152 CXXXV. AROIDEEX. 
parts of the spadix without perianth or bracts, or stamens 6 or fewe - 
round each ovary, with or without a small scale-like Wege Meo 
under each stamen; anthers usually 2-celled, sessile or on a ih al 
filament, the cells opening in terminal pores or outwards in longitudin 
lits. Ovaries sessile, 1- to 3-celled, with 1 or more ovules in each ¢ 
variously attached ; ait a sessile or on a short simple prm uec š 
rhizome and radical leaves and iios, or with a creeping or simi ing 
r rarely ie stems. Leaves entire o r variously divided, sometimes 
sol larg 
like loaves A parallel veins. 
sine order i is chiefly "rnm in both the New and the Old pionera -r is also reas 
ore tem e regions, especially in the pecu Of th 
Bic ca peers five are Asiatic, three of them is cim Peg into to Afric, 0 one 
x is endemi 
H. G. Mu. Vaite bi but with an inordinate multiplication both of genera i 
species. e genera here included are perfectly üistinot boni each other, but 1 
very uncertain how mex of Schott’s Asiatic and African and even American gen 
should be included in some of them 
No perianth. aini ers unisexual, the females at the base 
pa 
ual, 
of the s the males below a terminal m 
Leaves ree radical. Seeds albuminous. 
A Vie of n 
r 3-lo Vo. 4 VL TxeBONIUM. 
Ovary 
ovule in each cell. Leaves 
Male flowers separate from the females do ovoid neu- 
organs without any bar 
. BRACHYSPATHA. 
3. Corocasia. 
mas ien cree 
_or climbing. ves entire or pinnatifid . ecping 4. RHAPHIDOPHORA- 
Perian in 9 
ite 
each scal 
pying the whole spadix. 
piat censi anc Be l-celled dmg 1 dr yt 
5. GYMNOSTACHYS. 
Ovary 3- 3-celled ` ith 1 erect ovule 
in each cell. Embryo large without albumen, 
Stem clim Leaves ves distichous, the 
articulate on a phyllodineous petiole S oe 16. Poraos. 
