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tha involuta angusta, spadix tenuis non clavato, 

 antheris et pistillis confluens et nonnulis mixtis, 

 Acaides, fol. sepe dicisis — Several sp. belong 

 here, 1 Dr. polyphylus (Arum dracunculus L) 

 2 spadiceus llaf. (A dracontium,) with spa- 

 dix elongate. 3 dhartcatus, 4 trilohatus: 5 can- 

 nefoUus c^'C, all Arums of L. with several others 

 probably and N. Sp. Dr. tenellus, and crassi- 

 caulis. This G. is very near Homaida, but 

 has no scales and several seeds. The sp. with 

 entire leaves form the subgenus Neienshe/na, 



670. Peltandra Raf. 1819. Lecontea Tor- 

 rey 1824. Renselaria Beck 1833. spatha an- 

 gusta involuta tubulosa, apice fissa, spadix in- 

 cluso toto genifero, pistillis inferis, stigma sess. 

 capitato, antheris confluens (ad apice sterilis) 

 peltatis crenatis multilocul. Baccis l-5spermis 

 ineq. Acaules, fol. simpl. The types are the 

 various sp. blended under Arum Virginicum 

 Li. descr. in my monograph of new flora P. un- 

 dulata, liastata. Walteri, angustifolia^ sagit- 

 tatn, latifolta, Jieterophyln, these 3 last have 

 only one seed in ripe berries, and form subg. 

 Renselaria. I noticed'this G. since 1804, 1 

 published it 1819 in my 50 N. G. Journ. phys. 

 yet two other names were given to it since. 



671. CoLocAsiA Neckcr, difl*. 661, antheris 

 divisis cirrhis sterilis mixtis, baccis multilocul. 

 polysp. Acaides, fol. sepe peltatis. — Types C. 

 mdgarls (arum colocasia), C. esculenta, C. 

 macrorhiza, peregrina^cucidata 4^^c, and sim- 

 ilar useful sp. called Edoes in English. 



672. Caladium Vent. W. P. diff. 661. spa- 

 tha cucul. apice dilatata, spadix medio glandu 

 lifero, apice antherifero, antheris peltatis mul- 

 tiloc. stig. umbilic. bacca monol. polysp. — Chie- 

 fly different from Peltandra by the glands or 



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