92. ABACE^, 359 



linear from a dilated sheathing base, heads many distant, lower 

 fertile heads stalked, Jiiofe heads several sessile, stig. Unear-lan- 

 ceolate, fr. stalked oblong not longer than its subulate beak. — S. 

 affine Schn., R. ii. 417. — St. much thicker than in the next 

 plant. L. graas-green, very long. Male heads feiwef in our 

 plant than in the Swedish. — Lakes. Snowdon. Patterdale, 

 Loch of Drum, Scotland. Connemara, L-eland. P. VLCT. 



E. S. L 



4. S. rniriimum (Fr.) ; st. simple flaccid, L linear floating 

 blunt not enlarged at the base, heads fe^y; racemose or spiked 

 distant, omAy 1 male head, stig. short oblong-lanceolaite,/?-. sessile 

 ovpid sliortly beaked. — S. riatans Sm., E. B. ,273, R. is. 324. — ■ 

 St. slender. L. pale^ pellucid, long. Lowest fertile heads 

 sometimes very shortly stalked. — Lakes and ditches. P. VII. 

 vm. E. S. L 



Order XCII. AEACE^. 



n. monoecious or perfect, placed on a spadix and often in 

 a spath. Barren and fertile fl. usually on difierent parts of the 

 spadix. Perianth none, or of 4—8 Scales. ' Stam. many or 

 definite. Aath. turned outwards. Ovary free, with 1 or more 

 cells. Stigma sessile. Fr. succulent. Embryo alit on one 

 side. 



Tribe L ORONTEJE. Spath like a continuation of stem. Fl. 

 perfect. 



1. AcoEtrs. Fl. on a sessile spadix. Perianth 6-leaved, 

 inferior, persistent. Stam. 6, filiform. 



Tr. II. AREAi. A spath convolute at the base. Fl. monoe- 

 cious. ' 



2. Ahum. Perianth 0. Male fl. of 1 sessilfi 2-ceUed anther. 

 Fem. fl. placed lower, of 1 pistil. ■ Top of spadix naked. 



1. Ac'oETTS. Sweet Flag. 



1. A. Cal'amits (L.) ; st. with a long leaf-lite prolongation 

 (or spath) beyond the spadix.— jB. B. 856.. R. x. 429.— St. 5—6 

 feet high, resembling the 1., swordshaped, flattened. Spadix 

 xjompletely covered by the flowers, 2 — o in. long, lateral. St. 

 and 1. sweet-scented when crushed! — In water, rare ; except in 

 Xorf and SuS". Between Lisbum and Moiia, co. Down. 



E. L 

 2. A'ktjm Linn. Cuckoo-pint. 



1. A. maciUatum (L.); I. all radical hastate-sagittate with 

 ieflexed lobes, spadix clubshaped straight falling short of the 



