3406 



TYPHONIUM 



TYPHONODORUM 



nate, 6 in. long; spadix with the female fls. below, the 

 male above, th,e two separated by a sterile portion and 

 the top of the spadix also sterile. China. The type does 

 not seem to be in cult.; the form cult., var. Giraldii, 

 Baroni, has larger and broader Ivs., the spathe is pur- 

 plish outside and is somewhat the color of a ripe olive, 

 the tube and blade are more equal in length than 

 the type; spadix is darker, being purplish black; 

 pollen white. Mountains of N. China. G.C. III. 

 32:151. Probably adapted to outdoor planting for 

 ornament. p. TRACY HXTBBARD. 



TYPHONODORUM (Greek, stormy wind and gift). 

 Araceae. Robust herb, with a stout caudex 4-10 ft. high : 

 Ivs. thick, petioled, triangular-ovate or hastate, acu- 

 minate: spathes with oblong tubes attenuate at both 

 ends, blade 3 times longer than the tube, oblong- 



lanceolate, caudate -acuminate; spadix erect, strict, 

 cylindrical; male infl. elongated, female short and cylin- 

 drical: fls. monoecious in an elongated somewhat appen- 

 diculate spadix; perianth none; stamens 48 in the 

 male fls.; ovary ovoid or subglobose and 1 -celled in the 

 female: berry large, compressed, orbicular. One species, 

 Madagascar, Mauritius, and Trop. Afr. T. Lindley- 

 anum, Schott (T. madagascariense, Engler). St. 

 stout, 3-10 ft. high, 4-12 in. thick: Ivs. deeply cordate 

 or sagittate, 1M-3H ft. long, 7 in. to 2 ft. across; 

 petiole terete, 2-A ft. long: spathe l}/^-2 ft. long, tube 

 3-5 in. long, oblong, green, blade 13-19 in. long, 3-5 

 in. across, lanceolate, convolute below, yellow: seeds 

 l%-2 in. across, flattened-orbicular, edible. B.M. 

 8307. A striking plant with the habit of Zantedeschia, 

 growing in deep water. See Engler in Das Pflanzen- 

 reich, hft. 64 (IV. 23 DC), 1915. 



3875. Cat-taU. Typha latifolia. 



