90 NEOPIIYTON 



481. PROVENZALIAAdanson 1763. Raf. 

 fl. tel. 679. Calla L. and Authors which is root 

 of Cala-dium. Cala-mus <c .... Of this bo- 

 real G. only one sp. is admitted said to be com- 

 mon to both continents, but I shall now describe 

 4. C. ethiopica is a peculiar Genus, which I 

 call OTOSMA ; C. oculta of Loureiro another 

 that I call SPIROSPATIIA, see fl. tel. Calla ought 

 to have been written Callaion ! see Smith. 



482. PROVESZALIA (or Callaion) PALUSTRIS 

 Raf. Leaves similar cordate subacuminate, 

 scape equal to petiols, spatha ovate cuspidate 

 in boreal Europe and America, Canada, c. 

 Var. 1. parvifolia leaves uncial. 



483. PROVENZALIA (or Callaion) HETEROPHY- 

 LA Raf. Leaves dissimilar reniform or cordate 

 acute, or rounded cordate obtuse, scape equal to 

 petiols, spatha elliptic cuspidate Hudson bay 

 and Sibiria. probably also Origon, rhizome or 

 radicant stem articulated with fibres, leaves on 

 long petiols unequal in size and shapes from 

 1 to 3 inches long or broad. 



484. PROVENZ. (or Callaion) BREVIS Raf. 

 Leaves ovate base subcordate subobliqual, apex 

 acuminate, petiols very long, scape very short, 

 spatha elliptic retuse cuspidate Lakes and 

 Swamps of the Alleghanies, Mt. Pocono and 

 others. Roots fibrose matted very long, petiols 

 thick 6 to 8 inches long, leaves 3 to 4 inches 

 long, scape about 3 inches high. 



485. PROVENZ. (or Callaion) BISPATHA Raf. 

 Leaves ovate base cordate end obtuse or hard- 

 ly acute, scape equal to petiols, spatha double 

 large ovate acuminate not cuspidate, divari- 

 cate from Origon collected by Walton, pe- 

 tiols and scapes thick : flowers very peculiar by 

 the double divergent spathas (anomaly in the 

 family of Aroides) foliaceous 2 or 3 inches long 



