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Aroidece Calla. 



succeed as a water plant in the South-west if planted at a 

 sufficient depth. The fine foliage, pure white spathe, and 



Fig. 223. Eichardia ^thiopica. (About J nat. size.) 



yellow spadix are too well known to need further description. 

 This plant is a native of the Cape of Grood Hope. 



2. ARUM. 



Erect or dwarf perennials with thick rhizomes and pedate or 

 hastate leaves. Flowers devoid of perianth, unisexual, clustered on 

 the lower part of the spadix ; female flowers below, and separated 

 from the males by barren or rudimentary ones. Spathe large, 

 convolute ; spadix naked and club-shaped at the top. About 

 forty species are known, from the temperate and warm regions 

 of the North. The derivation of the generic name is doubtful. 

 Besides the British species alluded to above, there are two or 

 three other hardy species occasionally seen in gardens. Of 



