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MONOECIA POYLANDRIA 



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ta^ plana, pedimculata, I cuminate, flat, pedun- 

 dimidio-breviore; spa- ] culate spathe; fertile 



and sterile spadix fre- 

 quently distinct. 



dicibus foemineis stam- 

 jniferisque plerumque 

 distinctis. 



Walt 



Mich. 2. p. 188. Pursh 2. p. 399- 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 480. 



Kutt. 2. p. 222. 



Root tuberous, perennial. Stem 0. Petioles about 1 foot high, sheath- 

 ing at base, and inclosing the base of the scape, and sometimes of younger 

 leaves. Leaves ternate, leaflets oval-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, glabrous, 

 the lateral ones sometimes oblique. Scape 8—12 inches high. Sjiathe at 

 base somewhat tubular, expanding at the summit into a flat ovate, acummate, 

 blade. Spadix scarcely longer than the tube of the spathe, bearing gene- 

 rally either germs or stamens near the base, the summit thick cylmdrical or 

 clavate. Berries scarlet, 3 — 4 seeded. . 



The sterile and fertile scapes are said to grow from the same root, {Lm.) 

 more probably dioecious, (Nutt.) 



The spathe is sometimes purple handsomely striped with white; some- 

 times green with a purple border; sometimes green. 



Grows in rich soils generally in shaded places. 



Flowers March. 



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4. ViRGINICUM. 



Lin. 



A. acaule; foliis ob- 

 longis, hastato cordatis, 



acutis, 



lob is 



obtusis, 



spatha elongata incur- 



Stemless; leaves ob- 



f 



long, hastate cordate 

 acute, with the lobes 



obtuse; spathe Ion 



va; 



spadice superne curved; spadix 



longius masculifloro. long distance from the 



summit bearing sterile 



flowers. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 484. Walt. p. 224. Pursh 2. p. 399- Nutt. 2. p- 222. 



Calla Virginica, Mich. 2. p. 187- 

 Root tuberous perennial. Lea 



1.5 inches long, slightly acuini- 



nate, entire, very glabrous, cordate, with the lobes sometimes hastate, 

 times straight, generally obtuse. Petioles nearly 12 inches long, s"^* ^^ 

 the scape at base. Scopes many from one root 12—18 inches ^°"^' r^j^cing 

 ong, acute, slightly repand or undulate along the margin, closely em 

 the spadix. 5/>ar/;x nearly as long as the spathe. jBcrr^r man^ scea 



Grows in swamps and marshy soils, very common. 

 Flowers April — May 



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