Oedbs 131.— AEOIDS. 283 



a Spathe iwlled in at base. Top of spadix club-shaped. Dragoni-root. Abis^'ma. 1 

 b Spathe rolled inwards the whole length. Arrow-T/sd. Dragon. Peltan'dka. 2 

 b Spathe rolled backwards above, white. Mgyptian Oalla. Siohak'sia. 



= Perianth 0. Spathe open, flattish, white. Lvs. cordate. Wild Galla. Calla. 



c Perianth regular. Spa. shell-form. Lvs. large. SkvMh-cahlage. SYsrpiooAE'pns. 

 d Flowers terminal, yellow. Scape terete. Golden Olub. Oeontidm. 



d Flowers lateral, green. Scape leaf-like. Sweet Flag. A'oonus. 



1. AEIS^'MA. Arum. Indian Turnip. 



Spathe rolled inward at base. Spadix covered with flowers below, 

 naked and club-shaped above. Sterile flowers above the fertile, each a 

 clump of 4 stamens. Fertile flowers each a 1-oelled ovary, with a flat 

 stigma. Berry red, with 1 or several seeds. — Odd-looking plants, with 

 scape arising from a corm or rootstock, and sheathed with the radical 

 leaves. Taste very acrid. 



1 A. triphyl'lum. Jach-mr-the-Palpit. Leaves usually 2, trifoliate. Spathe bent and 



inflected above, covering the obtuse spadix, striped. 



2 A. quina-'tum. Five-leaved Jack. Leaves in pairs, one or both quinate. S. 



3 A. Dracon'tium. Green Dragon. Leaf mostly solitary, pedate, 7-11-foliate. , 



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2. PELTAN'DKA. Arrow Dragon. 



The sterile flowers consist of 8-12 anthers attached to the border of a 

 shield-shaped (peltate) connectUe. — Eoot fibrous. Leaves sagittate. 



1 P. Viigin'ica. Virginia A. Spathe green, incurved, long, wavy on the margin. 



Leaves many, large.Jiastate-sagittate, very smooth, dark. 



2 P. glau'oa. Glaucous A. Spathe white, entire, gradually unrolled and widened 



above. Leaves ovate-sagittate, the base lobes large. . S. 



