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THE FLORA. 



C H E T Y. 



SPADICIFLORiB, OR THE APETALOUS ENDOGENS. 



Order CXXXI. ARACEiE. Aroids. 



Chiefly herls with a fleshy rootstock of corm ; leaves sometimes net- veined ; 

 fiowers mostly without calyx or corolla, arranged on a spadix; 

 stamens few or many, hypogynous, very short; anthers turned outwards; 

 ovary free ; stigmas sessile ; fruit a dry or juicy berry, and the 

 seeds with or without albumen. Growing in wet places. 



642 633 639 640 



Fi%. 033. Wild Calls (Calla palustris), a leaf, and a spadix of flowers, with its spatbe (6). 

 Fig. 639. The same enlarged. Fiff. 640. A flower enlarged. Fig. 641. One of the berries cut, 

 showing the 6 cells. Fig. 642. Golden Club {Oroiititim aqunticum); its spadix (s) is without 

 a spathe. 



Analysis of the Genera. 

 •* Spadix enveloped in a spathe. . . .2 



Spadix destitute of a spathe. Sepals 4-6 . . . . d 

 2 Flowers covering only the base of the spadix. Perianth 0. . . .a 



2 Flowers covering the whole spadix, monoecious. Perianth b 



2 Flowers covering the wliole spadix and perfect. . . .c 



