v.] 



COLOCASIA. 



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The llowers of the lower belt consist each of a pistil only, 

 each pistil composed of two or three united carpels, as 

 indicated by the slight lobing of the cellular surface of the 



){ mm A 



Fig. 33. Spathe with enclosed Sp;ulix 

 of Colocasia. 



Fki. 34. Spauix ot Colocasia. To the right 

 a single subscssile anther, opening by ter- 

 minal pores ; to the left a pistil cut throujjh 

 vertically, with siino\nidinL; scales. 



Stigma and the arrangement of the ovules upon the sides of 

 tiic one-celled ovary in two or three series. 



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