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818 AROIDEiE. (ARUM FAMILY.) 



Peduncle somewhat shorter than petioles ; tube of sjDathe oblong 

 usually pale within, lamina four times as long, oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, purplish with deeper Iroion-imrple or UacMsh, ovate sjjots ; 

 appendix of spadix somewhat shorter than spathe, blackish-violet, 

 cylindrical to club-shaped, more or less stipitate; pistillate inflorescence 

 twice as long as staminate ; abortive stamens above the former few, 

 above the latter numerous, purplish, setaceous from a warty base — 

 Spring — Common in fields, roadsides, and waste places. 



2. A., detriiiicatuiii, C, A. M. If Petioles much shorter than 

 lamina; lamina .3 to .25 long, oblong, ohtuse, base hoi^kontallij truncate, 

 olsoletely cordate. Peduncles shorter than petioles; spathe .18 to .22 

 long, with ovate-oblong tube, one-third as long as lanceolate-acuminate 

 lamina; appendix of spadix club-shaped, a little shorter than spathe; 

 pistillate inflorescence twice as long as staminate; abortive stamens 

 above both kinds of flowers setaceous, from longitudinal areolre sepa- 

 rated by deep grooves — Spring. 



Var. eoiiopIialSoides, Boiss. Leaves triangular, more cordate 

 at base; spathe green, reddish-margined; aiDpeudix of spadix violet 

 lead color — Cedars of Lebanon. 



3. A. Palae§tBiiiiin, Boiss. % Petioles thrice as long as lamina, 

 .3 to .4 long, sheathing nearly to middle; leaves ovate to oblong, 

 hastate-sagittate, lobes ovate, oUuse. Peduncle as long as petioles; 

 spathe .16 to .18 long, green outside, Uacl:is7i-pu)yle, not S2)otted inside, 

 tube cam.'panulate, lamina oblong-lanceolate, odtuse, rarely acuminate; 

 appendix of spadix blackish-purple, somewhat shorter than spathe, 

 cylindrical, scarcely club-shaped; pistillate and staminate inflorescence 

 nearly equal in length; abortive stamens numerous in interspace and 

 above stamens, setaceous — Spring — Shady places; hill country of 

 Palestine ; Moab. Sweet smelling. 



4. A. liygropIiilMiii, Boiss. If Petioles thrice as long as lamina, 

 sheathing for their lower third; lamina hastate, lobes lanceolate, 

 eroded at margin. Peduncle somewhat shorter than petiole; spathe .1 

 long, .02 broad, green, purple -margined, or purplish within, tube 

 oblong, one-third as long as lanceolate, acuminate lamina ; appendix of 

 spathe cylindrical, two-thirds as long as lamina ; abortive stamens few^ 

 between rings, those above stamens separated from them by a short 

 space, setaceous, deflexed, purple — April and May — By water; 

 common. 



Var. rupicola, Boiss. Peduncle somewhat longer than petioles. 

 Leaves oblong, cordate, auricles shorter and broader, oblong-triangular, 

 obtuse — Above Zebedani. 



5. _A. Oricntalc, M. B. If Petioles thrice to four times as long 

 as lamina; lamina often llacli-siiotted, hastate-sagittate, lobes ovate- 

 triangular, rather obtuse. Peduncle longer than petiole ; spathe with 

 an oblong tube, half to one-third as long as more or less inte?isely 2mrple 

 or Had lamina ; spadix half as long as spathe, the stalk dilated into a 

 chih-sJuqyed, purple appendix, longer than itself; ring of pistillate 

 flowers twice to thrice as long as staminate ; sterile stamens few, above 

 and below fertile, setaceous — Spring. 



Var. gratuiii, Engl. Sweet smelling. Appendix twice as long as 

 stalk of spadix— Northern Syria; alpine Lebanon. 



