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THE FLOEA. 



C H E T V. 



SPADICIFLOH^, OR THE APETALOTJS ENDOGENS. 



Oeder OXXXI. ARACEiE. Aroids. 



OMefly herbs with a fleshy rootsfx>ck of corm ; leaves sometimes net-veined ; 

 flowers mostly without calyx or corolla, arranged on a spadix ; 

 stamens feV or many, hypogynous, very short ; anthers turned outwards ; 

 ovary free ; stigmas sessile ; frmt a dry or juicy berry, and the 

 seeds with or without albumen. Growing in wet places. 



Fig. 688. Wild Calla (Oalla paVueirie), a leaf, and a spadix of flowers, -witli its spatlia (6). 

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

 showing the 6 cells. Fig. 642. Golden Olab {,Or<mMwm, aqtmiicum) ; its spadix (s) is without 

 a spathe. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



* Spadi»env6loped in a spathe 2 



* Spadix destitute of a spathe. Sepals 4-6 d 



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

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

 2 Flowers covering the whole spadix and perfect o 



