500 STRUCTURE AND LIFE HISTORIES 



FIG. 385. Skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus fcetidus). Inflorescence, 

 with portion of the fleshy spathe removed, showing the perfect flowers 

 covering the globose spadix. (Photo by Elsie M. Kittredge.) 



FIG. 386. Flower of an orchid (Cattleya sp.). (Cf. Fig. 387.) 



