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THE FLORA. 



COHORT V. 



SPADICIFLORJE, OR THE APETALOUS ENDOGENa 



ORDER CXXXI. ARACE^E Aroids. 



Chiefly herbs with a fleshy rootstock of conn ; leaves sometimes net- veined 

 flowers 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 herry, and the 

 seeds with or without albumen. Growing in wet places. 



Pig. 688. Wild Calla (Cattn pat^ri*), a leaf, and a spadix of flowers, with its spatho (ft). 

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

 showing the 6 cells. Fig. 642. Golden Club (Oronlium aqvsiticum) ; its spadix (s) is without 



spathe. 



Analysis of the Gene -a. 



Spadix ei.veloped in a spathe. . . .2 



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

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

 2 Flowers covering the whole spadix, monoecious. Perianth 0. . . .b 

 2 Flowers covering the whole spadix and perfect c 



