Liriogame. Cras. 1. SPADICIFERJE. 5 
diagnostic of “ dem de foliolo exteriore plus minus denu- 
dato” is equally uncertain: in Arum Maculatum and Arum Dracon- 
tium, no part E it is seen or yaren ted till after germination, as I 
can say from repeated dissections of their Seeds during many weeks. 
t pu : 
The Stems of many climb, either by fibrous Roots sent out under 
their Leaves, or more rarely by Cirrhi. Their Leaves differ exceed- 
ingly even in the same Order, putting on an — of Polypodee, 
Hederec, Iridee, Cyperee, or even Brome lec, that it might à priori 
have been guessed many of them had originated in New Holland, 
Flowers are frequently 1-sexual, with or without any floral Envelope 
except a common Spatha, the males and females being oecasionally 
separated by bristly Appendages, in a close or loose Spike, the rachis 
of which is often elongated beyond them into a tail or thick Club; 
ingenious youn r. C. Kuntu, has published some inter- 
esting faets relativo to Spadiciferæ in the second volume of Mé- 
moires du éum t ost learned men sometimes err, and 
u 
a theory of RıcHa ARD's there adopted, that each division of. their 
partial floral Envelope consists of so many distinct eric 
ding a 
Ord. 1. CarapEx. Aroideg sect. 1. R. Br. 
Stenurus. Pericarpia albida, IT pum Antheree 
versim dehiscentes, postea 2-labiate. enuifolium L.. "Folia 
simplicia, lineari-lanceolata, msi oe 
isarum T 
Arum J. L. 
Caladium 
VENT 
Serangium W. Woop. Dracontium Pertusum L. 
Calla J. L. 
Richardin Kent. Calla ZEthiopica L. 
Caladew have lst a common spathaceous Bracte at the base of 
Sexes, with or without bristly Appen ndages intervening, upon a Pe- 
duncle commonly pretty thick, which they entirely or partly cover 
within the Spatha, and being there coloured and fleshy, I feel in- 
