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thiforni at base of spatha, by this character^ 

 lack of plumose sterile filaments, terete spadix 

 and tubular base, it may be a snbgenus, or real 

 type of G. while D. orixensis might form 

 subg-. Steiroptilus. 



GOG. Megotigea Raf. (big ear of ground) 

 diff. G61. spatha basi tubulosa inflata recurva, 

 apex coarctato, labio amplissimo auriculato cu- 

 cuUato emarg. intus crinito. spadix tuberc. cri- 

 nito. ad basi squamis involucrato, pistilis cune- 

 atis apex Ggonis, antheris confluens carnosis 

 2loc. biporosis, baccis 4-Gspermis. fl. suhra- 

 dlc. fol. dimsis radic — Very peculiar Genus. 



6G7. 3IegotlffeacrlniiaIlixi\ Arum. do. Ait, 

 W. Edw. reg. 851. A. muscivorum L. fol. pe- 

 datis furcatis glaucis, foliolis lanceolatis, scapo 

 brev issimo — Minorca and Spain, spatha green 

 spoted of brown, inside dark red, spadix green- 

 ish black, this flower is like a huge ear or a flow- 

 er of Aristolochia, and is fetid like many others 

 of the tribe. 



GG8. Alocasia Raf. name of Necker but 

 only part of his Genus. Diff. ad 6G1, spathis 

 triclinis, masc. fern, et herm. basi tubulosa, spa- 

 dix clavato, basi et apice oudo, stigma sessile 

 punctiforme, antheris subpedicellatis 2-41ocul. 

 In fl. herm. confluens, baccis oligospermis. sub- 

 caulescens^ fol. 3-5natls — Distinct G. by the 

 division of sexes either monoical, dioical or tri- 

 oical. Types the several sp. blended in^. tri- 

 phyhim, ternatum, ringens^ atroruhens and 

 pentaphyluni^ see my new flora for these spe- 

 cies. The 5 leaved sp. most form the subge- 

 nus Rhomphalis name of Zanoni. — A. tri- 

 phyla includes 3 sp. A. lohatci^ pedata, Vir- 

 ginica Raf. 



669. DRAcuNCULusTourn. Ad. diff*, 661,spa- 



