282 THE FLORA. 
COHORT V. 
SPADICIFLORZ, OR THE APETALOUS ENDOGENS. 
Orpen CXXXI. ARACEA. Aroids. 
Chiefly herbs with a fleshy rootstock of corm; Jeaves sometimes net-veined; 
flowers mostly without calyx or corolla, arranged on a spadix; 
stamens few or many, hypogynous, very short; anthers turned outwards; 
ovary free; stigmas sessile; fruit a dry or juicy berry, and the 
seeds with or without albumen. Growing in wet places. 
Fig, 688. Wild Calla (Calla palustris), a leaf, and a spadix of flowers, with its spathe (0). 
Fig. 639. The same enlarged. Fig. 640. A flower enlarged. Fig. 641. One of the berries cut, 
showing the 6 cells, Fig. 642. Golden Club (Orontiwm aquaticum); its spadix (s) is without 
a spathe. 
Analysis of the Genera. 
* Spadix enveloped in a spathe....2 
* Spadix destitute of a spathe. Sepals 4-6....d 
2 Flowers covering only the base of the spadix, Perianth 0....a 
2 Flowers covering the whole spadix, monecious. Perianth 0....b 
2 Flowers covering tho whole spadix and perfect....¢ 
