late, white, longer than the spadix. — Marshes and springy places, near Savan- 
nah, Elliott, and Wilmington, Curtis. May and June. )|— Root tuberous. 
Petioles 12’- 15! long. Leaves 5' — 7' long, the lobes somewhat spreading and 
generally obtuse. Scape as long as the petioles. 
4. PISTIA, L 
Spathe tubular at the base, spreading above, united with the spadix. Flowers 
few, monoecious, the upper ones staminate and supported by a cup-shaped inyo- 
, lucre; the fertile solitary. Calyx and corolla none. Anther-cells 3 - 8, opening 
transversely. Ovary 1-celled, with several erect orthotropous ovules. Style 
thick: stigma disk-like. Berry few-many-seeded. Embryo at the apex of the 
albumen. — Small free-floating aquatic herbs, with fibrous roots, and entire 
clustered spreading leaves, with the flowers in their axils. 
A P. spathulata, Michx. Leaves arranged in a circle, round-obovate, 
abruptly contracted into a short petiole, with the nerves projecting beneath (la- 
melliform) ; roots numerous, elongated ; spathe short-peduncled, white. — In 
still water, East Florida, and westward. — Leaves 1! -2' long. 
5. SYMPLOCARPUS, Salisb. Sxkunx-Cappace. 
Spathe hooded-shell-form, acuminate, fleshy, early decaying. Spadix pedun- 
cled, globose, covered with the perfect flowers. Sepals 4, hooded, berry-like in 
fruit. Corolla none. Stamens 4: anthers 2-celled, opening lengthwise. Ovary 
l-celled, 1-ovuled. Style pyramidal, 4-angled; stigma minute. Berries with 
the sepals united in a mass. Seeds globose, without albumen. Embryo thick 
and fleshy. — Perennial garlie-scented herbs, from a deep and thick rhizoma, 
with large stout-petioled veiny leaves, and nearly sessile spathes, spponing be- 
fore the leaves. f 
1. S. foetidus, Salisb. Leaves thin, oval, cordate, short-petioled ; spathe 
Ovate, incurved, spotted with purple and yellow; spadix dull-purple, much 
shorter than the spathe, enlarged in fruit. (Pothos fotidus, Michx.) — Bogs and 
swamps, North Carolina, and northward. Feb. and March. — Leaves 1°-2° 
long. Spathe 2'-4' long. Spadix in fruit 2/-3/ in diameter. Seeds about the 
Size of a pea. 
-  .€. ORONTIUM, L. | GorpEN-Crun. 
Spathe none. Spadix cylindrical, corset with the yellow perfect : flowers. 
emgage it] mambo -— 20m oo 
