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CXLIT.—ARACEE. 
Plants erect: 
Floating stemless herb; ovary solitary 
Terrestrial herbs: 
Fl. unisexual : 
L. simple or lobed; herbs, usually 
bearing leaves and flowers simulta- 
neously : 
Ovaries in one whorl at the base of 
the spadix : 
Ovaries in several w horls, | or spirally 
arranged : 
Ovules orthotropous : 
Aquatic or marsh plants; lvs. 
cuneate at base : : 
Terrestrial herbs; lvs. cordate 
or sagittate at base: 
Ovules few, basal : 
Anth. cells broader than the 
connective; spathe  red- 
purple or green 
Anth. cells narrower than 
the fleshy, prismatic trun- 
cate connective; spathe 
not red : . 
Ovules many, parietal : 
Limb of spathe refracted 
Limb of spathe erect : 
L. 3-lobed . 
L. entire, peltate 
Ovules anatropous or semi- anatro- 
pous: 
Ovules numerous; spathe persis- 
tent: 
Style wanting; lvs. usually 
variegated ; : 
Style discoid; lvs. green . 
Ovules solitary : 
Spathe persistent 
Spathe deciduous 
L. compound : 
Herbs bearing leaves and fis. simul- 
taneously ; ovules orthotropous 
Herbs usually bearing fls. and leaves 
at different seasons; ovules anatro- 
pous 
Fl. bisexual : 
Prickly herbs, with long twisted spathe 
Unarmed herbs, with ensiform lvs. 
Scandent herbs or shrubs: 
Fl]. unisexual : 
Lys. simple 
Part IV. 
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[ Aracee. 
. PISTIA. 
. CRYPTOCORYNE. 
. LAGENANDRA, 
. TYPHONIUM. 
ALOCASIA. 
. REMUSATIA. 
. THERIOPHONUM. 
. COLOCASIA. 
Caladium. 
Xanthosoma. 
Dieffenbachia. 
. Aglaonema. 
. ARISZEMA. 
AMORPHOPHALLUS. 
. LASIA. 
. ACORUS. 
. Philodendron. 
