Cl. 2.] AROIDE/E, TYPILV,. 67 



to he akin to his Hydrocharidea, Prodr. N. Holl. 

 v. 1. 345. See some of the rest in Ord. 88. 



CLASS 2. MOXOCOTYLEDONES, WITH INFERIOR 



STAMKNS (97). 



" Calyx necessarily inferior, (f present. Corolla none. 

 Stamens often definite, rardy indefinite. Ger men sim- 

 ple. Style 1 , or many, or wanting. Stigma simple or di- 

 vided. Seed 1 , naked or covered, or Fruit of one cell, 

 with 1 or many Seeds. Leaves mostly alternate and 

 sheathing. Flowers occasionally becoming separated 

 (65), by the imperfection of one or other organ." 



Ord. 7. AROIDE^E. " Spadix simple, many-flow- 

 ered, either encompassed with a Spat ha (53 : 4), or 

 naked. Proper Calyx none, or simple. Stamens and 

 Germens inserted, either separately or intermixed, into 

 the Spadix. Style 1 to each germen, or wanting. Stig- 

 mas simple. Fruit of 1 cell, with 1 or many Seeds. Em- 

 bryo in the centre of a fleshy Albumen. Leaves sheath- 

 ing, alternate, generally all radical. Plants rarely 

 caulescent ; some of them very irregular in the arrange- 

 ment of their Stamens and Pistils. Their germination 

 is not well known." The Genera are Zosteta, Arum, 

 Calla, Pothos, Acorus, fig. 137, and others. 



Ord. 8. TYPHJE. " Flowers monoecious ; barren 

 ones aggregate, triandrous, with a 3-leaved Calyx ; 

 fertile ones also aggregate, with a 3-leaved Calyx, a 

 superior Germen, simple Style, and 1 Seed. Leaves 

 all alternate, sheathing. Aquatic herbs." 



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