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CIX. PALM^. 



Mostly Trees, with a simple stem and a tuft of large L. at the top. In the only European 

 plant, the Stem in its wild state is rarely more than two or three feet in height. The L. are 

 flabeUiform, and plicate ia the vernation. 



818. CHAM^ROPS. 

 1. huiuilis. Stem thorny. L. pahnato- 



plicate. Stalks prickly. 

 Nice. Monte Circ. Sicily. 



S. 3, 4. Shores. 



ex. AEOIDE^. 



Mowers on a simple fleshy spadix, separate, and thin, naked 

 with a Perianth of 3-6 inferior scales. 



Anthers bursting outwards. 



or complete and furnished 

 lYuit not bursting. 



819. ARUM. 



A. Spadix with drrhiform. glands ahove the 

 anthers. 



1. crinitum. L. pedate : middle Lt. en- 

 tire ; lateral laciniato-pinnatitid. Spadis cy- 

 lindrical, covered with long bristles, exceeding 

 obovate spathe. p. In the Island of Lavezzi 

 between Cors. and Sard. 



2. Dracunculus. Root-L. pedate. Lts. 

 entire. Spadix lanceolate, exceeding haiiless, 

 ovate spathe. p. 6. Shade. Agen. Anjou. 

 roman Apenn. K. Nap. • 



3. cylindricum. L. hastato-sagittate with 

 dark spots. Upper part of Spadix lineari-cylin- 

 drical, shorter than spathe. Cirrhiform Glands 

 below, as well as above, anthers, p. G, 7. 

 Grassy hills. Madonie. 



4. maculatum. Root-L. hastato-sagit- 

 tate. Lobes deflexed, often with dark blotches. 

 Spadix club-shaped, shorter than spathe. p, 5. 

 Shade. 



5. italicum. Root-L. hastato-sagittate. 

 Lobes divaricate, white along the veins. Spadix 

 club-shaped, shorter than spathe. p. 4. Shade. 

 s. and w. Fr. Piume. It. 



6. pictum. Root-L. cordato-oblong, some- 

 times fleshy, channeled on the veins, and some- 

 times white. Spadix club-shaped, shorter than 

 the ovate, acuminate spathe. p. Ajaccio. 



B. No cirrhiform glands. 



7. proboscideum. L. hastato-sagittate. 

 Spadix incurved. Spathe ending in a very long 

 filiform point, p. 5. Thickets. Albano. 



8. Arisarum. L. cordato-sagittate, ob- 



tuse, with a small acumen. Spadix cylindrical, 

 incurved, shorter than hooded spathe. p. 3. 

 Coasts of Mdt. 



9. tenuifoliuiu. L. lanceolate, narrow. 

 Spadix slender, subulate, exceeding lanceolate 

 sheath, p. 5. Bushy. Tusculima. Tivoli. 

 There are a few scales on the spadix above the 

 anthers. 



C Obtuse Glands between stamens and ger- 

 men. 



10. Colocasia. L. cordate-peltate, re- 

 pand. p. 4, 5. Slow viaters. Pal. Between 

 Syr. and Agosta. 



820. CALLA. 



1. palustris. L. cordate. Spadix every- 

 where covered with germens and anthers. 

 Sheath flat. p. 6, 7. Still water. Als. Lor. 

 G. Not in Sw. 



821. ACORUS. 



1. Calamus. Scape with a very long 

 leafy extremity, p. 6, 7. Water. Eng. Pr. 

 occ. Ger. 



822. AMBROSINIA. 



1. Sassii. L. ovate, flat, without spots. 

 p. 12-3. Open grassy. Sic. 



2. maculata. L. elliptic, and somewhat 

 spotted. Margin wavy. p. 12-3. Open 



grassy. Sic. 



3. reticulata. L. ovato-eUiptic, flat, with 

 a net-work of whitish veins. Margin wavy. 

 p. 12-3. Grassy rocks. Sic. 



