500 STRUCTURE AND LIFE HISTORIES 



Fig. 385.^ — Skunk cabbage {Symplocarpus Joetidus). 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.) 



