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I. SiuhIUm'oiim IliviMioii. 



9D. PALM FAMILY. <H'l.r IWLM.lv 



Altlinii'^li .xoiui'. likt' t'lif hwnf I'.ilm'-ttu-i ot' tin- SaiiilnTii StiitcH. nmko only rontstock« 

 iiut lisiiij^'oiit of' tli«' ^Tuuiiil, iiM'si ruliiis lonn litii's, with u >iiii|>l»', unlTiinflifil, cyliiitliic.,! 

 trunk, j^rowiiii,' Ity the tt'iiiiinal hiul only, aii<l nlway?* sinnnmntfil l>y a crown of hiru'ts ftii<l 

 jM'culiiU', l()ni.'-i»t'iio!iMl Ifiivcs. 'riifHu uru fan-sliu|»»Ml in thr Piilnictto (Ki.'. 79), pinnat • 

 ill the Datt'-I'aliii. ikr.. 'I'Ih- IIowcih l)Uf-t forth Intni 11 HputliL' ; are Miimll hnt ^'t'ticrallv 

 iM-rl'ect, an<l fiiuiislie'l willi a luMianth of 6 parts, in two sets, tlu' ontt-r an^wi-rin;^' 

 to a i-alyx, the inner t<» a eorojla. Fruit a nut ; lliat uf tin; ('oco.inut i.s a i^'ood illuHira- 

 tion. The prineip.il I'alms of our southern aca-coust belong to the genus (Chtituarops) 



I'AI.MITIO, 



9L ARUM FAMILY, oni.r AUArK.i:. 



Herh.s witli sliarp-ta>ttMl or acrid juice, ami more or less llt>liy in th.ir texture ; 

 tlie leaves either simple or compound, and comnionly so much netted-veined tiial tlie 

 plants niii^ht nadily l)e mistaken tor KxoL'ens. The snndl flowers are closely spiked or 

 packed on a fleshy axis, forming a spadix. The fruit is a berry, (c soinelimes dry aixi 

 leathery, hut containing some l»nlp or jelly. The following are the priacijial genera we 

 meet with. 



Spatlie I'lcsciit, forming,' a Imnil, wrajipor, or n jtetid-likc leaf. 



Flowers iiakeil, i.(., witlioiit any perianth, ni»tii«i'iiiius, d-tuciouH, or polyfiamnUH, 



Cuvering only the liaso of thu loii^ 8])ailix, wliieh is «-iiclosc<l in the houiled 



spatlio (riir. 1^7). Stern simple, from a rounded conn : leaves com- 



poiiMil, of 3 or more leatiets, (A)i.t(rinii) Indi.VN-Tcunip. 



Covering the whole leii'.'tli of the spadix. Leaves simple, arrow-Hliapeil (Fi;;. 



503) or heart-shaped ; spa«li.v on the end of a scape, bearing stamem 



only at the tipjier part. 



Spatlie u'leen, thi k, and closely foMed around the gpadix : anthers sessile. 



Herb growini; in shaliuw water, (J'c/tdndra) Aimow-AuKM. 



Spathe white and ptal l.ke. of.en, {('dlla) Cali.a. 



Flower.'J with a 4 lenve<l jieiiantli or calyx, perfect, on a ylohuhir spatlix, sur- 

 rounded hy a thiitk, shell-shaueil, pniplish spadix coining outof ground :ii 

 earliest spring', some time lufore tlie great ovate and heartshnped, veiny 

 leaves ; odour that of the skunk. Stamens 4, {Si/iiifilorur/nin) Skcnk-CauBAGK. 



Spathe none at all ; the spadix naked, covered witli flowers, which are perfect, with 

 a perianth of 6 or sometimes 4 jiieces, and as many stamens. 

 Spadix on the summit of a scape rising out of the water : leaves oblong, on a long 



petiole, (Oroiitium) OoLDEN-C'LUB. 



Spadix from the side of a leaf, or from a stem similar to one of the long and 

 erect, linear, 2-edged or sword-shaped leaves: all springing from a sharp- 

 aromatio and creeping rootNtock, (.1 o'-ox) Swekt-Fi.ao. 



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