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ifero sed ad medio nudo verrucoso, antheris 

 rhomboidalis umbilic. squamiformis. Pistillis 

 caliculatis ! calix 3-4part. clavatis, stigma cap- 

 itatis 3-41obis, baccis 3-4spermis. Qaulescens, 

 fol. integris — Very peculiar Genus by a calix 

 to fem. fl. thus approximating to the family of 



POTIIIDES. 



678. Segiiinum tnaculatum Raf. Arum se- 

 guinum L. Calad. do. W. P. fol. ovatis lanceol. 

 acum. albo maculatis. Jamaica, called Dumb 

 Cane, spatha green, anthers brown. 



679. Provenzalia Ad. Calla L. auct. bad 

 name too near Galea, Caladium, Calamus! very 

 near Caladium difference only male and fem. 

 fl. mixt, a style and acute stigma. There are 

 3sp. of this G. in N. America, see my new 

 flora. One from Oregon P. hispatlia Raf. is 

 very peculiar by double spathas and obtuse 

 leaves. 



680. SiDERASis Raf. (rusty fur), cal. Spart. 

 ineq. ferrug. petalis S ineq. basi connatis, stam. 

 4-6 ineq. antheris oblongis et difformis, stigma 

 simplex, caps. 2-31oc, 2-3valvis, 4-6sperma. 

 Acaulis, fl, radicalis. — I begin to add now 

 same other new genera blended with Trades- 

 cantia and Commelina, see my former G. 22 

 to 32 : they all belong to the family of Com- 

 melinides. This is akin to Etheosanthes, Cal- 

 lisia ^c, yet was united to Tradescantia. Type 

 S. acaules Raf, Tradesc. fuscata Lod. Edw. b. 

 m. 582. acaulis ferrug. hirsuta, fol. ellipt. acu- 

 tis, pedunc. radic. l-3fl. — Brazil, flowers pale 

 blue. 



681. PoGOMEsiA Raf. (beard middle) diff. ad 

 Tradesc. Petalis basi barbatis, stam. 3 superis 

 brevior, 3 inferis longior. declinatis, stylo de- 

 clinato incurvo — Type P. undata Raf. Tra- 



