8 FLORA TELtUR. 



FLORA TELLURIANA, 



CENTURIA IX MONOCOT. 



Number 801. Otosma Raf. (ear scented), 

 diff. from 679, spatha lato cuculata basis con- 

 voluta, spadix clavato, apice nudo, pistillis inf. 

 subrot. stylosis, antheris truncatis sup, baccis 1 

 loc. 6-12 sp. sem- teret. oculatis. Scaposa, fol 

 indw. spathis amplis alhis odoratis. — I con- 

 tinue here the Aroides, Lihes, and other mo- 

 nocotyles. This Genus blended with Colla of 

 L, is totaly unhke, see my Provenzalia 679, 

 and New Flora N. A. 481 to 485.— Type O. 

 ethiopica R. Calla do. L.. auct. fol. cord, sagit. 

 cuspidatis, lobis obt. well known plant of Africa, 

 often cult, seen alive since 1806. 



802. Spirospatha R. Spatha spiralis clausa, 

 spadix obi. pistillis mixtis trilobis, stigma sessile 

 concavo trifido, antheris ad bas, mixt. ad ap. 

 solit. baccis 31obis 31ocul-polysp. — Still more 

 unlike Calla with flat spatha, no style, berries 

 yellow uniloc. Type Sp, occulta R, Calla do 

 Loar. Sm. fol. ovat. cord, petiolis canaliculatis. 

 — From Anam. Perhaps the Arum Spirale of 

 Retz Vitm. Sm. is a 2d sp. with lanceol leaves 

 and sessile flowers. 



803. Pleurospa R. diff". fjom Caladium and 

 Colocasia by the flowers unilateral on one side 

 of the spadix, and stem frutescent. — The sin- 

 gular structure of spadix requires attention, per- 

 haps several Genera and Species blended as 

 Arum, arborescens lu. Types 1. PL reticulata 

 R. fol. sagittatis, spadix reticul. the linnean sp. 

 of South America, stem 6pedal, leaves pedal, 

 flowers white inside green outside, base dark 



