34 ANGIOSPERM^. 



Tribe 2, Callaces. — Pis. § or rp. Lvs. various. Herbs, rarely 

 aquatic, sometimes climbing, y Sections : 



A. Perianth 0. 

 1. C&Ua. Marsh plants, creeping or floating. Lvs. entire, cordate ; 

 spatha colored. Sev. spec. Northern Eur. and Am. C. palustris, 

 herries red; small plant; wet bogs, N. Eng. to Penn. and W. 2. 

 Monstera. Climbing ; lvs. often perforated with holes. Berries 

 succulent, fused together ; edible. Species tropical American. M.de- 

 liciosa, .Mex. , has luscious fruits, with pineapple flavor. 



B. Fls. with perianth. 

 3. Pothos. Climbing; stems cord-like, attaching themselves to 

 trees by adventitious rts. Lvs. petiolate, of various forms, — entire or 

 palmately lobed, often perforated. Pis. !^ , 6-merous ; spatha at length 

 reflexed. Sev. spec. ; cultivated for the foliage. Ind., China, Mada- 

 gascar, N. Holl. 4. Anthdrium (Pothos), Tail-Elowj£r. Similar 

 to Pothos (but ov. pend., anat.). Spadix long, tail-like. Central and 

 trop. Am. ; sev. spec. ; usually epiphytal in the forks of trees, and 

 climbing by adventitious rts. A. Scherzeridnum, Flamingo Plant. 

 Spadix twisted, spatha large, scarlet, on a tall peduncle; Costa Kica. 

 A. orndtmn, spadix purple, spatha white. A. Lindeni, lvs. satiny, 

 exquisitely tinted. S. Lasia. Creeping, spiny. Lvs. pinnately 

 divided; spadix sessile. Sev. spec. Ind. 6. Symploc&rpus /oeiidas, 

 only species, Skunk Cabbage. Stemless. Pis. § , 4-merous. Spadix 

 globular. Spatha hooded, nearly sessile, with purple stripes. Berries 

 embedded in the enlarged spatha. Lvs. large, ovate, tufted, appearing 

 after the fetid fls. Swamps, etc.. Can., N. Eng., Mid. and W. States. 

 7. Or6ntium, Goldbn Cltib. Stemless Els, §, 4- and 6-merous, 

 yellow, covering the conical, long-stalked, yellow spadix. Berries 

 dry. Spatha 0. Lvs. elliptic or lanceolate, long-stalked. Species, 

 N. American aquatics. O. aquaticum, inundated spots, TJ. S. 8. 

 Gymnbstachys dnceps, only species. Pis. § , 4-merous. Stemless, 

 rhiz. thick. Lvs. grassy. Scape with a terminal cluster of spadices, 

 each with a short, leafy, keeled spatha. Berries succulent, blue. 

 E. Australia. 9. Acorus. Pis. g , 6-merous, green. Ehiz. long, 

 jointed, cane-like. Lvs. long, lanceolate. Plower-stalk a leaf like 

 the others, with a sessile spadix issuing from one edge half-way above 

 base of leaf. Aromatic. Northern hemisphere ; ponds, wet places. 

 A. Calamus, Calamus Flag ; lvs. 2°-3° long. A. gramineus, much 

 smaller. 



Ord. 23. Typhiceae. Cat-Tails. — Pis. fP on same spadix, (^ at 

 top. Perianth 0, or of scales or bristles. Stamens oo. Ova. 1-celled, 

 1-2-seeded. Pr. dry or drupaceous. Perisperm floury or fleshy. Lvs. 

 linear, long, entire. Rhiz. creeping. Tall, reed-like aquatic or marsh 

 Herbs. QJ.. 2 genera, cosmop. 1, Typha, Cat-Tail, Eeed-Macb, 

 Massette. Stem 3°-5° tall, terminated by the cylindric spadix. Lvs. 

 3°-4'' long. Cosmopolitan. T. latifblia, fls. continuous ; T. angusti- 

 fblia, of more slender habit, with a space between the (^ and ^ As. 

 Ponds, pools, Eur., Can., U. S. 2. Spargdnium, Bur-Keed. Pis. 

 in dense heads at intervals along the spadix. Some species small, 

 floating. Cosmopolitan. S. eurycdrpum, 3°-5° high, rooted. S. 

 simplex, S. minimum, smaller, sometimes floating. U. S. 



