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tinct from the last. The P. Walteri is very 

 akin, but has acute lobes. 



4. Peltandra heteropkyla Raf. Petiols une- 

 qual terete, leaves variable oblong cuspidate, or 

 ovatoblong hardly sagittate or nearly auriculate 

 or base often entire obliqual, lobes unequal 

 rounded short or ovate obtuse With the last 

 in the same places, even near Philadelphia in 

 the Schuylkill, but rare, seldom seen in flowers, 

 berries 1-3 seeded, different leaves out of the 

 same root. 



5. PELTANDRA HASTATA Raf. Arum Virgin- 

 icum Elliot. Petiols vaginated at base, leaves 

 equal in length oblong, hastate cordate acumi- 

 nate, lobes subacute ; spatha oblong acute re- 

 pand, spadix equal. In Carolina and Florida, 

 it blossoms in April there says Elliot, the ber- 

 ries have several seeds, and thus it is a Leu- 

 cospatha like the next. 



6. PELTANDRA ALBA Raf. Calla sagittifolia 

 mx. Caladius glaucum Elliot. Leaves glaucous 

 hastate cordate acuminate, lobes oblong obtuse 

 divaricate, petiols elongate ; scape short, spatha 

 cuculate oval lanceolate, white, end dilatate 

 In Carolina and probably all over the southern 

 States? Elliot says the berries are red and 

 with several seeds. The white flowers and red 

 berries will distinguish this ; they are both green 

 in the others. This will be the type of Leucos- 

 patha and may have some other peculiar char- 

 acters in the flowers to make it a Genus Thus 



1 have fully ascertained 4 sp. in the North and 



2 jn the South ; but there are 2 other doubtful 

 sp. there. 



7. PELTANDRA WALTERI Raf. Arum sagitti- 

 folium Walter, Arum Walteri Elliot. Leaves 

 triangular sagittate, angles divaricate acute. 



